{"id":307148,"date":"2025-11-25T06:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307148\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T06:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:28:10","slug":"josh-hazlewood-returns-to-bowling-as-cummins-trains-with-pink-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307148\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hazlewood returns to bowling as Cummins trains with pink ball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia have received a major boost ahead of the second Ashes Test, with fast bowler Josh Hazlewood spotted bowling for the first time since injuring his hamstring in a Sheffield Shield match.<\/p>\n

A day after coach Andrew McDonald dismissed speculation Hazlewood would miss the entire series<\/a>, the 34-year-old was back on deck at Cricket NSW headquarters in Sydney on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Josh Hazlewood bowls at Cricket NSW headquarters on Tuesday. Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Hazlewood was joined by regular Test captain Pat Cummins, who bowled with a pink ball \u2013 a telling clue ahead of next week\u2019s day-night Test in Brisbane, beginning December 4.<\/p>\n

Hazlewood failed to finish the Blues\u2019 most recent Sheffield Shield match against Victoria after pulling up with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

While Cricket Australia initially played down concerns, he was later ruled out of the opening Test, which Australia won inside two days by eight wickets.<\/p>\n

Although Hazlewood, who bowled with a red ball, remains unlikely to feature in Brisbane, his return to bowling is an encouraging sign for a squad still waiting to see whether Cummins will play.<\/p>\n

\"Pat<\/p>\n

Pat Cummins bowls with a pink ball, a potential pointer to the day-night Test in Brisbane.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

The pair bowled in the outdoor nets at Sydney Olympic Park as NSW continued their Shield clash with Tasmania, before completing a short fitness block together.<\/p>\n

Cummins has declared himself a chance to play in Brisbane, while McDonald has insisted a decision will not be made until closer to match day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia have received a major boost ahead of the second Ashes Test, with fast bowler Josh Hazlewood spotted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-307148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}