How much does Australian cricket believe in Pat Cummins? So much that he has been sent to England to replace Ryan Harris, when his last first-class match was two years ago and then back another two years to his previous appearance in a red-ball fixture.
That game was of course the 2011 Johannesburg Test, when Cummins was parachuted into the side for Harris of all people. He bowled like a genius in a seven-wicket performance that helped Michael Clarke's team to a dramatic victory, which squared the series and erased some of the embarrassment of being bowled out for 47 in Cape Town a week before.
That game was of course the 2011 Johannesburg Test, when Cummins was parachuted into the side for Harris of all people. He bowled like a genius in a seven-wicket performance that helped Michael Clarke's team to a dramatic victory, which squared the series and erased some of the embarrassment of being bowled out for 47 in Cape Town a week before.