Josh Hazlewood’s latest injury concern may bolster the possibility of Beau Webster lining up alongside Cameron Green in the first Test of the Ashes, with stand-in captain Steve Smith open to playing both all-rounders in the same side.

A massive scare was sent through the Australian camp in New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria on Wednesday when Hazlewood and fellow Test squad member Sean Abbott left the field in quick succession due to hamstring complaints.

Scans later in the day cleared Hazlewood of a strain but the news was not as good for Abbott, who has been ruled out of the start of the series due to a “moderate grade hamstring injury”.

Hazlewood has been dogged by injury in the back half of his career, having spent 12 of Australia’s 29 home Tests since the beginnin

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