Be patient with Pat Cummins, urges James Pattinson – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins has been ruled out of the complete season due to a stress fracture in his back but he is confident that the speedster will make a successful comeback at the international level.
The budding fast bowler was expected to take part in the later stages of the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, which starts next week in Brisbane. Pattinson is disappointed to have lost his young bowling partner but believes that injuries are a part and parcel of a fast bowler’s career.
Cummins, since making his international debut, has missed a number of series because of injury issues. Many sporting analysts have started to question the 19-year-old cricketer’s ability to play competitive cricket consistently; however, Pattinson wants the fans to be patient with the talented pacer and feels that Cummins will become fitter with the passage of time.
"It's shocking news. Everyone forgets how young he actually is. He's 19, he's playing Test cricket, he's bowling 150 (km/h). I was in the same position as him at 19, I had a couple of stress fractures," Pattinson said. "Everyone wants it to be happening right now, but we've just got to be patient with him.”
Over the last 18 months, some very talented speedsters like Pattinson, Cummins and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-Aaron-Starc-c76392 have emerged through the ranks of Sheffield Shield cricket in Australia. The trio is expected to play a huge role in the Baggy Greens’ success in future, which is the reason why the Aussie selectors have been extremely careful in using them regularly.
Since emerging at the international level in October, 2011, Cummins has just played one Test, five One Day Internationals and 11 T20s for the Kangaroos.
Pattinson thinks that bowling at such a high pace is an extra-ordinary thing for a teenager and one should not expect him to play consistently for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 at this stage of his career.
He mentioned, "It's going to happen, it's not a normal thing to bowl 150km/http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-Morris-c63550 at 19 years of age. If we're just patient with him he'll come round and his body will be fine in a couple of years."
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