Australia suffered a major setback on Tuesday with pacer Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series after a fresh injury blow derailed his recovery.Hazlewood initially missed the first two Tests against England due to a hamstring injury sustained during the Sheffield Shield last month. However, a new Achilles-related issue last week has ended his hopes of returning this summer, Australia head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed.
“Unfortunately, Josh won’t be a part of the Ashes,” McDonald said. “Really, really flat for him. A couple of setbacks that we didn’t see coming, and we thought he would play a huge part in the series.”“It’s a totally separate injury. It’s somewhere lower in the calf to the Achilles region. His preparation will then shift towards the World Cup, which is an incredibly important campaign for us,” he added.
The right-arm quick will now shift focus towards regaining fitness for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, beginning February 7.
Meanwhile Injury Prone Mark Wood who was benched for the second test is also ruled out of the remainder of the test series. The English quick also missed the entire Tendulkar Anderson Trophy as he suffered a Knee Injury in the Champions Trophy and subsequently went under a surgery.
