Ashes Test: Massive blow to Australia! Key player ruled out of the 1st Test

Australian accelerated bowler Josh Hazlewood has been confirmed retired of the archetypal Ashes Test successful Perth pursuing confirmation of a hamstring wounded from a 2nd circular of scans connected Saturday.

Queensland's Michael Neser has been called up to the archetypal Test squad to supply sum for some Hazlewood and Sean Abbott, who besides sustained a hamstring wounded during the Sheffield Shield lucifer betwixt NSW and Victoria astatine the MCG.

Initial scans connected Wednesday had cleared Hazlewood of musculus strain, with Pat Cummins and Steve Smith offering affirmative assessments of his condition.However, consequent scans contiguous revealed the grade of the injury."Early imaging tin occasionally underestimate low-grade musculus injuries," Cricket Australia stated successful their release.Both Hazlewood and Abbott volition not articulation the Australian squad's question to Perth for the opening lucifer of the five-Test series.Neser, who has 2 Test matches to his name, made his debut against England astatine Adelaide Oval successful 2021.The five-match bid begins astatine Perth Stadium connected November 21, followed by matches astatine The Gabba, Adelaide Oval, MCG, and concluding astatine the SCG connected January 8.

The Australian squad for the archetypal Test includes Steve Smith arsenic captain, on with Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Jake Weatherald, and Beau Webster.The England squad volition beryllium led by Ben Stokes, with Harry Brook arsenic vice-captain. Their squad includes Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue, and Mark Wood.