Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThat would be devastating,\u201d Cummins said of the possibility he would miss the West Test.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll be doing everything we can to be right for that, make a few decisions a little bit closer, but confident we\u2019ll do the rehab right and give it a good crack.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis far out it\u2019s hard to know, but we\u2019re trying to make sure we\u2019re doing everything right to be right for Perth. It\u2019s a big Ashes series, doesn\u2019t get much bigger, so you\u2019re willing to be aggressive and take a few risks to try to play as much of the Tests as you can.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cummins revealed the starting point for his back issue might have come in the World Test Championship final, when he bowled 35.1 overs against South Africa, before feeling it during the Caribbean tour.<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins of Australia speaks on camera after the coin toss during the first day of the 1st test match between West Indies and Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Randy Brooks \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u201cWas a little bit sore after the West Indies, had a scan, there was a little bit going on, gave it another month, have had a bit of a quiet month to help it settle down,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad another scan on Monday, which was not terrible, but enough to know there\u2019s a little bit there and need to be careful for the next little bit. It doesn\u2019t feel too bad, but I\u2019m not bowling or doing much at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you may just get unlucky and you bowl lots of overs in, say, the World Test Championship final and that\u2019s enough to start it, but through the West Indies I felt like it was a little sore but nothing (unusual) for a fast bowler. But once you get home and everything settles down, it hung around a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cummins dealt with a back stress fracture which limited him in 2018 but, having been heavily managed including very limited domestic appearances, has otherwise been a consistent feature in the Australian side along with Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.<\/p>\n
The pace trio\u2019s consistency has left Scott Boland on the outer consistently, and he would almost certainly replace Cummins should he miss Perth, with others like Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett, Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson next to be considered.<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins (L) and Scott Boland (R) of Australia celebrate the dismissal of Justin Greaves of West Indies during the 2nd day of the 3rd Test between West Indies and Australia at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on July 13, 2025. (Photo by Randy Brooks \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
\u201cWe always talk about we need a lot of depth,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been lucky in the last couple of years \u2013 we haven\u2019t had to go past the four guys really, but guys like Sean Abbott and (Brendan Doggett), there\u2019s four or five guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeser\u2019s been around, Jhye Richardson, there\u2019s guys who\u2019ve been around the Test team the past few years, and haven\u2019t had too many opportunities, but hopefully the other three are fighting fit, plus me, and we\u2019ve got plenty of resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first Ashes Test begins on November 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian captain Pat Cummins is unsure whether he\u2019ll be fit in time for the first Ashes Test in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-112291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}