Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was on Friday ruled out of the T20 World Cup after failing to recover from hamstring and Achilles injuries in another setback for Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 35-year-old missed the entire Ashes series against England and has not played any cricket since November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this week, Cricket Australia said he would miss the initial stages of the tournament with Sean Abbott called up as cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But on Friday they conceded Hazlewood had “run out of time” to be fit for the event which begins in India and Sri Lanka on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We were hopeful Josh would be back to match fitness by the Super Eight stage,” said selector Tony Dodemaide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But the latest indication is he is still some time away and accelerating his programme will carry too much risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We will not be naming a replacement player immediately. We feel we are well covered for the initial games, so we will make any later decisions based on priority need at the time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia head to the World Cup in disarray after being thumped 3-0 by Pakistan in a warm-up series and are winless in their past five T20 internationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pace spearhead and Test captain Pat Cummins had already been ruled out of the entire tournament as he slowly recovers from a lower back injury, with Ben Dwarshuis replacing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia’s matches in Group B will all be played in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They open against Ireland in Colombo on February 11 and will also face the co-hosts Sri Lanka, and Oman and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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