Best Test XI of 2019

10. Pat Cummins

Since his comeback during the tour of India in 2017, no bowler has bowled more overs or taken more wickets than Pat Cummins. The right-hander took his performances to another level in 2019, as he spearheaded the Australia pace attack to lead his side to Ashes glory in the English summer.

In 12 Tests, Cummins claimed 55 wickets- 13 more than the next best: Stuart Broad [42 wickets at 24.71]- at an average of 20.38 and a strike-rate of 44.9 which also included a five-wicket and a ten-wicket haul.

Best Spell- 4-43 vs England, Old Trafford, Manchester

Pat Cummins claimed heaps of wickets and bowled a plethora of match-winning spells in the 2019 Ashes The right-hander finished as the leading wicket-taker- 29 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 19.62- in Australia’s Ashes retaining campaign. But, no spell, in my opinion, comes close to his 4-43 in the fourth innings of the Old Trafford Test.

Cummins bowled a few corkers during that spell, but none could match the ripper that he bowled to the English captain Joe Root. It was perfect delivery for a right-arm seamer to right-handed batsmen; one that nipped away off the seam and hit the top of off-stumps past Root’s defenses. Cummins would notch up figures of 4-43 as Australia comfortably beat England by 185 runs to regain the Ashes.