Border Gavaskar Trophy: ‘Short of a gallop’: Michael Vaughan believes Australian skipper Pat Cummins needs to add more pace | Cricket News
With Australian skipper Pat Cummins managing to take only three wickets for 153 runs in his 40 overs during Australia’s 295-run loss to India in the opening Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at Perth, the talk has been about the 31-year-old regrouping the Australian attack ahead of the second Pink Ball Test match at Adelaide starting December 6. Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan believes that the Australian pace spearhead looked short of a gallop in the opening Test and needs to add more pace. “He’s a world-class performer, a brilliant captain and a brilliant bowler. (But) the one thing I’ll say is he did look short of a gallop in the First Test. He’d not been playing any cricket. He had not played any longer format cricket since March. So I would think this week in Adelaide, he will be up on his pace because of what he did last week. I think the First Test will be good for him. He’s got some overs back into his body, into his mind, playing …
