Aussie pace ace set to miss final Ashes Test

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Australian manager Justin Langer has each but ruled Josh Hazlewood retired of an Ashes return, revealing it is improbable the paceman volition diagnostic successful the 5th and last Hobart Test.

Hazlewood suffered a broadside strain wounded during the archetypal Test successful Brisbane, creating an accidental for Scott Boland and Michael Neser to excel successful his place.

When asked contiguous if Hazlewood would again beryllium near retired of Australia's XI for the last Test, Langer said, "at this stage, it is looking similar that."

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"It's been truly pugnacious connected him, helium has been truly hanging retired to play successful this Ashes bid similar everyone.

"He has missed 3 games, truthful to person 1 of our premier accelerated bowlers retired of the series, I conjecture it is simply a spot similar England missing 1 of their premier accelerated bowlers.

"At this stage, if I was a guessing antheral I'd accidental that helium astir apt won't play the adjacent Test lucifer but we volition hold and see."

Hazlewood whitethorn beryllium rested to sphere his fittingness for the ODIs against New Zealand, starting aboriginal this month.

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