http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins hopeful of being fit for India series – Cricket News Update
The teenage Australia pacer, Patrick Cummins, is hopeful he would recover completely from the heel injury ahead of the home series against India starting later this month.
The 18-year-old fast bowler from Sydney is battling a heel injury which he had sustained during his stunning Test debut against South Africa at Johannesburg last month. The injury not only ruled the teenage sensation out of the ongoing two-match home Test
series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, but also made him a doubtful starter for the home Test series against India, starting on December 26, 2011 at Melbourne.
Earlier, Cricket Australia had confirmed in a statement that the teenager is expected to stay out of action until late January due to the heel injury, but the rookie pacer is in no mood to give up hope and is positive he would be able to make the squad for
at least the fourth and the last Test of the four-match series to be played at Adelaide Oval from January 24 next year.
"The one-day series and Twenty20 (against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in February next year) I'm still definitely looking at, and maybe even the back of the Tests. It's only a couple more weeks," the Sydney pacer was quoted as saying by a leading Australia daily.
Cummins said that Cricket Australia and the Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-South-Wales-c823 are working closely on his rehab programme and hoped to be back to nets by January next year.
"Cricket Australia are working closely with Cricket NSW with all my rehab and we'll be working on it all summer. I'll definitely be watching and looking forward to getting back as soon as possible," said the teenage sensation of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 who had claimed
seven wicket haul on his debut against South Africa last month.
"I'll just rest it up for the next couple of weeks and early January I'll start building up the running again and bowling so I'm right not too long after that,” he added further.
Replying to a query regarding the nature of injury he has been battling with since the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, Cummins said that it was a stress fracture on the bone. However he did add that it was not a major injury and has a non-recurrent nature.
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