Delhi: Australia’s Test captain Pat Cummins is disturbed by a serious injury to the bench, causing doubt about playing all the five Tests of the Ashes series against England. The Ashes series starts in Brisbane from November 21, and the captain’s injury can prove to be a major setback for Australia’s preparations.

Scan’s injury confirmed

According to a report by the Daily Mail, it has been revealed in the scan that Cummins has such a back injury, which will have to be managed and managed. Some more tests will be done in the coming weeks to know how serious the injury is. For this reason, their workload can be limited and he can stay out of the T20I series against New Zealand starting from 1 October and the domestic ODI series against India.

The report said, “Although officials say there is no need to panic, the selectors are ready for the possibility that they will not be able to play all Test matches.”

They have been injured before

Cummins recently played the final of the World Test Championship 2025 against South Africa and a three -match Test series against the West Indies. After this, he did not participate in the limited overs series against West Indies and South Africa.

Even before this, he has stayed away from cricket for a long time due to injuries. After his debut in 2011, Cummins had to wait for six years to play the second Test as he continued to struggle with stress fractures.

Workload management will be important

Due to Cummins’ injury, his workload will now be managed very carefully. Something like India does with its star bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. Cummins played all five Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy this year, even then he was suffering from a slight ankle injury. In that series, his performance was affected due to fatigue in the last Test, which also affected the team’s performance.

Josh Hazelwood’s statement

Recently, his fellow bowler Josh Hazelwood also said that it is necessary to manage the match time of players. Test team players will prepare by playing in Sheffield Shield before Ashes.