Sydney, Nov. 17 -- Pat Cummins proved a handful on Perth's lively practice wickets in Australia's first squad session, with newcomer Jake Weatherald relishing the experienceAccording to Cricket Austrlia, three weeks ago, Andrew McDonald made an optimistic prediction about the physical state he expected Pat Cummins to be in leading into the first Ashes Test.
"You'll see him and it'll almost be a question of, 'Why isn't he playing in Perth?'" the Australia coach said after Cummins had been ruled out of the series opener with a back stress injury.
"That's where we think he'll be placed by that that stage."The sight of Cummins repeatedly whizzing balls off the Perth Stadium's lively practice wickets, past his teammates' outside-edges and thum...