to a more adamant push for the spot<\/a> when Khawaja\u2019s back trouble created an opportunity in Perth.<\/p>\n\u201cI think what you say publicly is always a bit different to what you say privately,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cIf someone is nominating a spot, it means someone else is missing out. Trav\u2019s a great team man and vice captain so he never wants to tread on any toes.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s always very adamant he\u2019ll do whatever the team needs and for the last few years we think it\u2019s [batting at] No.5, and he\u2019s happily done that. He\u2019s always thrown it up there \u2013 we\u2019ve gone through a few openers over the last couple of years, and he\u2019s said, \u2018If you need me, I\u2019m happy to do it\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I think when he was running off at Perth Stadium, and he was demanding, he goes, \u2018I think it\u2019s my time, I think it\u2019s me\u2019, and we were like, \u2018Go for it\u2019 \u2013 that was probably the first time it was OK, he really wants it and thinks this is his opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the same time, Cummins made it clear that there may still be a path back into the team for Khawaja, should circumstances change.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe selectors have been quite adamant we\u2019re picking a side each week, [and it] doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it\u2019s got to be exactly the same team as the previous week,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cWe do that with the bowlers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis week Nathan Lyon\u2019s coming back in. One of Uzzy\u2019s great strengths is he\u2019s scored runs at the top and scored runs in the middle. He\u2019s in the squad, if we didn\u2019t think he\u2019d be good enough to come straight in he wouldn\u2019t be here in the squad. So absolutely I can see a path back at some point, if needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Lyon and Cummins will return to the bowling attack in place of Brendan Doggett and Michael Neser. Cummins\u2019 recall will be for his first game of cricket since the West Indies tour in July, where he first felt discomfort that turned out to be a back stress injury.<\/p>\n
\u201c[I\u2019m] good to go. I\u2019ve been bowling 100 per cent for a while,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cIf I played in Brisbane I would\u2019ve probably been on limited overs, but this week it\u2019s just go and play like any other Test match.\u201d<\/p>\n
Having watched the first two Tests from the sidelines, Cummins expressed confidence that the Australian attack would be able to continue tempting England\u2019s Bazballers into errors outside the off stump.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what your hope is \u2013 that players come over here, and you can nick them off like we have been,\u201d he said. \u201c[I] don\u2019t know if it\u2019s really surprising.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike any series you\u2019ve got to adapt, and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll come out with some different plans and methods for this game, and we\u2019ll try to adapt to that as well but it\u2019 been pretty good to watch so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
The third Test starts at Adelaide Oval at 10.30am AEDT Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Loading \u201cIt feels like it makes sense for now, [but] that might change. [Head] will do this week,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-318847","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318847","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=318847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}