Sydney, Feb. 6 -- Australia's T20 World Cup campaign suffered a major setback after veteran fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the tournament due to a hamstring injury.
Hazlewood, 35, has not played competitive cricket since sustaining a hamstring injury during the Sheffield Shield on November 12. Despite being named in Australia's initial World Cup squad, the fast bowler remained in Sydney while the rest of the team assembled in Sri Lanka earlier this week, as per Cricket Australia.
With just five days remaining before Australia's opening group-stage match against Ireland in Colombo, national selector Tony Dodemaide confirmed that Hazlewood would not recover in time.
"We were hopeful Josh would be back to match fitness by the S...