Josh Hazlewood on Wednesday has said that he would not be surprised if some of the players do not want to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns.
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Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood on Wednesday has said that he would not be surprised if some of the players do not want to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns. Australia is likely to tour Pakistan in March for the first time since 1998.
“There’s a lot of things in place and there’s been a lot of work in the background by CA and the ACA. So the trust is quite high there from the players, but there’d certainly be some concerns from the players and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them didn’t make the tour,” cricket.com.au quoted Hazlewood as saying.
“And that’s very fair. People will discuss it with their families … and come up with an answer and everyone respects that,” he further added.
However, Australia will tour Pakistan for a full-fledged series comprising of three Tests, three ODIs, and one T20I. The three-match Test matches are scheduled to take place in Karachi (March 3-7), Rawalpindi (March 12-16), and Lahore (March 21-25), while Lahore will host the four white-ball matches from March 29 to April 5 as well.
Josh Hazlewood had missed the four Ashes Tests because of a side strain and he also shared how frustrating it was to sit on the sidelines.
“If I’d had a normal (side strain), a big injury and you know you’re going to be out, then you can deal with it all at once. But it just kept teasing, kept teasing, I might be able to play this one, I might be able to play that one,” Hazlewood said.
“I’ve certainly had a typical side strain, where you tear your oblique (muscle), you can’t bowl another ball and are out for at least six or seven weeks. This one was different … the strength came back really quickly, and I could do a lot of things in the gym. It was just bowling, that dynamic movement, that caused a bit of grief. It was an unusual one,” he again said.
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When asked how the veteran speedster felt about Australia winning the Ashes series 4-0, he shared his views on it.
“It was very frustrating. You probably don’t realize it as much now, but when you look back in 10 years … people will talk about the Ashes when they won 4-0 in 2021 … and it’d hit you again. It was frustrating watching and obviously as time goes on, you’d be reminded of it more often than not. But that’s part of fast bowling, I guess,” Josh Hazlewood concluded.
