Australia’s Hazlewood unlikely to be fit for half of World Cup, Cummins says

February 3, 2026 9:48 AM

Australia’s Hazlewood unlikely to be fit for half of World Cup, Cummins says

Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood may not return to action until halfway through the T20 World Cup, injured teammate Pat Cummins said on Tuesday. Hazlewood, arguably the squad's most important bowler, has struggled with hamstring and Achilles injuries, and missed the entire five-test Ashes series against England. Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said in mid-January that Hazlewood was on track to be fit for the squad's World Cup opener against Ireland on February 11 but Cummins' update w...

Injured Cummins out of T20 World Cup, Dwarshuis in Australia squad

January 31, 2026 4:29 PM

Injured Cummins out of T20 World Cup, Dwarshuis in Australia squad

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins was ruled out on Saturday for next month's Twenty20 World Cup after failing to recover from a nagging back injury, and Ben Dwarshuis will replace him for the global showpiece. Cummins played just one of the five Ashes tests against England, but Australia kept him in the provisional World Cup squad hoping for his availability in the Super Eight stage of the tournament to be played in India and Sri Lanka. Matt Renshaw also replaced fellow batter Matthew Short bu...