{"id":340853,"date":"2023-07-02T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/02\/australia-were-worried-but-stayed-patient-pat-cummins-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T17:34:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:34:26","slug":"australia-were-worried-but-stayed-patient-pat-cummins-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/07\/02\/australia-were-worried-but-stayed-patient-pat-cummins-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia were worried but stayed patient: Pat Cummins | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-101438635,imgsize-68020.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>LONDON: Australia captain <!-- -->Pat Cummins<!-- --> admitted his team had endured an uncomfortable time before winning the second <!-- -->Ashes<!-- --> test against England at Lord&#8217;s by 43 runs on Sunday.<br \/>England had looked dead and buried at 45-4 in their chase for 371 runs to level the series but <!-- -->Ben Stokes<!-- -->&#8216; majestic knock of 155 and Ben Duckett&#8217;s 83 lifted them to 301-6.<br \/>Australia started to look ragged in the field before dismissing Stokes and knocking over the tail cheaply to move 2-0 up in the series and firmly on course to retain the Ashes.<br \/>&#8220;Another wonderful game, right down to the wire,&#8221; Cummins said. &#8220;Stokesy gave us a few heart-stopping moments and the crowd seemed to enjoy it.&#8221;<br \/>Cummins played in the 2019 Ashes test at Headingley when Stokes made 135 not out to inspire England to an extraordinary one-wicket victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course, he played another great innings and I&#8217;m glad we got him out when we did,&#8221; Cummins said.<br \/>&#8220;Having a world-class player like Ben on the top of his game, you start thinking &#8216;that boundary looks short&#8217; &#8211; I was glad to have 200 on the board.&#8221;<br \/>Australia were hampered by the absence of their main spinner Nathan Lyon who was unable to bowl after suffering a calf strain.<\/p>\n<p>Stokes struck nine sixes and nine fours on a withering assault but Cummins said Australia had not panicked.<br \/>&#8220;Just trying to stay patient, have the fields out,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He did well to keep getting himself on strike but we were happy with them going at two an over.&#8221;<br \/>Cummins played down the furore surrounding the dismissal of Jonny Bairstow, stumped by wicketkeeper Alex Carey after leaving his crease at the end of an over.<\/p>\n<p>Disgruntled MCC members verbally abused Australia players as they walked through the pavilion at the lunch interval.<br \/>&#8220;Emotions were running high and words were unfortunately exchanged by a small number of members,&#8221; the MCC said in a statement.<br \/>Cummins said he had accepted the apology.<br \/>&#8220;They were quite aggressive and abusive towards some of our players, which I know the MCC weren&#8217;t too happy with,&#8221; Cummins said. &#8220;The MCC came and apologised for the behaviour of some of the members.&#8221;<br \/>Australia only need to avoid defeat in one of the three remaining tests to retain the Ashes.<br \/>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t be in a better position,&#8221; Cummins said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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