‘Looking really sharp’: Cummins backs Smith, while hinting at another bouncer barrage

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‘Looking really sharp’: Cummins backs Smith, while hinting at another bouncer barrage
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Cricket: Aussie captain Pat Cummins confirmed Josh Hazlewood will return for the Gabba Test and Scott Boland has been dropped yet again.

Scott dropped! Pat confirms one change | 01:13Captain Pat Cummins has hinted that Australia may continue its bouncer ploy at the Gabba this week after confirming Josh Hazlewood would return to the starting XI for the third Test against India .Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer .

“He had a really good bowl yesterday, had another bowl in Adelaide a couple of days previous,” Cummins said.Boland, who has taken 33 Test wickets at 13.54 in Australia, has been the Test side’s perennial 12th man over the last couple of years, only playing one of the team’s 11 most recent matches. The Victorian claimed five wickets at Adelaide Oval last week, including the crucial dismissals of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal.“It’s tough.

Cummins snared his 13th five-wicket haul in Tests at Adelaide Oval last week, with the majority of his dismissals coming from bouncers. Cummins also backed vice-captain Steve Smith to rediscover his best in Brisbane after a lean trot with the bat. The New South Welshman hasn’t reached triple figures since last year’s Ashes contest at Lord’s, while he has a top score of 17 from his six most recent Test innings.

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