Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was on Friday ruled out of the T20 World Cup after failing to recover from hamstring and Achilles injuries in another setback for Australia.

It has been reported that Josh Hazlewood will miss the initial stages of the ICC T20 World Cup and will continue his rehabilitation in Sydney for his Achilles injury.

As Australian fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood is racing the clock to feature in the T20 World Cup at some stage, fellow pacer Pat Cummins stated that the right-armer is trying his best to return "about halfway through" the tournament.

In a blow to the Australian fast bowling unit, which has battled injuries, pacer Josh Hazlewood is to miss out on the initial stages of the ICC T20 World Cup tournament and will continue his rehabilitation in Sydney for his Achilles issue

Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will not travel with the squad for the early part of its T20 World Cup matches in Sri Lanka as he continues his rehabilitation after recovering from an injury here, national selector Tony Dodemaide said on Monday.

Australia's top fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has regained full fitness ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026 and is set to return to competitive action after joining the Sydney Sixers for the remainder of the Big Bash League 2025-26 season.

Australia chairman of selectors expressed confidence that Josh Hazlewood and Tim David would be ready in time for the World Cup and remained hopeful that a scan for Pat Cummins would bring encouraging news.

Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were Thursday named in a spin-heavy provisional Australian squad for this year's T20 World Cup after their Ashes campaign was ruined by injury.

The experienced pace duo of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are set to be included in Australia's provisional squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup despite injury concerns.

Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has no intention to back off from any format of cricket and will continue to play all forms despite missing the ongoing Ashes due to injury.