Captain Pat Cummins on Tuesday mentioned there aren’t any cowards within the Australian cricket group and the gamers haven’t been deterred by the inflammatory feedback made by former head coach Justin Langer.
Langer reopened outdated wounds over his acrimonious resignation in a podcast interview launched final week, lambasting unnamed “cowards” within the group who complained to the media about his intense teaching model final 12 months.
He later denied studies of a rift with Cummins and the group, saying he was in common contact with most of them.
“There are no cowards in the Australian cricket team, never have,” Cummins advised reporters forward of the two-Test collection towards the West Indies beginning on Wednesday.
“I think it’s frustrating that sometimes attention is drawn to off-field issues, but it doesn’t really affect our team. I think that’s true to what he was trying to do.” There was no malice and he later clarified (his remarks).
“I feel they considered it and clarified it, so due to them for that. But we’re actually pleased with the final 12 months, the best way we have carried out, the best way we have performed, the best way we have performed. The means we’ve carried out ourselves, the gamers can undoubtedly maintain their heads excessive.
Cummins mentioned it will be good to see Langer once more through the Test, with the previous coach being a part of the Seven Network’s commentary group.
Cummins additionally named the line-up to face the West Indies, with Scott Boland and Marcus Harris lacking, whereas Cameron Green was chosen to play his first Test in his house metropolis of Perth.
Cummins mentioned, “You could have probably picked the team 12 months ago, I think we are in a good place.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
