Australia captain Pat Cummins is doubtful for the Champions Trophy as a result of an ankle harm that he has been managing in the course of the five-match Take a look at collection towards India. He’s set to bear scans on his ankle within the subsequent few days which can resolve his participation within the showpiece occasion in Pakistan. It was confirmed earlier on Thursday (January 9) that Cummins will miss the two-match Take a look at collection towards Sri Lanka for the beginning of his second baby.
“We’ll have to attend and see when that scan comes again and see the way it’s monitoring. There’s somewhat bit of labor to do. We’ll in all probability get a bit extra data round the place that is at,” Australia’s chair of selectors George Bailey. Cummins bowled 167 overs in 5 Take a look at matches towards India, probably the most for his workforce, and picked up 25 wickets.
Australia’s opening recreation within the Champions Trophy is towards arch-rivals England on February 22 and clearly, their captain is in race towards time to get slot in time for the match. Furthermore, Australia are additionally scheduled to play a one-off ODI in Sri Lanka on February 13 as a part of their preparation for the mega occasion.
Pat Cummins led Australia to the a lot well-known World Cup title in November 2023 beating India within the remaining on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Australia. Nevertheless, since then, he has performed solely two matches within the format as a result of workload administration. In one other replace, Josh Hazlewood is anticipated to be fully recuperate from his calf harm, sustained in the course of the India collection, in time for the Champions Trophy. He has additionally not been picked for Sri Lanka tour with deal with the 50-over ICC occasion.
“Josh is working actually onerous and all of the information of how he is responding to his restoration from the calf harm is coming alongside rather well. It is simply in all probability somewhat bit tight, given the period of time that he would have missed and likewise with how we could construction up and the hundreds these quicks could also be put below,” Bailey added.