Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins celebrates the dismissal of Delhi Capitals’ Karun Nair during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, India, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Cummins and Green set to return for Australia in cricket’s World Test Championship final
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) 鈥 Pace bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and allrounder Cameron Green have been recalled from injury and young batter Sam Konstas has been retained in Australia鈥檚 squad for the World Test Championship final against South Africa next month.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s captain Pat Cummins celebrates the dismissal of Delhi Capitals’ Karun Nair during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, India, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) 鈥 Pace bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and allrounder Cameron Green have been recalled from injury and young batter Sam Konstas has been retained in Australia鈥檚 squad for the World Test Championship final against South Africa next month.
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鈥淭hose series capped a consistent performance across the two-year cycle and now presents us with the incredibly exciting opportunity to defend the World Test Championship,鈥 Australia鈥檚 chief selector George Bailey said in a statement Tuesday. 鈥淚t means a lot to the group to reach the final and they are very much looking forward to the challenge South Africa will present at Lord鈥檚.鈥
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The same squad will head to the Caribbean for following the June 11-15 WTC final.
Green hasn’t played international cricket since September because of back surgery, but the 25-year-old allrounder is making a graduated return and currently batting at county level in England.
Skipper with an injured ankle and hasn’t played a test since developing a side strain in November, early in the series against India.
Both veteran pacemen have been playing in the , which was suspended last week because of the border tension between India and Pakistan but is .
鈥淲e are fortunate and looking forward to having Pat, Josh and Cam back in the squad,鈥 Bailey said.
Opening batter Konstas made an impressive debut against India with a half-century in the Boxing Day test in Melbourne but was dropped ahead of the subsequent tour to Sri Lanka.
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Australia:
Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster.
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