Brisbane, December 11, 2011 : .Australia’s captain Pat Cummins expressed his pride in everyone after the win at The Gabba for the Ashes Test.As many things, from the toss up to the result of the match in their favor, he felt like luck had smiled upon him.<br/ Cummins was the Test captain for Australia's first match.He picked his first five wicket win against England.This was the foundation for Australia's win of nine wickets against England on Saturday.They went 1-0 ahead in the five match series.
“Really enjoyed it, lots of things did go right probably from the toss, overcast conditions, wicket had a bit in it and to turn up on day 2 — under blue skies, someone’s smiling over me.Really proud of everyone.A really complete performance, the bowlers did everything on day 1 and Marnus-Davey with a big partnership and the way Travis played, it is a sign of a really positive group.
I was happy everyone stuck to it – we bowled without much luck yesterday, fair with all the luck on day 1,” said Cummins in the post-match presentation ceremony.
Cummins heaped praise on Head, who played a rollicking knock of 152 and got the player of the match award for his counter-attacking act.
He is a great player and we are happy to have him on the team.We’ve seen him play for South Australia.His average is 45, but he’s still young and a pro because of the number of top-class cricket matches he played.We hope he will be away soon.
Cummins also gave an update on pacer Josh Hazlewood, who bowled just eight overs on day three but came back to bowl on day four and accounted for Jos Buttler’s wicket.
“He was a little bit sore yesterday, with a five-match Test series, did not want to try and break him yesterday and he pulled up ok today.”
He expressed his hope that David Warner, the opener of Test cricket at Adelaide, will be able to recover from an injury sustained in his ribs before he signs off.The second Test is scheduled for Adelaide on December 16th.
“When I had 20 to go, we couldn’t find him.We looked everywhere in the stadium (smiling).He is fine, we did not want to risk him and he will be alright for Adelaide.”
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