Pat Cummins' Australian team secured a historic victory against India at the Boxing Day Test, marking it as Cummins' best win as captain. The triumph came after a tense and closely-fought match, with both teams displaying incredible resilience and skill.
The Boxing Day Test triumph is the best win of the Pat Cummins’ era, but there’s been other magical moments. Sam Konstas and Pat Cummins celebrate Australia’s victory on Monday. Needs little introduction given its freshness in the memory, but some historical context is useful. Australia had won only one red-ball Test at home against India since 2014, and were facing an Indian side inspired by an all-time series from Jasprit Bumrah.
The selectors, faced with the Bumrah problem, gambled onto change things at the top of the order and were richly rewarded on day one. India fought back hard through Nishant Kumar Reddy’s century, before a Bumrah burst threatened to break the game open. But Cummins epitomised his side’s persistence with runs and wickets, and on the final day the Indians cracked in the final session. All of this watched by an Australian record Test match crowd. Little wonder Cummins said it was his best. What Cummins said: “Everyone as we were walking off was trying to work out where it sits. They reckon that’s right at the top. Edgbaston was pretty special, and I reckon that’s pretty much on par. That was amazing. When you take all that into account, it’s probably the best Test match I’ve been involved in, in terms of 80-odd thousand people on the first three days. It felt like swung a lot too. Just one of those great wins.” Australia’s first encounter with Bazball was stirring stuff. Cummins and head coach Andrew McDonald sought to absorb England’s aggression and take the game deep, something they were aided in doing by a supreme two-innings contribution by Usman Khawaja and some sterling spells from Nathan Lyon. But the game was still very much in England’s keeping when Cummins walked out to bat on the final evening. , setting off raucous scenes among Australian supporters in Birmingham. For Cummins this was cathartic – sharing a tearful embrace with his father Peter after his first Test since the death of his mother, Mari
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