Vision captured exclusively by Fox Sports News on Tuesday showed Cummins bowling for the first time since mid-July, with Cricket NSW staff watching on.<\/p>\n
Cummins ambled in to the crease and simply rolled his arm over, but regardless the vision is the first positive leap towards a return to bowling since his omission was confirmed.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s the first real steps for Pat Cummins, (he) has bowled his first deliveries on this road to recovery,\u201d Fox Sports News\u2019 Jim Callinan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was bowling at NSW Cricket Central, that is the Blues\u2019 training base… this is a sight that all cricket fans have been waiting to see.<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins takes his first steps towards an Ashes return.Source: FOX SPORTSPat Cummins takes his first steps towards an Ashes return.Source: FOX SPORTSPat Cummins takes his first steps towards an Ashes return.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty tentative steps for the paceman who is bowling for the first time since the tour of the Carribean. That was way back in mid July of this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince then Pat has been dealing with lower lumber back stress, something he had to deal with right back at the start of his career as a teenager.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat kept him out for four years back then, but since then has been an ever-so-durable pace man, he has played 70 of the last 78 Tests.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scott Boland is a near certainty to take his place in the starting XI, with the likes of Michael Neser, Brendan Doggett, Xavier Bartlett and Fergus O\u2019Neill in contention to be called up to the squad.<\/p>\n
Cummins has previously indicated he requires a four-week block of bowling before he returns, which means he remains touch and go for the Brisbane Test.<\/p>\n
According to Callinan, his position for the third Test at the Adelaide Oval could depend on how the hosts are placed in their bid to retain the Ashes.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt seems he is still going to be a long way off until he hits full pace, but good signs,\u201d Callinan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s hope it won\u2019t be too far away, after maybe a four-week build up of bowling at good pace that he will then feature once again and take his place for the Ashes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could largely fit on where the series sits. If it\u2019s 2-0, Australia are flying, series looks in the bag, do not rush your most potent weapon,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour Test captain who still has a couple of really good years ahead of him so there\u2019s no point rushing him back.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the series is very much on the line, and there is a chance… then yes, I would imagine it would factor in their decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it does come down to both Pat\u2019s long and short term fitness.\u201d<\/p>\n
WEBSTER\u2019S HONEST ADMISSION<\/p>\n
Beau Webster has been a hit with Aussie fans since breaking into the Test side, but the Tasmanian allrounder has conceded he is a chance of being \u201csqueezed out\u201d of the XI.<\/p>\n
Since replacing Mitchell Marsh in January, Webster has averaged 34.63 with the bat, scoring four half centuries while also taking eight wickets with best figures of 2\/6.<\/p>\n
But with Cameron Green ready to bowl in the Ashes series and Marnus Labuschagne returning to the selection frame, Webster could be the odd man out.<\/p>\n
The make-up of Australia\u2019s top six remains unclear, but should Labuschagne slot back into the side and selectors pick a specialist opener, there won\u2019t be room for Webster.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve obviously got a potential hole around the top of the order there, and see who fills that,\u201d Webster said to media.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they s<\/p>\n
Webster proves fitness ahead of Ashes | 00:47<\/p>\n
ee me as a pure middle-order [batter], then I\u2019m probably going to get squeezed out. That is what it is. <\/p>\n
\u201cI hope I\u2019m still in the conversation, certainly as a batter only, and if not, if it\u2019s just the makeup of the team I\u2019ll plug the way back in first-class cricket. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a there\u2019s a lot of Test cricket coming up in the next two years. I hope I\u2019ll be thereabouts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chairman of selectors George Bailey previously confirmed Webster was a certainty to be included in the squad for the Perth Test.<\/p>\n
However, that didn\u2019t provide clarity regarding his position in the XI.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d obviously love to be in the XI. I think I\u2019ve got a lot to contribute there, and especially this Ashes series, I feel like I\u2019m playing the best cricket of my life at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I certainly want to be there. Sometimes it\u2019s the make-up of the team and the balance and the overs and who bats where.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels like this series has probably got more questions over that than any before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins has taken the \u201cfirst real steps\u201d towards a return to bowling which could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[18761,64,146948,63,689,3539,60167,146955,60165,18762,740,43813,146956,146951,146954,12548,653,44212,90273,124996,14477,677,99976,1948,46,146952,146950,1934,144783,146949,146946,146953,85,18784,39263,146947,146945,5338,3439,26797],"class_list":["post-247414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-alex-carey","tag-au","tag-aussie-gloveman","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-back-injury","tag-beau-webster","tag-bowling-return","tag-brendan-doggett","tag-cameron-green","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-fans","tag-day-night-contest","tag-ever-so-durable-pace-man","tag-exclusive-vision","tag-fox-cricket","tag-fox-sports-news","tag-george-bailey","tag-jim-callinan","tag-michael-neser","tag-mitchell-marsh","tag-oceania","tag-odd-man","tag-pat-cummins","tag-perth","tag-real-steps","tag-scary-sight","tag-scott-boland","tag-selection-frame","tag-series-looks","tag-series-sits","tag-specialist-opener","tag-sports","tag-steven-smith","tag-team-selections","tag-tentative-steps","tag-term-fitness","tag-the-gabba","tag-western-australia","tag-xavier-bartlett"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}