SYDNEY: Australian pace spearhead Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out ofupcoming one-day tours against India and Pakistan.

Cricket Australia physiotherapist David Beakley previously said he wassuffering an early stage stress fracture, similar to one that sidelined himfor six months last year.

Hazlewood told reporters he was targeting World Cup warm-up games for hisreturn, with a follow-up scan on Friday set to shed more light on hisprogress.

“I think we’ll know a lot more after tomorrow, to be honest. Hopefully, inthe coming weeks we´ll start working through it,” he said.

“Hopefully it’s going along to plan.”

“Everything feels fine so training´s coming along nicely, progressing everyweek. I think we´ll just work back from the World Cup really and make sureeverything´s right for that, which gives me plenty of time.”

Australia play their first World Cup group game against Afghanistan on June1, with three practice matches scheduled at home against New Zealand in May.