{"id":271712,"date":"2023-02-16T07:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=271712"},"modified":"2023-02-17T06:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:00:19","slug":"cummins-coy-on-warner-call-after-axing-rumour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=271712","title":{"rendered":"Cummins coy on Warner call after axing rumour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian captain Pat Cummins<\/a> expects veteran opener David Warner<\/a> to play in the second Test against India.<\/p>\n

All eyes will be on the Aussie teamsheet at the toss in Delhi on Friday afternoon (AEDT)\ufeff after Cummins failed to name an XI at his press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Warner – the 36-year-old firebrand who's played 102 Test matches for his country – has been in the gun again this week after the team was rolled by an innings and 132 runs in Nagpur.<\/p>\n

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He scored one and 10, and his overall Test average in India is a measly 22.16 from nine matches.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffWarner's former teammate Mitchell Johnson called for the batter to be axed for the Delhi match<\/a>, in favour of elevating Matt Renshaw to the top and bringing Travis Head back into his usual spot at No.5.<\/p>\n

Reports in outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald suggested Head may even open the batting in lieu of Warner.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"I'm not a selector. I don't think they've had a meeting but I'm sure Davey will be there," Cummins said on Thursday about Warner.<\/p>\n

"You saw [last] year at the Boxing Day Test when he puts pressure back on the opposition, he's pretty hard to bowl to.<\/p>\n

"You don't get as many good balls, so he knows that. I'm sure that'd be part of his plan.<\/p>\n

"He has been batting really well here. Even in the lead-up, I thought he was fantastic. I know there's a lot of talk about spin bowling through the middle but with that new ball it's sometimes the hardest time to bat as well."<\/p>\n

\"Starc\u00a0aiming\u00a0for\u00a0second\u00a0Test\"<\/p>\n

There are a number of potential changes hanging over the Australian team<\/a>, but those outside the camp \ufeffwon't know a final XI until Cummins announces it at 2.30pm Friday.<\/p>\n

While Warner is an intriguing one, it's the bowling line-up \ufeffthat is most likely to change.<\/p>\n

Much hinges on the fitness of all-rounder Cameron Green, who missed the Nagpur match due to a broken finger sustained at the MCG in December.<\/p>\n

\ufeffIf Green can play in Delhi the Aussies can use him as the second fast bowler, combining with Cummins, and then pick three spin bowlers.<\/p>\n

Ashton Agar and squad newcomer Matt Kuhnemann are \ufefffighting for the right to play alongside off-spinners Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon, who are next to no chance of being omitted.<\/p>\n

But if Green fails to be fit in time for the match, Mitchell Starc may need to come in – having recovered from his own finger injury – and Australia will likely stick with only two specialist spinners\ufeff, so as to maintain some batting depth.<\/p>\n

\"Pat<\/p>\n

"Starcy and Green had good sessions (Wednesday) and we will assess them later on today," Cummins said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

"We don't have a line through them yet, we'll see.<\/p>\n

"Having a right-hander (Green) helps and him providing our fifth bowling option also helps.<\/p>\n

"He's a big player. It certainly helps the team function well from batting and bowling."<\/p>\n

Cummins would not be drawn on whether Agar or Kuhnemann – who both turn the ball away from the right-hander – \ufeffwould grab the third spinning spot.<\/p>\n

"If we wanted a third spinner variety we'd be comfortable with either of those two."<\/p>\n

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Australian captain Pat Cummins expects veteran opener David Warner to play in the second Test against India. All eyes will be on the Aussie teamsheet […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=271712"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271714,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271712\/revisions\/271714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=271712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=271712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=271712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}