Captain and quick bowler Pat Cummins has been dominated out of Australia’s second Take a look at in opposition to West Indies as a result of a quad pressure, Cricket Australia mentioned in a press release.
Steve Smith has been named captain for the match, a Day-Night time pink ball fixture, which is able to happen in Adelaide on December 8-12.
In the meantime, the CA named pacer Scott Boland as Cummins’ alternative. Will probably be his first outing for Australia because the Hobart Take a look at in opposition to England in January this yr.
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Cummins didn’t recuperate from the damage sustained in the course of the Perth Take a look at, the place the Aussies handed the West Indies a 164-run defeat and took a 1-0 lead within the two-Take a look at sequence.
The 29-year-old paceman additionally missed final yr’s Adelaide Take a look at in opposition to England as a detailed Covid-19 contact. On that event once more, vice-captain Smith took over the reins and led Australia to a powerful 275-run win.Â
