Josh Hazlewood was born on 8 January 1991 in New South Wales, Australia. He was born to a middle-class family and has white parents of Australian nationality. He has been playing cricket since he was 6 years old. He started playing the game with his friends in the neighborhood before he started to like the game very much. His fast running and a good idea of the game got him selecting in his school team. He started off as a batsman but later he started to ball a better light and decided to become a bowler. He soon became the most important player for his team. He won them many matches single-handedly giving some amazing performances. He was then selected in the under 19 team that went on to England tour in 2009.
On top of his good performances, he was selected in the ODI team for the national team. He did his debut against England in which he took just one wicket. In another twenty twenty match against England, he took his best bowling figures of 4 wickets. He has since then been a very important player for the team. He played the first-day night test match between England and Australia and was awarded the man of the match for that test. He then became the first player to be awarded the man of the match in day-night test match.
In 2014 he took five wickets for a total of 68 runs against India. Australia won that match all thanks to Hazlewood's bowling. His second best bowling performance was against West Indies in 2015 when he took 5 wickets giving just 38 runs. His career best pomace came in 2015 when he took six wickets against New Zealand to give Australia a deserved victory. This was in test when most of the bowlers couldn't do anything with the ball and just went for runs. It was Halewood who came and sent six of New Zealand's top batsmen packing. He laid a foundation upon which the Australian team embarked on a winning journey. In T20 matches his best performance was against England in 2014 when he took 4 wickets to demolish the English innings and win the match for Australia.
His bowling action is orthodox right arm pace. He has bowled the fastest ball of his career in the big bash when he bowled at 155 kilometers per hour. He is still playing for the Australian team after some injury scare that ruled him out of the game for a couple of months. He however returned in 2016 stronger than ever and became the most important bowler for the team after the dismissal of Mitchell Stars in the team. His bowling speed is around 150 in every match that makes him one of the fastest bowlers in the world right now. He is really a fine cricketer and inspected to be an even bigger player for the team in the near future. His net worth is estimated to be around $30 million.
| Birth Date: | 8 Jan, 1991 |
| Age: | 29 yrs |
| Occupations: | Cricketer |
| Citizenship: | Australia |
| Birth Place: | Tamworth |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Australian cricketer |
| Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |
