Pat Cummins and Andrew McDonald are set to lead Australia into the national team’s next “mega year” in 2027 after the head coach reached terms with Cricket Australia.
Pat Cummins and Andrew McDonald are set to lead Australia into the national team’s next “mega year” in 2027 after the head coach reached terms with Cricket Australia to extend his tenure until the end of that year.
But he wanted McDonald alongside him to continue their successful coach and captain tandem that began with a drought-breaking series win in Pakistan in 2022. McDonald became head coach after a drawn out saga around the exit of Justin Langer, who resigned after being offered a short-term contract extension for six months, rather than the two years his predecessor now has.
Cummins, having gained the captaincy in the wake of Tim Paine’s forced resignation in 2021, now believes he can continue in the role for longer than first thought.
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