Australian cricketers Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Nathan Lyon mentioned Hazlewood’s nickname “Hazel God” given by Royal Challengers Bengaluru followers forward of the ICC World Take a look at Championship ultimate in opposition to Australia at Lord’s on June 11.Hazlewood responded to his new nickname saying, “Yeah, hopefully it runs out of steam fairly rapidly.”Starc shared his ideas on the nickname stating, “Hopefully it sticks, as a result of I do not assume he likes it an excessive amount of. He is had a incredible few months, the massive fella over in India, and he is come house with baggage of money. So I look ahead to seeing him in motion right here on the Lords.”Lyon revealed a shocking improvement in regards to the nickname saying, “Hazel God, he truly referred to himself because it the opposite day, which completely took me again unexpectedly. Off the again of him successful the IPL, I believe he is operating with it.”
Hazlewood has arrived within the UK following a powerful IPL marketing campaign with Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the place he claimed 22 wickets and performed a significant function of their championship victory.He has begun his preparation for red-ball cricket, bowling roughly 5 overs at reasonable depth throughout Australia’s optionally available coaching session in Beckenham on Saturday.Quiz: Who’s that IPL player?If Hazlewood’s preparation goes properly, he’s prone to be chosen forward of Scott Boland within the beginning XI for the WTC ultimate.Since his return to Take a look at cricket through the 2023 Ashes, Hazlewood has proven distinctive kind, taking 57 wickets in 13 matches at a mean of 19.68.The Australian squad for WTC ultimate contains Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Inexperienced, Beau Webster, Pat Cummins (captain), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, and Matt Kuhnemann, with Brendan Doggett because the travelling reserve.
