McSweeney, Webster guide Australia A to 7-wicket win over India A
With this win, Australia is up 1-0 in the two-match series.
Australia’s right arm pacer Josh Hazelwood, who was ruled out of the Boxing Day test due to side strain, has declared himself fit ahead of the Sydney Test match against South Africa. Hazelwood last played a test match against West Indies in Perth.
Notably, Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc have also suffered finger injuries in the Melbourne Test match against the proteas and now 2 spots are vacant in the Australian playing 11.
Recently on a SEN Test Cricket show, Josh said that “At this stage, I am (available). I’ve got a few more overs to bowl during this game in the nets, I had a good hit out two days ago.”
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He further said that “All the signs are good and I feel ready and fit.. For this game, If I could bank on less than 30 overs today, I would have been sweet. But if it goes deep, especially with Greeny going down, 40 overs might have been a stretch so I made the call before the game.”
On being asked if he is eying for a return in place of injured Mitchell Starc, the star fast bowler said that “I think I’ll be right, yeah. I haven’t had a chat with them, but before this game, I had a good chat with them over a few days and it ended up being my call for the game, so I feel in a good position.”
Notably, Australia thrashed the visitors South Africa in the second test by an innings and 182 runs. The hosts have already claimed the series by 2-0 and now they are looking forward to whitewash the visitors in the upcoming Sydney Test match.
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