Josh Hazlewood has been cleared of a hamstring strain with Australia confident the seamer will be fit for the first Ashes Test after a nightmare day at the SCG.

Hazlewood and fellow Test squad member Sean Abbott both left the SCG for scans during NSW’s 300-run Sheffield Shield loss to Victoria, after feeling tightness while bowling.

The news was somewhat good for Hazlewood, who will fly to Perth and train as normal.

But Abbott’s chances of debuting this summer have taken a significant hit with a “moderate-grade” injury.

Australia had wanted their full bowling attack of Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon to feature at the SCG this week, before the Ashes begin next Friday in Perth.

With captain and pace ace Pat Cummins already missing the start of the series

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