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Cricket World Cup 2023: Pat Cummins Factfile

By AFP News October 02, 2023 • 22:05 PM View: 1894

Australian captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins made his Test debut at just 18 but his career has often stalled due to back injuries.

A clean-cut image was crucial for Australia in the aftermath of the notorious 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa so he was the ideal candidate to succeed Tim Paine as Test skipper in the light of Paine's 'sexting' controversy in 2021.

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