Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood has been dominated out of the upcoming first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur, opening the door for Scott Boland, who may be making his maiden look in an abroad Test.
Hazlewood, who suffered an Achilles harm on his left leg whereas bowling in Sydney Test towards South Africa final month, confirmed that he’s but to get well and likewise stays a uncertain starter for the second recreation in Delhi.
“Not sure about the first Test. It’s still a few days away, but it’s sneaking up quickly. Second one is obviously straight after as well. So, we’ll play it by ear over the next week and next few days and hopefully Tuesday goes well,” Hazlewood was quoted as saying on Sunday by Cricbuzz.
“Just a bit of workload management at the moment. Just managing the Achilles. I was bowling a fair bit leading into the tour at home and sort of just pushing up against it. Probably wasn’t recovering as well as I would have liked between each session so thought we’d give it a few days here straight of the bat and try and get over the hump and have a bowl from Tuesday on (in Nagpur) and hope it goes well,” he added.
Meanwhile, Boland, who has performed solely six Tests thus far, could have an opportunity to debut within the sub-continent and share the brand new ball with Cummins. He was additionally noticed having a go together with the brand new ball throughout match-simulation drills at Alur on Sunday.
Hazlewood additionally backed Boland to ship if he occurs to switch him within the sequence opener.
“Scotty has bowled plenty at the MCG when it was a flat wicket, it probably wasn’t swinging or reverse swinging so he knows how to work hard for a long period of time,” Hazlewood stated.
“You’ve received Lance Morris who has labored arduous on reverse swing for the final month after which a pleasant lead-in right here with a number of periods.
“The guys are excited first of all to play in the subcontinent, they both haven’t yet, but they’re very well qualified to do so,” he added.
