‘I’m still doing but wait and see’: Australia skipper update on Ashes fitness concerns

There have been numerous inquiries regarding Cummins’ participation in the Ashes. The bowler has now submitted a detailed report on his fitness. He mentioned that he will need to ‘wait and watch‘ to see if he recovers in time for the important red-ball series.

“There are no hard and fast plans yet. I’m still doing a bit of gym and keeping things kicking over, but with this kind of injury, it’s rest and then we’ll build back and kind of work back from the Ashes. Still really hopeful to be able to be part of the Ashes. But it is a little bit of a wait and see,” Cummins told reporters.

Cummins also expressed his desire to play in all five Tests against England, with a decision to be made soon.

“It’s honestly too far out to say. But the aim at the moment is to try and be ready for all of it,” Cummins stated.

McDonald’s comment on Cummins’ fitness

Meanwhile, Australia’s head coach, Andrew McDonald, recently voiced confidence that Cummins would recover from his injury in time to play a’significant’ role in The Ashes.

“It’s not ideal. I’m not going to sit here and say that it’s ideal. He does have a lumbar bone stress issue there. So he’ll just work through what his return to play looks like. We’re confident that he’s going to partake in The Ashes, I think to sensationalise that he’s not would be an overreaction,” McDonald told SEN Radio.

“If it happened any closer then you’d have to be making sort of key decisions around what it all looks like, but we have got time. There’s a lot more information to come and I think everyone will probably live through that with the footage of him training and when he re-enters around the group. We look forward to our captain taking a significant part in The Ashes,” he added.