Josh Hazlewood has been one of the important fast bowlers for the Australian cricket team across all three formats of the game. The lanky right-arm paceman is best known for his accuracy with the ball.
He has the incredible ability to ruffle the batters’ feathers with his intelligent and swift bowling. The 32-year-old has time and again pulled some tricks off his sleeve by taking wickets in the need of the hour for Australia.
Meanwhile, he has been out of international action for quite a while. His last Test appearance for Australia came against South Africa on January 4, 2023. Hazlewood’s last ODI appearance came against England on November 22, 2022.
On the other hand, his last T20I appearance came against the Afghanistan cricket team on November 4, 2022. The right-arm paceman picked up a left Achilles niggle during the SCG Test against South Africa.
Josh Hazlewood becomes the new No.1 Ranked ODI bowler
The experienced paceman missed some important assignments for Australia since then. He opted out of the Border Gavaskar Trophy series and the three-match ODI series against the Indian cricket team.
Meanwhile, in the latest development, Josh Hazlewood became the new No.1 Ranked ODI bowler in the latest ICC ODI ranking. The cricket fraternity is also surprised to see the paceman on top of the rankings despite missing ODI action for Australia of late.
Josh Hazlewood represented the national cricket team in 69 One-Day Internationals. Notably, he has bagged as many as 108 wickets to his name at an impressive economy rate of 4.57.
On the other hand, he has bagged as many as three 5-wicket hauls. It is worth mentioning that he has bowled as many as 48 maiden overs in the history of ODIs. Currently, he is the No.3 ranked bowler as far as the Twenty20 Internationals are concerned.
Here’s how Twitterati reacted after Josh Hazlewood became the new No.1 ranked ODI bowler
Without playing ?? 😳 https://t.co/OyL7GD1Ydm
— Raj Singh (@raj_singh3021) March 22, 2023
Bro hasn’t even played the format for so long 😭
How does these rankings work— STON.POST (@ston1post) March 22, 2023
Siraj points deducted.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 22, 2023
Without playing a game
— ✨ (@beete__lamhein) March 22, 2023
Siraj lost some points in previous game
— VINAY RAAM (@VINAYRAAM4) March 22, 2023
hazelwood last played an odi in november
how does these rankings work— Antarctic Bear 🐻❄️ (@Antarcticabear1) March 22, 2023
Very well deserving 👏🏻
— Un-Lucky (@Luckyytweets) March 22, 2023
Without even playing 😁
— Ripunjoy Goswami (@ImRiPu_94) March 22, 2023
