Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has hinted that they better play at IPL rather than Australian home cricket, considering the league’s success in turning decent cricketers into “much better players.”
Hazlewood, who plays for Chennai Super Kings at the IPL, is one of the few Australian players to participate in all three formats of the game and is part of the expanded 26-player squad that was named last week for the New Zealand series.
In the current circumstances, with the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the cricket schedule, Hazlewood also admitted that the possibility of the IPL taking place creates some “difficult” decisions for those with cash-rich league deals.
“There are still some things that fit, but IPL is a big part of the year for many players and probably the strongest T20 competition in the world, with Big Bash, and you learn a lot about how to play your T20 cricket and how to play in those conditions,” ESPNcricinfo said Hazlewood said.
“You’ve seen guys come out of it much better players, so there are a lot of positives, so if that takes away a few games playing for New South Wales in preparation for the international summer, it’s a tough decision, (and) probably go back to the person. ”
He also said that it is imperative that players, especially fast bowlers, train while under quarantine. “As long as we can train during that period, it will be fine, it’s if we go back and we can’t train during that two-week period,” he said.
“We’ve built these loads as fast bowlers and then two weeks really hurts us going into a summer of test cricket. As far as red-ball cricket goes, I think I only need one, maximum two games, to prepare for a Test. There have been summers where we came from a white ball course and we only played one (red ball game) and it was good. ”
Reacting to England’s pace, Jofra Archer, violating strict biosecurity protocols established for the ongoing series of tests against the West Indies, Hazlewood said players should not jeopardize the return of the game.
“Absolutely. I think Jofra is an example and there have also been examples in NRL and AFL. Just hugging a partner in the crowd you miss a week,” said Hazlewood. “So we must maintain those strict guidelines for the sport to keep going. “Obviously we will learn from that mistake.”
Regarding Dom Sibley who inadvertently used saliva on the ball during the second Test in Manchester, he said: “It is a quite natural habit … it is such a reaction to see a point on the ball that needs to be fixed and you go and put a little saliva. ” in. You’ve been doing it for five years, so it will take a while to break the habit, but you’re obviously aware of it on the field. ”
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