{"id":26683,"date":"2023-11-21T02:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/phenomenal-captain-cummins-secures-moment-of-glory\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T02:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T02:07:04","slug":"phenomenal-captain-cummins-secures-moment-of-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/phenomenal-captain-cummins-secures-moment-of-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Phenomenal\u2019 captain Cummins secures moment of glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AHMEDABAD: Pat Cummins may be an unusual captain, but on Sunday he played a role described as \u201cphenomenal\u201d as he led Australia to their sixth World Cup triumph in a victory over India.<\/p>\n

Cricket teams are often reluctant to appoint fast bowlers such as Cummins as their skipper because of concerns the extra workload will distract them from taking wickets.<\/p>\n

But Cummins, thrust into the captaincy just days before the start of the 2021\/22 Ashes after Tim Paine\u2019s shock resignation after a \u2018sexting\u2019 scandal, still led Australia to a 4-0 series win over England.<\/p>\n

Then in June this year, Cummins oversaw Australia\u2019s 209-run thrashing of India in the World Test Championship<\/a> final at The Oval.<\/p>\n

Cummins, 30, also doesn\u2019t fit the \u2018macho\u2019 image of an Australia captain established by abrasive skippers such as Ian Chappell, Allan Border and Steve Waugh, although the paceman was accused of plotting the downfall of the similarly gritty former coach Justin Langer.<\/p>\n

Following a defeat by India in the second Test in Delhi this year, Border said: \u201cI\u2019d be playing with a harder edge\u2026 The Kiwis (New Zealand), they are the ones that play the goodie two shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummins\u2019 membership of the \u2018Cricket for Climate\u2019 group, meanwhile, led to suggestions he had influenced Cricket Australia to abandon a sponsorship deal with energy company Alinta \u2014 an accusation both he and his bosses denied.<\/p>\n

\u2018WOKE MEANS NOTHING\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

He has been labelled \u201cwoke\u201d by some critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t even know what \u2018woke\u2019 means,\u201d Cummins told<\/a> the Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> in January. \u201cIt\u2019s a label, it means nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

But few opponents would call Cummins, an outstanding bowler with 239 wickets in 55 Tests at 22.94 apiece and 141 in 88 one-day internationals at 28.66, a soft touch.<\/p>\n

His steel was evident when he refused to withdraw an appeal after Jonny Bairstow was controversially given out stumped during an Ashes Test at Lord\u2019s in July, despite the England batsman thinking the ball was dead.<\/p>\n

Australia won that match and retained the Ashes in a series drawn 2-2.<\/p>\n

Cummins knows about resilience given injuries meant he endured a six-year wait for a second Test appearance after a debut as an 18-year-old.<\/p>\n

And Cummins, a shining light following the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa that cost Steve Smith the captaincy, has now led his country to a record-extending sixth World Cup title \u2014 despite defeats in their opening two matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cPat Cummins was phenomenal, I think he\u2019s been phenomenal all tournament with his decision making,\u201d said teammate Mitchell Starc on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Cummins has also demonstrated calmness when required.<\/p>\n

That was evident when, with Australia having collapsed to 91-7, he held up an end as Glenn Maxwell\u2019s spectacular double century sealed a remarkable three-wicket pool victory over Afghanistan in Mumbai.<\/p>\n

He also then held his nerve with the bat in a tense semi-final run-chase against South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had to fight for every win, but we\u2019ve found a way to win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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