Ashes 2023: Australia recall Josh Hazlewood, retain David Warner

Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will return to the Australian squad and try to help the visitors secure the Ashes 2023 series against England in the fourth Test at Old Trafford this weekCaptain Pat Cummins also said on Tuesday the top five batters will remain but they were considering not including rookie spinner Todd MurphyThat could mean a recall of firstchoice allrounder Cameron Green who was fit again after missing the third test at Headingley with a hamstring issueMitch Marsh filled in for Green and hit a brilliant century to pose a selection conundrum for the selectorsAustralia will confirm its side at the toss on Wednesday Even after losing at Headingley by three wickets Australiais still at a 21 leadScott Boland will make way for Hazlewood after taking no wickets in Leeds Boland has only two wickets in the series from the opening win at EdgbastonHazlewood has eight wickets after also playing in the second win at Lords But he was rested from Headingley to manage his workloadRetaining the top five means David Warner will continue opening Warner is averaging 235 in six innings but has contributed to opening stands of 61 73 and 63 with Usman KhawajaldquoWarner has been going really wellrdquo Cummins saidI thought at Lords he was really impressive Last week like many of us he probably didnt contribute as much as he would have liked with the batldquoHes been out there over the last couple of days putting in a lot of work but I think this tour he has shown a lot of good signs and hasnt quite kicked on to make that big score Some of those innings hes played under really tough circumstances has made it easy for Steve Smith to come in and score runs or the likerdquoAlso Read Irsquove always found it difficult bowling to David Warner Stuart BroadAustralia has not gone into a test without a frontline slow bowler since January 2012 but with Nathan Lyon injured and Murphy considered more dispensable it was considering a significant change to the balance of the side Playing Green and Marsh will shore up the batting but diminish their options in the field An allseam attack will have to be complemented by Travis Heads spinMurphy bowled only 93 overs for one wicket at HeadingleyldquoIts all really conditions basedrdquo Cummins saidldquoI would have loved to bowl him a bit more but there wasnt a heap of overs in the game the ball seemed to swing and seam a little bit so thats certainly something to weigh up this weekrdquoIt rained in Manchester most of Tuesday and was to clear early Wednesday But rain was forecast to return on SaturdaylsquoNo issues with James AndersonrsquoWith Manchester in for a wet weekend England captain Ben Stokes said that the team might do more seeing as they have to win again to force a series decider at the OvalldquoWith the weather thats predicted it might bring more out of us again knowing that we might have to push the game on even more than we normally dordquo Stokes saidEngland named its side on Monday and made only one change bringing back James Anderson at his home ground for Ollie RobinsonAlso Read Ashes 2023 James Anderson recalled in England squad for fourth Test against AustraliaAnderson has only three wickets at an average of 75 from the first two tests but Stokes said his value wasnt only in wicketsldquoWhen youre a quality performer like Jimmy has been for the last 10 years he is going to be disappointed that hes not contributed to the team like he normally doesrdquo Stokes saidBut I did say to him Even if youre not taking wickets like you want to be doing at the other end you see the pressure youre putting on the oppositionldquoHe holds an end up without that being his main obligation with the ball You dont get as many wickets as him without having the odd bad game here and there theres no issues whatsoever with JimmyrdquoWith AP inputs