Sydney, July 31 -- Josh Hazlewood is only five wickets away from joining an exclusive fast-bowling club but a fortnight out from the series opener against Bangladesh, the veteran quick's thoughts are on greater glories with Australia's Test side.
Hazlewood, who missed the home Ashes triumph last summer with a hamstring injury and subsequently suffered an Achilles issue, has been in and out of Brisbane across the past fewweeks, honing his preparation at the National Cricket Centre ahead of the first Test in Darwin. Should he be selected, it will end a 13-month stretch in which the 35-year-old has played zeroTest cricket - the longest such period since he debuted in 2014.
And throughout that time Hazlewood has been stranded five short of 30...