9 months ago
It's been 1 of nan astir hectic years connected nan almanac for Australia's antheral cricketers, but accelerated bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins person scoffed astatine suggestions they will beryllium rested aliases rotated during nan upcoming location Test summer.
In nan past 8 months alone, nan Aussies person toured India, won nan World Test Championships, retained the Ashes successful nan UK, won nan ODI World Cup successful India, wherever immoderate squad members person stayed down for a T20 series, and are now getting fresh for a three-Test bid against Pakistan starting connected December 14 earlier they return connected nan West Indies.
Rest and rotation person go buzzwords successful world cricket, but Starc - who was angry to beryllium near retired of Australia's last excavation lucifer astatine nan World Cup - shook his caput erstwhile asked if thing akin would hap this summer.
Cummins besides seems keen to play each red-ball lucifer complete nan adjacent mates of months, pinch nan skipper unwilling to beryllium rested aliases rotated from immoderate games fixed he had to hold six years betwixt his first and 2nd Tests.
Cummins (pictured right, showing disconnected nan World Cup trophy pinch teammate Mitchell Starc astatine nan SCG connected Tuesday) is bracing himself for yet different dense workload to decorativeness 2023
The skipper has led nan Aussies done a Test circuit of India, an Ashes campaign, a circuit of South Africa and nan World Cup - pinch 2 much Test bid coming up very soon
'You're ever dealing pinch thing arsenic a bowler. When your hamstring starts to consciousness good, you abruptly consciousness symptom location other successful your assemblage and past you aftermath up nan adjacent time and it's moved location other successful your body,' Cummins said.
'Realistically, nan words 'rested' and 'rotated' gets thrown astir a lot, but you ne'er miss a Test if you're afloat fit.
'While nan past mates of years we mightiness person been rested for nan overseas game, nan bulk of activity that we've been capable to do [has helped].
'Potentially [it whitethorn happen], but if we're afloat fit, past we won't beryllium rested.'
The brace were astatine nan SCG connected Tuesday to show disconnected nan World Cup trophy, a time aft Starc and chap speedy Josh Hazlewood spent clip successful nan nets to get backmost successful red-ball mode.
The superstar accelerated bowler (pictured celebrating a wicket successful nan World Cup final) has insisted he won't beryllium rested aliases rotated this summertime arsenic agelong arsenic he's afloat fit
Starc and Cummins confirmed they had registered for adjacent year's IPL but wouldn't play a portion successful nan upcoming BBL, pinch nan quicks turning their attraction to nan Test arena.
'The mind and nan assemblage cognize what clip of twelvemonth it is,' Starc, 33, said.
'Particularly for Josh, Pat and I, it's been done for a fewer summers now.
'It's either been a speedy modulation betwixt achromatic shot to reddish shot aliases coming disconnected a wintertime circuit to summer.
'It's thing caller to us, likewise for Smithy (Steve Smith) and Davey (David Warner) who person done it for a agelong clip arsenic well.
'The mentation is different each twelvemonth depending connected wherever you've travel from and what's coming up, but for Pat and I, it's a fewer sessions of bowling and possibly a fewer rounds of play and past disconnected to Perth.'
