Vaibhav Tripathi
Ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India, Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has observed that he is close to full fitness. In the recent past, Hazelwood has struggled with an Achilles’ injury.
Hazlewood’s last Test appearance was in January 2023 against South Africa. Subsequently, he played in just three matches in the just-completed IPL. “My fitness is pretty good,” Hazlewood said as quoted by ESPNCricinfo. “It is just a matter of ticking off every session from here until that date basically.”
“In T20 you are bowling a lot of various different balls every over. A wide yorker to a bouncer to a slower ball, and [the side] just got jammed up a little bit and a bit of scar tissue from previous injuries flared up. It calmed down pretty quickly. I had a week off, I didn’t quite get back to going 100 percent at [the] IPL, but the last few bowls have been good and I have been building up nicely.”