Australia ended the 12 months 2023 on a excessive with a Test sequence win towards Pakistan on Friday, December 29. Australia pulled off a 79-run win within the Boxing Day match at Melbourne Cricket Ground to safe a 2-0 lead within the three-match sequence at house.
Captain Pat Cummins led by instance with a five-wicket haul in every innings at MCG and claimed the Player of the Match in Australia’s final worldwide cricket match. Cummins rounded off the 12 months 2023 with lots of nice triumphs and mentioned that the 12 months was special for him.
Apart from the newest sequence win towards Pakistan, Australia’s largest triumph got here on the ICC 2023 World Cup. Australia recorded a sixth ODI World Cup title beating event hosts India within the ultimate on November 19 and additionally grew to become the Test champions after clinching the ICC WTC 2023 title in June.
Meanwhile, a stellar bowling efficiency from Cummins and Mitchell Starc proved Australia’s superiority within the Boxing Day Test. Commins highlighted ‘belief and help’ from his teammates once they had been struggling for runs on Day 3 and mentioned that he’ll remember the 12 months 2023 as one of the special ones.
“Love playing here, Boxing Day is the biggest Test match each year,” Cummins mentioned throughout post-match presentation. “You’ve bought a couple of choices right here, a bit of seam in the previous few years, and I like a bit of up and down bounce. Little bit twitchy, felt okay however they had been batting fairly properly. Anything with a 3 in entrance of it was the goal, so we bought that, felt like we had sufficient to bowl at however somewhat bit tight.
“Steve and Marsh’s partnership got us back in the game, we were behind for a little while. They had their tails up, the wicket was tough. That was a huge partnership and gave us something to defend. Even at 4 for 16 the dressing room was really calm, there’s real trust and support and it feels like each week another matchwinner stands up. Think we’ll look back and remember 2023 as one of the special ones.”
Australia and Pakistan will subsequent face within the third and final match of the sequence at Sydney Cricket Ground beginning on January 3.Â
