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Time of India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
WTC Final: Josh Hazlewood confident ahead of Lord's clash, eyes return after injury layoff
Josh Hazelwood (Photo by) Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood expressed confidence about bowling in England ahead of the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's on June 11. Having taken 52 wickets in 12 Tests in England at an average of 26.07, including five wickets in his recent Ashes appearance at Lord's, Hazlewood plans to increase his pace before the crucial match. Hazlewood hasn't played Test cricket since December 2024 at The Gabba against India due to a calf strain. Scott Boland, who replaced him, claimed a 10-wicket haul against India at Sydney, creating competition for the third seamer's position at Lord's. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! "Any time I bowl in England, I'm reasonably confident. I've had some good tours here over the last 10 years, and Lord's in particular. I haven't lost before at Lord's yet as a player, certainly in red-ball cricket for sure, and we have had a couple of good wins there over the years." "Today is sort of post-flight and just to get moving. I will probably nail down a few more overs tomorrow and then over the next few days, tick a lot of boxes," Hazlewood told ICC on Saturday. Hazlewood's recent participation in IPL 2025, where he won the title with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has helped him maintain his bowling rhythm despite a minor shoulder niggle. Gautam Gambhir sends stern message after Bengaluru tragedy "I ticked over some good overs just before the (IPL) Final in Ahmedabad in different weather than this, and it was quite a tough session. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Fai questo subito per gambe gonfie e pesanti (guarda la scoperta) Scopri di più Undo And then obviously, every time you play a game in the IPL, you're probably going to get almost seven or eight overs in, if you really want to." Quiz: Who's that IPL player? "So in and around with warm-ups, and obviously the four overs in the game. And we bowled second a lot of the time in IPL, so that was sort of two warm-ups, so you can squeeze in overs here and there, and things are going pretty well." "Everyone looks in good shape. We've all been in different parts of the world playing or training over the last couple of months, so it's good to get everyone together and catch up with everyone yesterday and the day before and get all on the same page moving forward."
Int'l Cricket Council
4 days ago
- Sport
- Int'l Cricket Council
Boland in the dark on World Test Championship Final selection
But Boland remains in a head-to-head battle with IPL-winning seamer Josh Hazelwood for one fast bowling spot in the Ultimate Test against the Proteas that commences on June 11 and the experienced 36-year-old revealed he has been given no communication from selectors about his spot in the XI. "I haven't had any chats with them (selectors)," Boland said in London on Thursday. "My goal coming into the last two months is just to get myself and my body in the position where I can put my hand up and be ready to go if it (selection) goes my way. "I probably felt like back into the Shield season (Australian domestic red-ball competition) my knee was sort of not wearing away but wasn't going how I wanted it to go and didn't feel like I was bowling how I wanted, but now I feel like I'm in a really good spot that I can bowl how I want to bowl. "It's pulling up really well so that's all I can do and I just want to make that decision (for selectors) as hard as possible."
Hindustan Times
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
IPL: A great season for RCB, shaped by the bowlers
It's turning out to be potentially the best season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are sitting right at the top of the table now with seven wins in 10 matches. So, what's been the reason for this? For starters, in the seven wins so far, RCB have had six different players as Player-of-the-Match with Krunal Pandya receiving this honour twice. Basically, RCB have had many different heroes through the season and this is always a great sign to look for in a team; a team that's not dependent on a couple of players to win matches. Individual brilliance can win you some matches but to win consistently you need multiple infusions of brilliance through different sources. Like it's in other formats, it's the bowling attack that sets a team apart; yes, batting is important, but this time around RCB's bowling unit has been in top form. Almost 50% of the Player-of-the-Match awards have gone to their bowlers. A great achievement in what is essentially an unbalanced format where batters rule in ideal conditions. Four of these wins for RCB have come in chases and these are the targets their batters had to chase in those four games: 174, 175, 157 and 162. As you can see, RCB had won the game at the halfway stage thanks to their bowlers. Any decent batting line-up can chase such targets in batting conditions under lights, with eight pure batters in the line-up. Our media tends to focus on the batter a lot, but this is another case in point where the batters are in the spotlight but it's the bowlers who get the points. Krunal Pandya has been Player-of-the-Match twice for RCB this season, but how many times has he really made the headlines or basked in the limelight? He has flown under the radar along with the terrific Josh Hazelwood, who has also made a tremendous contribution to RCB's winning run. When you look at bowling attacks this IPL, the most impressive attacks are with Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and RCB. Any surprise that you find these four teams in the top four of the points table? One important reason why Gujarat Titans have made such a great impression as an IPL team since their debut is that they have a very passionate former India bowler as head coach. You always see Ashish Nehra along the boundary ropes when his team is bowling. His involvement, commitment and passion is obvious. When his team is batting though, he just sits quietly in one corner of the dug out. It tells you a lot about our sport – batting does not need as much attention from the coach but when you have all your 11 players in the field with so many dynamics in play, that's what needs the most attention and guidance. All great sides at the international level too, whatever the format, have been those that excelled in the field with bowling, catching, etc. All great sides have great bowling attacks and that's one common trait that hasn't changed through the ages, whatever the format. India won the last T20 World Cup thanks to their bowling. South Africa needed 30 off 30 to win the cup, a cakewalk really… but a Bumrah-led India attack achieved the impossible. India are winning more now because of their bowling. During the Fab 4 days, our win record was not as impressive as it is today. I have to sign off with a mention of lesser-known Indian batters who have been the big story this IPL, whether it's Priyansh Arya, Sai Sudharsan, Prabhsimran Singh, Naman Dhir, the list is long… but now we have teenagers exploding onto the scene from Rajasthan Royals. Clearly there is some rare ball-hitting talent there; I like how Vaibhav Suryavanshi gets deep in the crease as a trigger movement to give himself the time to watch the behaviour of the ball closely, which then also enables him to get under the ball to hit in the air; the languid bat swing does the rest. He managed to do something that no one else has done before, get Rahul Dravid up on his feet excited and animated... now that was fun to see! It will be interesting to see the evolution of Suryavanshi in the next 3-4 years. At the end of it we will have more clarity on him, and with it, on IPL as a platform for batters.
