Cummins will be our wildcard against England: Watson – Cricket News Update
Commenting on the young and exciting bowling attack Australia have put together for their ODI tour of England, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins, who will be playing his first series against the Poms, dubbing him the
tourists’ “wildcard”.
“Pat Cummins is a very highly skilled young man. No doubt he will be a handful, especially for the English who haven't him much. That will be a nice little wildcard for us,” Watson said.
19-year-old Cummins has been touted as the future of Australia’s pace attack, and is Cricket Australia’s youngest contracted player at the moment. He made a brilliant debut in October last year, when he claimed 5 wickets in each of the T20 and ODI series
during a tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, before topping it off with a total of 7 wickets taken during his Test debut.
Despite having played a single Test match, 4 one-days, and 2 T20Is for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, the right-armer was included in the line-up for Australia’s ongoing tour of England. He impressed yet again in a recent tour match played against Essex in Chelmsford on June
26, during which he troubled the opposing batsmen with his pace and swing, going on to finish with figures of 3 for 26.
Following the warm-up match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Hussey-c1380 also expressed his admiration for the young pacer, claiming he was “going to be one h**l of a cricketer”.
The current tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 is not only Cummins’ first, but also James Pattinson’s. The 22-year-old also made his debut last year, and has since played 5 Tests (26), 5 ODIs (8), and 4 T20Is (3) for the national side.
In addition to praising the young new bowlers, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 would play a key role alongside the less-experienced fast bowlers.
“Brett Lee's experience and his quality as a bowler are very important,” he said. “The two others haven't played in England at all so Brett is going to be a hugely important part of our bowling line-up.”
The first match of the 5-ODI series is scheduled to be played on June 29 at Lord’s on London.
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