{"id":287779,"date":"2025-11-16T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287779\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T07:00:17","slug":"the-ashes-injured-australian-captain-pat-cummins-makes-early-arrival-to-perth-ahead-of-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/287779\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ashes: Injured Australian captain Pat Cummins makes early arrival to Perth ahead of first Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injured Australian captain Pat Cummins has made an early arrival to Perth ahead of the start of The Ashes.<\/p>\n

Cummins, who will miss at least the first Test of the series as he continues his recovery from a flare-up of bone stress in his back, touched down at Perth Airport just after midday alongside a Cricket Australia staffer.<\/p>\n

None of his Australian teammates were spotted coming off the same flight from Sydney, with the squad set to arrive in WA in the coming days ahead of the start of the series at Optus Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n

The legendary fast bowler was largely left on his own as he waited for his bag to come off the carousel, save for one brief chat with a fan.<\/p>\n

\"PatCamera IconPat Cummins had one brief chat with a fan. Credit: Michael Wilson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

Cummins has made a gradual return to bowling over recent weeks, completing a session at around 90 per cent of his top pace at the SCG on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, he said he remained hopeful of returning for the second Test of the series in Brisbane, which starts on December 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably not until you get a bit closer that you can really know where you\u2019re at,\u201d Cummins said at Channel Seven\u2019s summer of cricket launch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good thing is that I\u2019m pulling up well and the body is great.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to keep that second Test as a live option. I\u2019ll have a really good bowl in Perth, and by then I\u2019ll know where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PatCamera IconPat Cummins is hopeful of returning for the second Test of The Ashes. Credit: Michael Wilson\/The West Australian<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s bowling stocks suffered another huge blow on Saturday, when Cricket Australia confirmed Josh Hazlewood had been ruled out of the first Test due to a hamstring strain suffered playing for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield.<\/p>\n

Initial scans had cleared Hazlewood of injury but follow-up imaging revealed the issue that will sideline the injury-prone quick \u2014 who has missed 12 of 29 home Tests since the start of the 2019\/20 season \u2014 for the start of the series.<\/p>\n

Cummins was not named in a 15-player squad for the Perth Test which has now seen two fast bowlers ruled out, with Hazlewood joining New South Wales teammate Sean Abbott \u2014 who suffered what CA termed a \u201cmoderate grade hamstring injury\u201d playing in the same game \u2014 on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

Hazlewood\u2019s setback is set to see South Australia seamer Brendan Doggett receive a baggy green in Perth and Queensland veteran Michael Neser has been called into Australia\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injured Australian captain Pat Cummins has made an early arrival to Perth ahead of the start of The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,588,85,33383],"class_list":["post-287779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-the-ashes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287779","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=287779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}