{"id":301406,"date":"2025-11-22T12:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301406\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:11:09","slug":"pat-cummins-reveals-chances-of-playing-second-test-at-the-gabba-back-injury-josh-hazlewood-australia-vs-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/301406\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Cummins reveals chances of playing second Test at The Gabba, back injury, Josh Hazlewood, Australia vs England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Injured Australian skipper Pat Cummins has revealed he is a chance to return for the second Test at The Gabba in what would be a huge boost after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out. <\/p>\n

Cummins was ruled out of the first Test in Perth with a lower back injury and was in doubt for the second Test at The Gabba starting on December 4. <\/p>\n

However, Cummins revealed in commentary on Fox Cricket on day two of the Perth Test that his recovery was tracking well. <\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s feeling good,\u201d Cummins told Kayo Sports\u2019 Ashes live coverage.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a couple of good sessions in Perth this week, so having a big day where I\u2019d bowl around 10 overs then a couple of quieter day and then going again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s on track and pulling up pretty well. (I\u2019m) half a chance for the next game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll have a couple more bowls and then there could be about two weeks before the next one the way this one is going.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty hopeful and it\u2019s probably better than it was a few weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pat Cummins is a chance to return in the second Test at the Gabba.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n

Cummins revealed he will wait to make a final call on his fitness until closer to the second Test, but is hopeful of taking the field. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a collaboration between myself and the physios, the selectors and the doctors,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a few things at play, and obviously I\u2019m not coming off a lot of cricket so you want to get a bit of a feel, have a look at the wicket and work out how you think the game may pan out and make a decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t want to play, no one is going to put me in that position.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummins\u2019 availability would be a huge boost for Australia, given Hazlewood has been rubbed out of the first two Tests with a hamstring injury that could rule him out for the entire series.<\/p>\n

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Code Sports<\/a> reported Hazlewood, who did not travel to Perth after injuring a hamstring in a Sheffield Shield match a week ago, is unlikely to return in time for the Gabba Test.<\/p>\n

If Cummins is fit, Perth debutant Brendan Doggett would likely make way, despite impressing with five wickets in Perth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injured Australian skipper Pat Cummins has revealed he is a chance to return for the second Test at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46733,3539,60165,1950,1208,2057,172148,4517,43,172234,33835,44227,172151,172147,4746,31024,44,3583,1948,5338,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-301406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australian-captain","tag-back-injury","tag-brendan-doggett","tag-cricket-news","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-golf-revelations","tag-hamstring-injury","tag-headlines","tag-injured-australian-skipper","tag-jamie-smith","tag-josh-hazlewood","tag-lengthy-review-ends","tag-lengthy-third-umpire-review","tag-mark-st-john","tag-mitchell-starc","tag-news","tag-northern-europe","tag-pat-cummins","tag-the-gabba","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301406","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=301406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}