It’s noteworthy that the Australian cricket team’s captain, Pat Cummins, expects the current home Test series against Team India to turn out to be competitive and expects it to continue until the last match. The right-arm speedster said he was part of the last two home series and referred to the toll it takes.
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India will be arriving in Australia to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which they won on the last tour in 2014-15. The tourists have also taken the last two series down under and are going for the third, something which puts pressure on Cummins to get it back for Australia.
Interviewed to The Sydney Morning Herald, Cummins pointed out that due to the high level of competition in the match, the team must distribute reserves wisely. He said:
“The couple of home series I’ve played against India there’s always an element of attrition on them. The last series came down to the last session at the Gabba on the last day of the last Test match,”
“That’s a good thing to keep in mind; it is a long series, and it might be tightly held until the last game, so you’ve got to manage your resources throughout,”
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“It’s up to me and Ron to set the order. I know there’s always commentary around everything to do with cricket. You listen to some, you don’t listen to others, but we’re still a fair way out from the series, so still a bit of water to go under the bridge,”
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“Really sympathetic. We want him bowling, Cam wants to be bowling, and he has a long career ahead of him. So it’s about trying to place Cam the cricketer in the best position he can be to have the career that he’s hoping for. He’s young, so I’m sure he’ll be right in the long run,”He added:
“Bowling and trying to bowl fast is unfortunately fraught with injuries. In some ways, the hardest thing is missing cricket and seeing games go by that you could have been part of, but also it can be a pretty lonely way back,”“It looks like Greeny is going to have that situation, which is not uncommon for him unfortunately, so he knows what needs to be done, but that doesn’t make it any easier,”