BGT: Cummins confirms Hazlewood ruled out of remainder of the series
Australia skipper Pat Cummins has confirmed that fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood will be out of the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series due to calf injury.
Australia skipper Pat Cummins has confirmed that fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood will be out of the remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) series due to calf injury.
Cummins also reflected on the defeat but chose not to go into specifics of what went wrong.
There was a sense of self-motivation when Jasprit Bumrah came to address the pre-match presser ahead of the opening Test against Australia in Perth starting Friday.
Warner, who played his last Test match against Pakistan in Sydney in January has offered to come out of retirement to help the side if need be but Cummins indicated that the team has moved on.
It has also been learnt that Cummins will continue as skipper of the franchise after the Australian guided the side to the final against Kolkata Knight Riders, earlier this year.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins has returned home from the ongoing tour of India due to a serious family health issue following his side's six-wicket loss in the second Test at Delhi.
Murray, who passed away last week at the age of 72, was the son of West Indies batting great Sir Everton Weekes.
Veteran openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja remain at the top of Australia's batting order, with left-hander Marcus Harris missing out
29-year-old Cummins, who guided Australia to a 4-0 Ashes triumph earlier this year, to become the country's 27th ODI captain.
Following Aaron Finch's retirement, the Australian team's captaincy position in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) is now open, and Warner is confident he can fill it.
