It was exhausting work bowling on the market, says Josh Hazlewood

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood tosses the ball as he prepares to bowl on the second day of the primary cricket take a look at between Australia and India in Perth, Australia, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024.
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If Indian batters had been all weapons blazing right here on the Optus Stadium, Josh Hazlewood was about quelling the hearth in no matter method he may. Hazlewood’s general spell within the Indian second innings was a staggering 21-9-28-1 with an financial system charge of 1.30!

There may be nothing extra a speedster may have achieved on a tiring Sunday (November 24, 2024) for Australia whereas India wrested management of the primary Take a look at. Requested about his impressions a few lengthy day within the park, the Aussie spearhead replied: “India piled on the runs, had a few actually large partnerships. It was exhausting work bowling on the market. The brand new ball most likely does just a little bit, however when you get by means of that then it’s a bit simpler to bat. We noticed just a little little bit of up and down on the pitch in direction of the top of the day and that will probably be one thing the batters will probably be watching.”

Hazlewood additionally praised centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal and mentioned: “He batted very well and is an efficient participant. We tried a whole lot of issues however he negated all the pieces, credit score to him.” The lanky pacer equally lauded Virat Kohli and Ok.L. Rahul in addition to stressing that captain Pat Cummins ‘stored his tempo up the entire sport and the bouncers had been on observe.’