Bitter blow as Aussie bowling stocks crumble

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Australia has been dealt yet different wounded stroke to its fast-bowling stocks.

Josh Hazlewood has been ruled retired of the archetypal Test against India owed to an Achilles issue, which helium says stems from the Sydney Test past month.

The SCG lucifer was plagued by rain, and erstwhile umpires did bid players backmost onto the crushed the bowlers recovered their run-ups to beryllium soft.

"It's inactive lingering from the (SCG) Test match," Hazlewood told reporters successful Bangalore, wherever the Aussies are camped earlier flying to Nagpur for the archetypal Test opening connected Thursday.

"We evidently bowled aft a batch of rainfall and the jump-offs were rather soft, wherever we were taking disconnected from and they ended up replacing them arsenic well.

"It benignant of worked to a degree, but conscionable that other load jumping disconnected a brushed crushed to vessel and again archetypal Test lucifer (back from injury) your assemblage is not utilized to that benignant of workload arsenic well.

"I was bowling a just spot starring into the (India) circuit astatine location and benignant of conscionable pushing up against it. It astir apt wasn't recovering arsenic good arsenic I would person liked betwixt each session."

Hazlewood has played lone 4 Test matches successful the past 2 years for Australia owed to assorted injuries.

His latest setback is simply a stroke for the Aussies, who are already missing Mitchell Starc for the Nagpur match.

Fast-bowling all-rounder Cameron Green volition besides apt not vessel successful Nagpur arsenic helium recovers from a digit injury.

The Hazlewood quality opens the doorway for either Scott Boland oregon Lance Morris to travel into the XI.

Boland has ne'er played a Test extracurricular Australia, portion Morris is yet to beryllium presented with his baggy green.

"Scotty has bowled plentifulness astatine the MCG erstwhile it was a level wicket, it astir apt wasn't swinging oregon reverse swinging truthful helium knows however to enactment hard for a agelong play of time," Hazlewood said of Boland.

"You've got Lance Morris who has worked hard connected reverse plaything for the past period and past a bully pb successful present with a fewer sessions.

"The guys are excited archetypal of each to play successful the subcontinent, they some haven't yet, but they're precise good qualified to bash so."

Australia volition sanction an XI either connected Wednesday oregon astatine the flip connected Thursday.

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