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Test captain Pat Cummins says he has not spoken with Cricket Australia (CA) about the process of appointing a new men's head coach following Justin Langer's resignation earlier this month.
Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins has said that the "reality" of having a really strong squad is that a couple of guys will always miss out on Test matches. Cummins's remark comes as Australia gets ready to lock horns with Pakistan in a three-match Test series, beginning March 4. "In terms of the fast bowlers, Scotty Boland has just had a fantastic summer, Josh Hazlewood and Starc are superstars, so already one of those is going to miss, you would expect," ESPNcricinfo quoted Cummins as saying.
Australia will begin their first overseas Test tour in little over two-and-a-half years when they take on Pakistan from March 4th in the first Test in Rawalpindi. This is Australia's first tour of the Asian country since 1998, although Pakistan has hosted Australia in the UAE in the past two decades. The Aussies will have a tough task on hand against a rejuvenated Pakistan side, which has seen the rise of new stars and talented cricketers over the past couple of years and are once again a force to reckon with across all formats under the able leadership of star batter Babar Azam.
MELBOURNE : Australia captain Pat Cummins believes his Ashes-winning team will have to alter their approach and be prepared to grind out success on their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years.
Pat Cummins said on Friday his team were "comfortable" with security arrangements and excited by what lies ahead, as Australia prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998. They are due to leave over the weekend ahead of the first of three Tests in Rawalpindi on March 4 -- giving them less than a week to acclimatise and without any warm-up matches. It will be followed by Tests in Karachi and Lahore before three ODIs and a single Twenty20, all in Rawalpindi. "We've got to a place where everyone hopping on the plane is comfortable with where it's all sitting. It's been a really thorough body of work that the security and the logistics teams have worked through," Cummins said.
Test skipper Pat Cummins said on Friday his team were "comfortable" with security arrangements and excited by what lies ahead, as Australia prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998. They are due to leave over the weekend ahead of the first of three Tests in Rawalpindi on March 4 -- giving them less than a week to acclimatise and without any warm-up matches.
Australia's Test captain Pat Cummins says the change in coach has been "seamless" but admits ex-boss Justin Langer will be missed on the looming tour of Pakistan.
Australia's interim coach Andrew McDonald on Wednesday advocated the importance of the IPL, saying the upcoming edition of the lucrative league will be a nice build up for his team as it defends its T20 World Cup title on home soil later this year. "Oh, no doubt.