Pat Cummins Injury: The Australian captain Pat Cummins has revealed that there are high chances that he might not play the Ashes’ first game starting from November 21 in Perth, but with still over a month left, nothing can be said with full surety.
In the recent past, Cummins went through a back injury and is yet to return to the bowling crease ahead of the first test of the summer. He has already started running for the first time after he faced a back injury.
Pat Cummins Injury Ahead Of Ashes 2025
Cummins’s back injury is a cause of concern for the Australian team, as the Ashes 2025 is around the corner. The star pacer has not bowled a single ball since Australia’s last test series in the West Indies three months ago.
Speaking at an event, Cummins talked about his chances of featuring in the first test against England. He said,
“I’d say probably less likely than likely, but we’ve still got a bit of time. I’m running today and running kind of every second day, and each run is a little bit longer, and then we get into bowling prep next week. So I’m probably a couple of weeks away from putting on the spikes and bowling out on the turf. But it’s been a good couple of weeks. Each session feels better and better.”
“Four Weeks Is Pretty Tight..: ” Pat Cummins
Further, Cummins said that he will be making a return to bowling at training if he will be fit to play the opener game in Perth.
He said,
“You’d want probably at least a month in the nets. If you are to play in a test match, you want to make sure you are right to bowl 20 overs in a day, and you don’t have to think about it. Four weeks is pretty tight, but I think somewhere around that mark.”
The 32-year-old Cummins also stated that his back injury won’t be a cause of concern in the long term, and he also plans to play in the Ashes if possible, with the aim of leading Australia in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20I World Cup.
“I Can Play As Much….”: Pat Cummins
He said,
“It’s a back injury that I haven’t had for about seven or eight years, and I’ve played a lot of cricket in between. If anything, looking back when I was, say, 20 years old and I had this injury, I was a bit worried about what my body could actually handle. But I know in myself that if I get it right and do it properly, when I come back, I shouldn’t have to worry about it at all. And hopefully I can play as much, or even more, cricket than I had previously in the last few years.”
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