Last update:December 19, 2024, 7:34 p.m. IST

Callum Ferguson, a former Australian batter, has called on Australian selectors to implement a rotation policy for Australia’s fast bowling trio.

Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series due to injury.

Former Australia skipper Aaron Finch believes Josh Hazlewood’s injury could allow the pacer to choose which matches he plays in the future.

Hazlewood, who missed the pink ball Test in Adelaide due to a side strain, was back in the squad for the third Test in Brisbane but ahead of the day four match, scans revealed he would not be available for the series due to the recurring injury.

“With Hazlewood he is getting injured more and more regularly so that would be a real concern. I think there’s an opportunity to maybe even select the games he plays in the future,” Finch commented in ESPN around the box office spectacle.

“Everyone knows he’s one of Australia’s top three bowlers, or top four when you add Nathan Lyon, but you need him on the park…(So Australia might have to consider) choose the best conditions for Josh Hazlewood to make an impact and make the rest revolve around that,” he added.

Australia’s fast bowling trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Hazlewood are in their 30s and former Australian batter Callum Ferguson has suggested they may need to look at their plans to extend their Test careers.

“These next few years are going to be really important for the Australian cricket team when it comes to the fast bowling cartel because they are no longer spring chickens. And even the guys coming in behind aren’t the youngest either when you think about Scott Boland and Michael Neser, who is also out with a hamstring injury at the moment. So we need to start thinking about how best to maximize the impact of these guys and how to extend their careers,” Ferguson explained.

“We don’t want them to play less cricket, we want them to play more and I think a rotation policy might be the best way to move forward here because these five or six quicks are really, really good and are up to it, so let’s go.” trying to extend their career and rotation might be the best way to go,” he concluded.

As the fast bowling trio reach the latter part of their careers, perhaps they could use a similar approach to England’s Stuart Broad and James Anderson, which has allowed them to extend their careers.