Hazlewood: Pace weapons to propel Australia at World Cup

Australia will depend on its full complement of specialist tempo bowlers to set the tone on the World Cup quite than combine and match with all-rounders, Josh Hazlewood stated.

With Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc recovering from accidents, Australia has taken a 2-0 lead within the five-match one-day sequence in opposition to South Africa after having part-timers share the brand new ball.

All-rounder Marcus Stoinis opened the bowling with paceman Hazlewood within the three-wicket win within the opener in Bloemfontein, whereas part-time spinner Travis Head and quick bowling all-rounder Sean Abbott led off within the 123-run win on the identical venue.

Hazlewood stated Australia was prone to revert to sort when captain Cummins and Starc rejoined the squad for the ultimate warm-up sequence in opposition to India within the lead-up to the World Cup, which begins subsequent month.

“I expect with Mitch and Pat back, we’ll probably share the first 10 overs between us more often than not,” he advised reporters.

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“With Mitch and Pat coming in hopefully for the India series before the World Cup, there’s still a lot of games to go, no doubt the quicks will play a huge part not only here but at the World Cup as well.”

Hazlewood stated the South Africa sequence had been an awesome alternative to construct depth and create competitors within the squad.

“It’s definitely great to have some younger guys here pushing us and getting some match experience and creating that depth within the squad,” he stated.

“We’re ticking along nicely, I think, and it’s just about keeping building towards the World Cup.”