Pat Cummins made a big statement after being out of the Ashes Series, said this regarding T20 World Cup 2026

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 26, 2025

AUS vs ENG: The fourth match of the Ashes series 2025-26 between Australia and England is being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Pat Cummins could not play the first 2 test matches of this series because he was not completely fit. Steve Smith took the captaincy in his place. Although Pat Cummins returned in the third match and performed brilliantly, but Cummins has been out of the last two matches, fourth and fifth. Meanwhile, on the first day of the Boxing Day Test match, Pat Cummins made a big statement regarding his comeback.

Pat Cummins gave a big statement

Pat Cummins said in his statement to the line on the first day of the Boxing Day Test match that I am feeling much better than before. Just a few weeks ago I completely recovered from my back injury. In such a situation, one cannot take the risk of playing two consecutive Test matches. Now I want to take some rest before the T20 World Cup 2026.

Let us tell you that just a few days ago the head coach of Australia Andrew McDonald had said in his statement that regarding Pat Cummins, this decision has been taken due to the workload in view of the T20 World Cup 2026. Let us tell you that T20 World Cup 2026 will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. This tournament will start from 7th February. In such a situation, all the players who are recovering from injuries have started their preparations for this tournament.

🗣️ “Playing back to back Test matches is pretty high risk so we’ll cool our heels for a little bit. T20 World Cup next month.”
Pat Cummins on his next steps pic.twitter.com/J4POcYTsyO
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 26, 2025

Australia got a lead of 42 runs on the basis of first innings.

Talking about this match, the batsmen of both Australia and England teams were in bad condition. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Australia’s first innings was limited to 152 runs. For Australia, Usman Khawaja scored 29 and Michael Neser scored 35 runs. In reply, England’s first innings was reduced to just 110 runs. Harry Brook scored the highest 41 runs for England. On the basis of first innings, Australia has got a lead of 42 runs.

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