Pat Cummins named as Australia’s new Test captain
Pat Cummins has been named as Australia’s new men’s Test captain. A day after it was learning that Tim Paine’s international career could come to an end. A week after he stood down following the origins of explicit text messages.
The First Official Guidance Role :-
Steven Smith has returned to his first official guiding role. With the national team, taking the position of vice-captain in addition to the ball-tampering scandal. This precludes him from captaining the Test team again.
Cummins, who was interviewing for the top job along. Former captain Steven Smith was removing by the CA board on Thursday night following. A Request from a five-person panel consisting of chairman Richard Freudenstein, chief executive Nick Hockley, director Mel Jones. And A Selector George’s permission was given to Bailey and Tony Dodeming.
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Cummins said, “I am honored to have accepted the role, which will be a huge Ashes summer. I hope to follow the same guidelines.”
I can provide what Tim [Pain] has given to the group over the years.”
“Smith with Steve and I as captains, many senior players in this squad. And some great young intelligence coming through us is a powerful and tightly knit squad.
“It’s an accidental privilege for which I am very grateful and very much looking forward to it.”
Cummins has been held up as a possible future captain for several years but was relegated to the position of vice-captaincy before being elevated to a shared role in 2018, then solo understudy in 2020. In form of.
“Pat is a supreme player and leader. He has accumulated a lot of respect from his teammates and from all corners of the game for his attitude and reward both on and off the field,” Hawkley said.
“We are immensely fortunate to have a skilled group of senior players who are themselves, excellent leaders. I have no doubt that Pat and Steve will be well-approved in their respective leadership roles.”
He Captained Them In Four Matches :-
His only captaincy experience at a professional level is with the New South Wales one-day team last season when he captained them in four matches, which became a trophy-winning attack, although he missed the final due to the IPL. Had gone.
When NSW offered him the job, he was seen as Australia’s captain amid concerns that abundant opportunities were not being given to candidates at the state level.
This would be a step into something unfamiliar to Australian cricket as the men’s team was not captained by a fast bowler as Ray Lindwall did on a one-off occasion in 1956.
Given the pressure of fast bowling, there is strong speculation that Smith will take over the captaincy at some point during his tenure.
“I am delighted to be back under the leadership of the team. And look forward to helping. And helping Pat in any way I can,” Smith said. Pat and I have played together for a long time, so we know our styles very well.
A Transition To A New Captain :-
Initially, the timeline for the transition from Penn to a new captain may be setting after the Ashes. But the events of last week meant that the process was to be rushing, although CA said it would not allow candidates. For with the examination of the important foreword would be a difficult process. ,
Being an integral part of all three formats, Pat Cummins was already a heavy burden, although his consistency as a fast bowler has remained supreme since his return in 2017.
He has missed only two of Australia’s last 35 Test matches, although he has played only nine matches. Since the 2019 tour of England due to the lockdown of Kovid-19.
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Cummins is currently a part of Australia’s T20 World Cup and the Australia A squad is still in quarantine on the Gold Coast. The Ashes will have a short and sharp lead when they emerge next week, with Pat Cummins quickly understanding the various demands of being Australia’s captain before he flips the coin with Joe Root at the Gabba on 8 December.