Australia captain Pat Cummins stated on Wednesday that England counterpart Ben Stokes’ match-winning 2019 hundred at Headingley will likely be a factor of the previous throughout this week’s Ashes conflict in Leeds.
Cummins’ males have arrived for a 3rd Test beginning on Thursday 2-0 up within the five-match collection after wins at Edgbaston and Lord’s.
Australia is now only one victory away from a primary Ashes triumph in England in 22 years.
Headingley, nevertheless, has been the scene of some extraordinary England victories, none extra so than 4 years in the past when Stokes’ astounding unbeaten hundred noticed the host to a exceptional one-wicket win over arch-rival Australia.
It was Cummins who delivered the ball that Stokes square-cut for 4 to seal a scarcely credible win.
“I remember at the time thinking, if I hang it outside off there might be a chance to nick it,” Cummins advised reporters.
“I’ve seen it about 1,000 times in the last four years. It was a fantastic Test match and the first two in this series have been fantastic.”
But having starred with the bat earlier this month in Australia’s dramatic two-wicket win at Edgbaston – the place England loved an exhilarating two-run Ashes win 18 years in the past – Cummins stated, “I’m sure that (Headingley) memory will be brought up quite a bit, just like 2005 was brought up at Edgbaston, but we’ve well and truly moved past that.”
Cummins didn’t reveal his ultimate XI on Wednesday however did affirm Todd Murphy would exchange Nathan Lyon after the off-spinner suffered a series-ending calf harm whereas fielding at Lord’s.
Australia star batter Steve Smith, recent from 100 at Lord’s, is about to play his a hundredth Test.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com