Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has a “slight tear” in his ribcage and is “not sure” whether or not he will probably be accessible for the fourth Ashes Test beginning January 5 in Sydney.
Hazlewood, who took three wickets within the opening Test in opposition to England, missed the second and third matches in Adelaide and Melbourne resulting from an damage beforehand thought-about a “side strain”.
“I’m a little off now, (this Test) is probably a week ago,” Hazlewood informed Sen.
“We’re nonetheless undecided, we’ll arrive as of this week and probably have a bowl on day 3 or day 5, see the way it goes after which construct from there.
“There’s still workload from the first Test, but obviously I don’t have a bowl in 10-12 days and we’ll see how it goes on the third day.”
The 30-year-old stated that he would attempt to bowl within the nets on the third day of the Boxing Day Test and would rely extra on really feel than medical analysis.
“It’s probably more on feeling it, it’s a little bit interesting, it’s intercostal between the ribs, there’s a little bit of tear,” Hazlewood stated.
“I’ve never done it before, I have normal oblique side tension, which is common, but we’re taking it every day as it comes and we’ll basically decide how I feel.” The intercostal muscle mass are a bunch of inner rib cage muscle mass.
Australia is main 2-0 within the five-Test sequence.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
