Josh Hazlewood remains on track to be available for the World Test Championship final with the Australian paceman appearing to have avoided serious injury despite leaving the Indian Premier League prematurely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hazlewood missed Royal Challengers Bangalore\u2019s final regular season game against the Gujarat Titans, with reports out of India suggesting that he may have suffered a recurrence of the Achilles injury that had limited his availability in recent months.<\/p>\n
However, it\u2019s understood Hazlewood\u2019s issue was a very minor case of side soreness, which is not expected to prevent him from training ahead of or playing in the WTC final against India at The Oval between June 7 and 12.<\/p>\n
Hazlewood, along with fellow IPL participants David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, were due to return to Australia following the conclusion of the regular season and travel with the bulk of the Australian Test squad to England later this week.<\/p>\n
Cameron Green, whose maiden IPL ton on Sunday night helped hoist the Mumbai Indians into the finals is set to join the rest of the touring party when his franchise commitments wrap up.<\/p>\n
One of the world\u2019s best quicks when up and running, Hazlewood has played just four Tests since January 2021 as a result of injury and selection.<\/p>\n
He is one of just four frontline quicks in Australia\u2019s squad for the WTC final and first two Ashes Tests, alongside Scott Boland, Mitchell Starc and captain Pat Cummins.<\/p>\n
Fellow seamers Michael Neser and Sean Abbott are on standby however, with both men set to train with the Test squad ahead of the WTC final. <\/p>\n