Josh Hazlewood out of action for weeks Josh Hazlewood is expected to miss several weeks with shin soreness. Another of Australia's rising fast bowlers has broken down, with Ashes contender Josh Hazlewood expected to miss several weeks with shin soreness. Hazlewood was understood to have been one of eight fast bowlers on Cricket Australia's "watch list," who were having their workloads monitored so selectors could pick them for the Ashes. Controversially, Hazlewood was rested for the NSW Sheffield Shield game against Victoria, as per instructions from CA's high performance unit but he was supposed to play grade cricket in Sydney on Saturday. It's understood that he would have been fit to play for NSW at the MCG but the soreness flared up in recent days. "The management plan for Josh was for him to miss the second round of Sheffield Shield cricket, play grade cricket tomorrow before returning for round three of the Shield," Cricket NSW said. Josh had some shin soreness during the first Sheffield Shield game that has not resolved, as such he will not play in the grade cricket match on the weekend and is likely to miss the next few weeks until he has fully recovered. NSW bowling coach Geoff Lawson objected strongly to CA's decision to rest Hazlewood from the Shield game, reasoning he had not bowled well in the fixture against Tasmania and needed the run. The enforced rest means Hazlewood, 22, is unlikely to be available until the third Test in Perth at the earliest, after it was suggested he had been placed on standby for the second Test in Adelaide. Australia's much-vaunted depth in fast bowling has already been tested, with Mitchell Starc, James Pattinson, Jackson Bird and Pat Cummins all recovering from back stress injuries. Hazlewood, the towering right-arm quick from Tamworth, had injury problems last summer, too. He was called up to the Test squad before the Perth Test against South Africa when the selectors rested Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, but Victoria's John Hastings was given the nod ahead of Hazlewood before he was diagnosed with a foot injury. He has since impressed on the Australia A tour of southern Africa, and played in the post-Ashes one-day series in England. The injuries to young quicks have again turned the spotlight on CA's injury management, and mean Australia will depend on an experienced attack, most likely Siddle, Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson, for much of the Ashes. Other fast bowlers who could press for selection during the summer are Hilfenhaus, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Cutting and Clint McKay. But Hazlewood's problem could mean Doug Bollinger, who started the shield season with a six-wicket haul against Tasmania, returns to contention after an off-season fitness campaign. ■ Western Australia are set to face a tricky run chase in their Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia at the WACA Ground. At tea on day three, the Redbacks were eight for 261 in their second innings - an overall lead of 253 - with Joe Mennie on 23 and Chadd Sayers on 14. Ashes hopeful Mitchell Johnson has figures of two for 70 but he's also had two catches off his bowling dropped.