Josh Hazlewood Injury Update: Will The Aussie Pacer Return In-Time For Gabba Test? Here's What We Know

Josh Hazlewood Injury Update: Australian pacer opens up on his potential return for Gabba Test, and the main question is, will he be available? Read below to know.

Josh Hazlewood has been a key bowler for Australia in Test for over a period of 10 years

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Josh Hazlewood Injury Update: Australian legend Josh Hazlewood has provided an update on his ongoing recovery from injury, as the star pacer is expected to make a return for the all-important Gabba Test in Brisbane against India in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 series.

The series is currently levelled at 1-1, after Australia thrashed India in the Pink-ball Test in Adelaide by 10 wickets.

"I think it'll be how I pull up in the 24 hours following it really. It’s just that repetitive (action) and obviously two spells makes a big difference. Cooling down pretty much fully and then going again in the same day, and the intensity has got to be right up there as well," said Josh Hazlewood, as reported by ICC.

"So a few boxes to tick, but it's probably the 24 hours that follow and pulling up again the next day and then thinking 'yeah, I'd be right to go again if I had to'," he added. 

The Australian pacer also stated the importance of switching back to red-ball cricket from pink-ball, as according to him, the pink all is 'much softer' and that, the 'red ball will suit them'.

"We always play pretty well in Brisbane (but) the last Test was obviously pink-ball. The pink-ball gets quite soft in Brisbane quite early on, with the wicket being quite hard, it doesn't have that thatch grass that we see here at Adelaide. So we're back to the red-ball there, which I think suits us," said the Australian pacer.

"We obviously haven't won recently up there, but it's a place we like to play as it suits our guys. It's an experienced team, so we've all been there a lot of times. It's probably more just the time difference - the going from day-night and sleeping in - to your sleeping patterns, getting that adjusted and getting back on track," added the World Test champion.