Hazlewood was due to play in last week’s One-Day Cup match against Victoria alongside Pat Cummins, but withdrew on the morning of the match due to illness. It means the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland will be his first outing since the tour of England ended at the end of September and will likely be his only competitive game before the first Test against India.
Lyon was expected to feature in three Shield matches ahead of the Test series but has managed 104 overs in the two matches he played against South Australia and Victoria and is understood to be unlikely to have another run before facing India .
Several states have been significantly affected in the third round of the Shield by the Australia ODI and Australia A call-ups. From their previous XI, along with Lyon, NSW are missing Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Sean Abbott, Sam Konstas and Josh Phillippe due to those simultaneous series.
Ollie Davies is also part of Australia’s A team, but will only feature in the second four-day match next week at the MCG, making him available to face Queensland. And in a boost for NSW, all-rounder Jack Edwards is fit after a hamstring injury. Lyon’s absence means that player Tanveer Sangha will be able to return to the XI.
Mitchell Swepson will captain Queensland with Marnus Labuschagne on ODI duty. There are also Michael Neser (Australia A) and Mark Steketee (ankle), Gurinder Sandhu (calf), Callum Vidler (groin). Jimmy Peirson will be the goalkeeper in Australia A’s second match next week.
South Australia are also missing key players with Nathan McSweeney captaining Australia A, while bowlers Jordan Buckingham, Brendon Doggett and Nathan McAndrew are in the squad. Alex Carey, who has been in excellent form, will captain against Victoria.
New South Wales team Jackson Bird, Ollie Davies, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Ryan Hadley, Josh Hazlewood, Moisés Henriques (captain), Nic Maddinson, Blake Nikitaras, Kurtis Patterson, Tanveer Sangha
queensland team 4. Mitchell Swepson (captain), Jack Clayton, Benji Floros, Liam Guthrie, Lachlan Hearne, Usman Khawaja, Angus Lovell, Ben McDermott, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Jack Sinfield, Tom Straker, Jack Wildermuth
South Australia team Alex Carey (captain), Harry Conway, Daniel Drew, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Jake Lehmann, Ben Manenti, Conor McInerney, Lloyd Pope, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Henry Thornton
