Josh Hazlewood confesses he was dealing with nerves ahead of captaincy debut

Josh Hazlewood [Source: Associated Press]

Josh Hazlewood has been a regular feature in the Australian side. The left-handed batter  has made his debut as the captain of the Australian team in the 2nd ODI against England. 

Hazlewood was named the captain after Pat Cummins made an exit from the camp at the eleventh hour, in an attempt to avoid burnout ahead of the upcoming summer. In the 2nd ODI the newly appointed skipper collected 2/33 off seven overs to help steer the Aussies to a dominating 72-run victory. 

As the match ended, Hazlewood admitted that he was nervous ahead of his captaincy debut. 

Hazlewood nerve-wracked at the opportunity

"It was pretty exciting and a little bit nerve-wracking." 

"I was thinking about everyone else's bowling rather than my own at the start, but (I eventually) got into a groove there. And then everything seemed to flow pretty well." 

"Obviously, we've got Kez (Alex Carey) there, quite an experienced keeper to do all the angles with the field and different things. And the two spinners (Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa) have played a lot of cricket. They know their fields so I stayed out of their way as best I could."

"There weren't any times I had to step in at all or argue, so it was smooth sailing."

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