Melbourne [Australia], December 26 (ANI): Australia skipper Pat Cummins has his eyes set on subsequent yr’s ICC T20 World Cup, saying that he’s ‘cooling his heels a bit of bit’ after returning for the third Ashes Check at Adelaide after lacking the primary two fixtures as a consequence of a again harm.
Cummins featured within the Adelaide Check, taking part in a vital function in sealing the Ashes collection for Australia with a complete of three wickets every throughout each innings. However with the Ashes already within the bag, Cummins has chosen to handle his workload forward of subsequent yr’s ICC T20 World Cup, which begins on February 7 and will likely be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Cummins will likely be taking part in underneath the captaincy of Mitchell Marsh within the marquee T20I event. Australia is positioned in Group B alongside Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Eire and Oman. They’ll begin in opposition to Eire on February 11 in Colombo.
In a video by 7Cricket, Cummins was quoted as saying forward of the fourth Ashes Check, ‘Received via Adelaide unscathed, fairly comfortable about it. Getting back from a again harm, taking part in back-to-back Check matches is fairly excessive threat, so that we are going to cool our heels for a bit of bit. T20 World Cup subsequent month.’
After the West Indies Check collection in July, Cummins didn’t characteristic within the white-ball collection in opposition to South Africa and India at residence as a consequence of a again harm and underwent an aggressive rehab plan, which helped him make his return simply in time to seal the Ashes urn for Australia at Adelaide.
Cummins has but to characteristic in a T20I for Australia since final yr’s T20 World Cup within the West Indies and the USA. His presence within the T20 circuit wouldn’t solely be invaluable for Australia but additionally for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), a group he captains within the Indian Premier League (IPL).
After an excellent Border-Gavaskar Trophy in opposition to India in 2024/25, by which he emerged as second-highest wicket-taker with 25 scalps and bowled the series-high of 167 overs, the Aussie skipper missed the Sri Lanka Check tour and ICC Champions Trophy to nurse his accidents, however returned for the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) ultimate in opposition to South Africa and the tour to West Indies.
Accidents restricted Cummins’ presence in 2025 to simply six worldwide matches, all Assessments, taking 26 wickets at a mean of 16.53, with finest figures of 6/28, his sole five-wicket haul in 11 innings.
In the meantime, England elected to bowl first, and a five-wicket haul from Josh Tongue (5/45) bowled out Australia for simply 152 within the first innings. (ANI)
