Australia’s captain Pat Cummins throughout a apply session forward of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match in opposition to Pakistan, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
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Pat Cummins mentioned a victory in opposition to England will be sweeter than traditional for Australia, particularly if it tightens his crew’s maintain onto the World Cup semifinals.
“It [a win] helps our chances to get into the semifinals. It has been an old rivalry so it’s probably a little bit sweeter than beating other teams,” Cummins mentioned forward of their match on Saturday.
Without the providers of star all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who suffered a concussion after falling from a golf cart, Cummins voiced his opinion in favour of a bigger squad for World Cups. “It is a two-month tournament. I always think as many players as you need, you should be able to pick from,” he mentioned.
Mitchell Marsh, too, was dominated out after returning to Australia for private causes. Cummins added that his aspect had moved on from the ‘spirit of cricket’ controversy surrounding Jonny Bairstow’s run out in the course of the Ashes in July. Bairstow was run out by Alex Carey after he walked out of the crease assuming the supply to be useless. “That was a couple of months ago. It’s done. It’s a new game, a new tournament,” Cummins mentioned.
While England got here to phrases with the grim actuality after its poor present in opposition to India final week, Ben Stokes insisted that his crew had a lot at stake in its remaining video games.
“We’ve had a disastrous World Cup, and there’s no point sugar-coating the truth. I think the biggest thing that we’ve got to play for is obviously the pride of what it is to put the Three Lions on your chest,” Stokes mentioned.
The England red-ball captain, who got here out of retirement for the quadrennial showpiece, got here underneath the scanner for not bowling in the course of the event.
“It’s probably the first time since I’ve had this knee issue where it’s been quite clear that I’m not going to be bowling,” Stokes mentioned. He added that he’ll endure knee surgical procedure after the World Cup. “I will be fine for the Test Series in India. But yeah, I am having surgery after the World Cup.”
