COOL CUMMINS SCALES THE SUMMIT

Fast Bower Picked As Oz Test Captain, Smith To Be Deputy

He (Cummins) has got the utmost respect from teammates, and everyone in world cricket. He’s earned that from the way he has conducted himself.” —Shane Warne

It might look a little bit different from the outside to potentially other captains in the past. One of the big reasons why there’s been talk around fast bowlers not being able to captain in the past, is just the workload issue. There’s going to be times where I’m out in the middle, it’s a hot day, I’m in the middle of a spell and I need to turn to people for advice, for tactics, for experience. There will be times on the field where I’ll throw to Steve and you’ll see Steve move fielders around, maybe doing bowling changes.’’ —Pat Cummins