Josh Hazlewood delights cricket fans with a brilliant comeback ahead of the Ashes

Aussie quickly Josh Hazlewood is back in cricket after four months due to injury to help Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring match. Hazlewood has not played cricket after injuring his leg in the Sydney Test in January.

Nopea did not travel to India for the Border-Gavaskar series as the team decided he was fit for the upcoming Test Championship final and Ashes. And as a sign that he is readyBaseballIn a few months, Hazlewood returned to bowl three brilliant overs to take 2-15 and help Bangalore defend just 127.

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The low-scoring match was in contrast to recent games, including Mumbai Indians’ win Aussie Tim David helps chase the record With a total on the field, Lucknow managed just 108. The Cricket Australia team would have been thrilled to see Hazlewood back on the field after a serious layoff ahead of Australia’s biggest two months of cricket in 2023.

Bowling in the powerplay and ‘over the death’ he took 2-15 as LSG were bowled out for 108 by 18 runs. “The body felt pretty good. It was nice to get hit. It’s just so different playing in a game compared to training,” Hazlewood said in the post-match press conference.

“It’s a nice little stepping stone to a longer track. Hopefully I’ll pull up well tomorrow and we’ll go from there. He later added: “It’s been a long time,” Hazlewood said of the four-month layoff.

“I was more than nervous. It’s great to be back here, in front of good fans.” Hazlewood took 20 wickets at 21.85 in four Tests on the last Ashes tour in 2019, but has played in just 11 of Australia’s next 28 Tests due to muscle ailments.

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When he has played, he has remained a threat, picking up 28 wickets at 22.26. Ben Stokes’ recent admission that he has called for “steady and quick” wickets during the Ashes to help the team’s aggressive approach means Hazlewood’s involvement is even more important because of his accuracy.

And the fans were excited to see the big quick back on the field and bowling well.

Josh Hazlewood was excited about the comeback win

Hazlewood also praised the pitch, which returned the initiative to the bowlers after huge runs in this year’s tournament. Nopea said it was a nice change to see a door that was hard to beat.

“It’s good to get one to the bowlers every now and then for a low score,” Hazlewood said in the post-match press conference. “It’s often a pretty close match. One team is never really out of it.”

Bowling the second over, he didn’t concede a run until a single was taken off the last ball. He then took a wicket on the first ball of the fifth over and conceded again only on the fifth ball when Aussie teammate Marcus Stoinis smashed him straight to sixth.

Stoinis later died 13, when LSK lost points regularly. Glenn Maxwell, dismissed for four in the over, took the key of Krundal Pandya after him for three runs.

LSK were not helped by opener and captain KL Rahul, who had to bat last due to injury. He faced three balls without scoring and is a concern for India ahead of the World Cup.

“It’s a sad thing. He must have pulled his hip flexor,” said Pandya. “I don’t know how bad it is. The medical team is evaluating it.”

with AAP

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