Pat Cummins expected to miss the first Ashes test as doubts about fitness for the entire series | Axis

Australian captain Pat Cummins is expected to miss the ashes opener in Perth as doubts grow around his availability for the entire against England.

Cummins has been set aside with a back injury That the newest scan revealed has not yet been cured.

While the scan showed improvement with his Back stress problemCummins is not ready to resume bowling just six weeks from the first Ashes test from November 21.

The 32-year-old was excluded from the recent White-Ball series of Australia against South Africa and New Zealand, and the Upcoming ODIs and T20s against India.

Cricket Australia refused to comment on the fitness of Cummins and did not exclude the fast bowler from the first test while he continues to work due to his rehabilitation.

Cummins played for the last time for Australia in the 3-0 sweep of the West Indies in July.

Scott Boland will probably take the place of Cummins in the pace attack alongside Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood after Evergreen Quick took a hat trick in his most recent test for Australia in the Caribbean.

Steve Smith will almost certainly be in the skipper if Cummins is not available for England, after he has led the side several times, because the star was quickly appointed test captain in November 2021.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald supported Cummins to play a role in the five-test series against England when he spoke on Sen Radio last month.

“It is not ideal … he works through a program. It was a routine scan at the back of the West India [tour]He has a lumbar bone stress issue there, so he will just continue working what his return to play looks like, “said McDonald in September.

“We have time. When it happened closer [to the Ashes] Then you should make important decisions about what it all looks like. But we have time, much more information to come, and as I said, we really hope that he will take an important role in the ashes. “