Cricket-Hazlewood given okay for Ashes opener after hamstring scare


Cricket - 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final - South Africa v Australia - Lord's Cricket Ground, London, Britain - June 12, 2025 Australia's Josh Hazlewood in action Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia paceman Josh Hazlewood went to hospital for scans on a possible hamstring injury during a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday but was later cleared of a strain and will travel to Perth for next week's first Ashes test.

Both Hazlewood and Sean Abbott, who was named in the test squad as a backup fast bowler, went to get scans after bowling for New South Wales on the third day of a Sheffield Shield match against Victoria.

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