Ashes: No Pat Cummins again as Australia name unchanged side for 2nd Ashes Test
Local media reported that Cummins was bowling at what appeared to be full speed to stand-in captain Steve Smith for more than an hour with a pink ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Australia's Pat Cummins bowls in the nets during a training session in Perth, Australia, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, ahead of the the first Ashes test against England. (AAP Image via AP)
There will be no Pat Cummins in the second Ashes Test as well after the Australia captain was not named in the squad for the day-night second match at the Gabba in Brisbane starting December 4. Australia won the first Test in just two days at Perth to surge to a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series and have named an unchanged squad for the second game.
There were reports coming from Australia that pacer Cummins bowled well in the nets in Sydney earlier on Friday. However, his comeback will have to wait at least one more Test, the one at Adelaide beginning December 17. The 32-year-old Cummins is in the final stages of his recovery from lumbar back stress and will again travel with the squad to Brisbane. Local media reported that Cummins was bowling at what appeared to be full speed to stand-in captain Steve Smith for more than an hour with a pink ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Cummins has not played in a match since Australia completed a clean sweep of the West Indies in the Caribbean in July, where he first experienced soreness in his back.
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