Australia's fastest bowler mulls retirement at the age of 25
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View In AppThough Cummins is yet to make an official announcement, it will surely be big blow to Australia’s chances in World T20 in their home in 2020.
Speaking about his comeback to international cricket, Cummins said he’s targeting the Pakistan series against UAE.
Cummins last played a T20 in February and with the advent of seamers like Andrew Tye and Jhye Richardson, it seems likely that he chooses to say goodbye to T20 cricket.
As of now, Cummins, who forms Australia’s pace bowling trio along with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, is considering a break from the shortest format of the game to prolong is Test career.
The non-stop cricket since his comeback to Test cricket in India after a gap of six years has left a long-lasting fatigue in Cummins’ body.
They registered their first victory in the tri-series in Zimbabwe, three months after the ball-tampering saga that shook Cricket Australia but failed to win the title as Pakistan thumped them in the final.
The 25-year-old right-arm fast bowler was not available for the tri-series because of a stress injury suffered at fag end of a long and tiring season.
Pat Cummins, who represented Australia in all three formats in the last fifteen months and has bowled more overs after Kagiso Rabada in international cricket, does not see himself playing all three formats regularly.
There seems no end Australia’s troubles as far as their cricket team is concerned. The one-time fiercest team of the world is going through one of the lowest points.
Australia lost two of their three matches against Pakistan in the tri-series. At this juncture, Australia is set to lose one of their best fast bowlers as he is mulling retirement from the shorted format of the game.
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