Pat Cummins Return: In the upcoming test of the Ashes 2025, Australia’s regular captain Pat Cummins is all set to lead the team in Adelaide. However, with this news it has also been stated that their pacer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the whole series.
Australian head coach Andrew McDonald confirmed that Hazlewood is going through a hamstring injury which he sustained during the Sheffield Shield last month, which delayed his return.
Pat Cummins Return In Ashes 2025
McDonald, giving an update about Pat Cummins, said,
“His body’s ready to go, and barring anything else happening in the next week, I’d be expecting Pat to be tossing the coin and putting the blazer on.”
Josh Hazlewood Ruled Out Of Ashes 2025
McDonald also stated that Hazlewood would no longer be part of the Ashes 2025.
“Unfortunately, Josh won’t be a part of the Ashes 2025. Really, really flat for him. A couple of setbacks that we didn’t see coming, and we thought he would play a huge part in the series.”
“It’s a totally separate injury. It’s somewhere lower in the calf to the Achilles region. His preparation will then shift towards the World Cup, which is an incredibly important campaign for us.”
McDonald also stated there are no concerns over Pat Cummins’ preparation for the Adelaide Test despite not having played any cricket since July due to a bone stress injury. He added that the selectors were very close to picking him in the Brisbane Test also.
“There won’t be any match opportunities for Pat, and this is something we’ve done with Pat before, off long layoffs, where we’ve put some time and effort into rebuilding his body,” McDonald said. “He was out at Allan Border Field, whilst everyone was out at the Gabba. So he simulated pretty much what a match will look like out there with multiple spells. So we feel as though he’ll be as best prepared as he can be.
“He was well ahead of where we thought he’d be at. And it did create a real live conversation for Brisbane about the skill readiness, the loads, and how he was pulling up. It was debated a lot leading into that Test match. So with that in mind, seeing him further advanced, we feel he’d be really well placed for the challenges of Adelaide, albeit a long way off. We feel as though the simulation in the nets has got him skill-ready.”
The third Test of the Ashes 2025 will start from December 17, Adelaide. It will be interesting to see if England would be making comeback in the third test of the Ashes or Australia will only continue to dominate the series.
