Australian Cricket - Crisis, What Crisis ??

[malo]

Cricket Australia has decided that Josh Hazlewood only needs one Shield game as preparation for the Test series.  He will be training under CA's fitness gurus rather than actually playing the game.

What are the chances of him (a) breaking down or (b) bowling ineffectively?

Unbelievable.....the only thing that gets your body fit for fast bowling is....wait for it....bowling.

These physios & "fitness" hangers on have absolutely no idea of the fitness requirements of a fast bowler, it is unlike just about any other sport & is making the body try to do something that is completely foreign to it.

You cannot kid glove fast bowlers.  They will break without hard match fitness.