SYDNEY: The Sydney pitch has a “huge connection” to the Indian situations, mentioned Australia skipper Pat Cummins forward of the third Test towards South Africa, hoping it would present his aspect splendid preparation for his or her upcoming red-ball sequence in India.
Australia are main the three-Test sequence towards South Africa 2-0 and a win at SCG will all however seal their ultimate spot on the World Test Championships Final to be held on the Oval in June.
Australia have sometimes struggled in subcontinent situations and a dry, spinning floor is predicted on the SCG, maintaining in thoughts the upcoming tour of India in February.
“It’s a huge connection to India,” Cummins advised reporters on Tuesday.
“Fast bowling and reverse swing is going to come into it, which we can expect in India. Probably get more spin overs here, our batters are probably going to face more spin here as well, so it’s a really good connection.
“Even personally, captaining right here is perhaps slightly completely different to the previous few Test matches,” he added.
Australia currently are sitting pretty atop the WTC points table with 10 wins from 14 Tests. In their last series before the final, Cummins and Co. will face India, who are second with eight wins.
Australia are eyeing a WTC final in June before taking on arch-rivals England in the five-Test Ashes campaign.
“It’s been an enormous driver for us over the past couple of years. I believe taking part in in London (in) a ultimate towards India, say, at a impartial venue, that is actually thrilling.”
Australia had missed out on the WTC final spot in the inaugural edition to New Zealand after being docked four points by the ICC for being two overs behind in the 2020 Boxing Day Test.
“It was nonetheless a brand new idea so even issues like overs charges – it wasn’t actually spoken about as importantly as maybe what we give it some thought now,” said the Australian pace spearhead.
“I believe we acquired right down to 9 minutes down at one stage (in a current Test) so we simply made positive we had Travis Head or ‘Smithy’ (Steve Smith, two part-time spin bowlers) as an possibility and we acquired again principally inside a few overs.
“Having just missed out on the World Test Championship final last cycle, that was always going to be a big goal. I think we’ve been playing fantastically, we’ve put ourselves in that position to earn that spot early which is a huge driver for us.
“It’s all the time thrilling going to England and taking part in an Ashes sequence, however including in a World Test Championship ultimate is large.”
The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins in Nagpur on February 9. The subsequent three Tests can be held in Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad respectively.
Australia are main the three-Test sequence towards South Africa 2-0 and a win at SCG will all however seal their ultimate spot on the World Test Championships Final to be held on the Oval in June.
Australia have sometimes struggled in subcontinent situations and a dry, spinning floor is predicted on the SCG, maintaining in thoughts the upcoming tour of India in February.
“It’s a huge connection to India,” Cummins advised reporters on Tuesday.
“Fast bowling and reverse swing is going to come into it, which we can expect in India. Probably get more spin overs here, our batters are probably going to face more spin here as well, so it’s a really good connection.
“Even personally, captaining right here is perhaps slightly completely different to the previous few Test matches,” he added.
Australia currently are sitting pretty atop the WTC points table with 10 wins from 14 Tests. In their last series before the final, Cummins and Co. will face India, who are second with eight wins.
Australia are eyeing a WTC final in June before taking on arch-rivals England in the five-Test Ashes campaign.
“It’s been an enormous driver for us over the past couple of years. I believe taking part in in London (in) a ultimate towards India, say, at a impartial venue, that is actually thrilling.”
Australia had missed out on the WTC final spot in the inaugural edition to New Zealand after being docked four points by the ICC for being two overs behind in the 2020 Boxing Day Test.
“It was nonetheless a brand new idea so even issues like overs charges – it wasn’t actually spoken about as importantly as maybe what we give it some thought now,” said the Australian pace spearhead.
“I believe we acquired right down to 9 minutes down at one stage (in a current Test) so we simply made positive we had Travis Head or ‘Smithy’ (Steve Smith, two part-time spin bowlers) as an possibility and we acquired again principally inside a few overs.
“Having just missed out on the World Test Championship final last cycle, that was always going to be a big goal. I think we’ve been playing fantastically, we’ve put ourselves in that position to earn that spot early which is a huge driver for us.
“It’s all the time thrilling going to England and taking part in an Ashes sequence, however including in a World Test Championship ultimate is large.”
The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins in Nagpur on February 9. The subsequent three Tests can be held in Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad respectively.