Pat Cummins and wife Becky welcome their second child | Cricket News
Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins and his wife Becky have announced their second child, a ba girl named Edith. The Cummins family announced news of their first pregnancy with son Albie on Instagram in 2021.
“She’s here,” Becky Cummins posted on Instagram with a picture of the newborn. “Our beautiful ba girl, Edi … Words can’t describe how overjoyed & full of love we feel right now.”
Due to an ankle injury and the birth of his second child, Cummins has been not selected for the ongoing Australia’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Smith has been given the reigns.
Cummins has also been ruled out of next month’s Champions Trophy in Pakan as he’s managing an injury.
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Cummins hasn’t been able to resume training after he missed the Test series in Sri Lanka due to the birth of his second child, while also nursing an ankle problem, which flared up during the gruelling five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.
“Pat Cummins hasn’t been able to resume any type of bowling so he’s heavily unlikely, so that would mean that we do need a captain,” Head coach Andrew McDonald told SEN Radio.
“Steve Smith and Travis Head are the two that we’ve been having conversations with while we’ve been building out that Champions Trophy team along with Pat (Cummins) back home. They’ll be the two that we look at for that leadership post,” added McDonald.
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Australia has released a squad with both Hazlewood and Cummins in it for Champions Trophy 2025. However according to the rules the squads can be tweaked in till February 12.
Squad: Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
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