If I'm 100 percent fit, I'll definitely be going to UAE: Pat Cummins

The Australian team is scheduled to play Pakistan in a two-match Test series in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the contests are expected to take place in the month of October this year. Prior to the series, they might be dealt with a massive blow as 25-year-old fast-bowler Pat Cummins is highly unlikely to feature in the Test matches owing to his long-lasting back injury.

He last played competitive cricket back in March in the Aussies’ away Test series against South Africa. He was thereafter listed to play in the IPL, but the stiff-back issue sidelined him. He also wasn’t picked to play in Australia’s ODI series and the one-off T20I against England followed by the T20I triangular series in Zimbabwe. Recently, he updated about his injury and also talked about his chances of playing in the Pakistan series.

There’s no doubt about that

“There’s no guarantees with injury, especially a stress fracture, It’s something you have to be really, really careful with. If you don’t treat it with respect, it can flare up and that’s when it goes from being one month away from bowling to suddenly having to restart all over again,” Cummins was quoted as saying in cricket.com.au.

“We’ll find that balance between getting back and playing and being a little bit cautious. (But) there’s no way we’ll be rested. (We’ll only miss out) if we’re still trying to recover from our injuries. If I’m 100 percent fit, I’ll definitely be going to UAE. There’s no doubt about that,” the optimistic Sydney-born speedster added.

Cummins was impressive against the Proteas in March. Albeit the visiting team lost the series 1-2, the fast-bowler impressed thoroughly and hardly allowed the South African batsmen to get on top of him. He picked up 22 wickets in the four Tests and was his team’s leading wicket-taker.

Australia won’t be having the services of David Warner and Steve Smith in their upcoming tour and Cummins’ exclusion will definitely diminish their chances of pulling off a heist against Sarfraz Ahmed’s men.

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