The Skipper Pat Cummins carried Australia to a historic win in the first Test of the Ashes 2023 at Edgbaston on Tuesday 20th June 2023. Australia was in a critical position starring themselves down in a barrel at 227/8, the hopes started to be extinguished as Alex Carrey the only In-Form Batter on the crease got out, all the burden was then on Pat Cummins‘ shoulders and he didn’t let anyone down as he smacked 44 runs in 73 balls to take the Aussies for a memorable win at Edgbaston.
Pat Cummins hails Ashes 2023 as the best red ball contest he has been ever part of in his career so far, Cummins played a starring role in the Ashes he contributed with both bat and ball and his exceptional 33 runs innings in the first session coupled with his impressive four wicket-haul in the second innings, played a crucial role in Australia’s triumph in the opening test of the Ashes.
“It felt like from almost the first session of Day 1, it was 50-50 the whole way..”- Pat Cummins
Cummins opines that the match never deviated from them, it was always 50-50. He mentioned this during the Post-match conference.
“This is No.1, yeah absolutely. Start of an Ashes series, definitely number one. Probably when we got down to 10 runs or so required or maybe 16 runs or something, I thought like 2 runs an over and felt pretty confident about winning.” said Pat Cummins.
“It felt like from almost the first session of Day 1, it was 50-50 the whole way along. Like it never felt like it swung too far, one way or the other.” he added.
Cummins Admit Home Away Matches Are Difficult To Win
Pat Cummins, believes home away matches are hard to win as they do not have any home support, but he is impressed by the way they have played in foreign countries, like India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
They notched wins in India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, which spruced up their points tally, along with an undefeated season at home.
“We have been big on how we want to play. I think we have been consistent over the last 20 Test matches or so and this time it was good enough to get a win. Away Test matches are really hard to win, so to come here and win, going about the way that we want to play has been great.” Cummins said.
The second Test match of the Ashes 2023 is set to be held on 28th June at Lord’s.
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