NEW DELHI: Former Australia cricketer Ian Healy has urged Pat Cummins to depart Take a look at captaincy and focus solely on his fast-bowling expertise. Cummins was appointed as Australia’s Take a look at captain in November of 2021. The 29-year-old was made ODI skipper final 12 months when Aaron Finch retired.
“I do not need him carrying the burden of a lot captaincy for too lengthy. I need him to complete (as only a bowler). The captaincy creates a burnout and 4 to 5 years is a very long time as a captain.”
“He is carried out just a few years (as Take a look at captain) already, now he is including (short-form captaincy) to his thought processes at a time when he is coping with some type of household sickness again house. So yeah, I wish to see him end his profession as a tearaway quick bowler and another person with the captaincy burden,” mentioned Healy to the SEN Radio present on Friday.
Cummins, who has pulled out of the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Take a look at in opposition to India in Indore as a consequence of a severe household sickness, has performed 49 Checks to date and claimed 217 wickets at a median of 21.51, together with 8 five-wicket hauls.
On being requested who must be Cummins’ long-term successor, Healy feels left-handed batter Travis Head may very well be an appropriate candidate.
“I believe Travis Head is sort of succesful. He is led South Australia since he was a 21-year-old, he is fairly succesful and has bought numerous expertise. He is the primary one which stands out to me,” he mentioned.
“The likes of Glenn Maxwell would possibly have the ability to do components of it (within the quick kind), however so far as longer-term captaincy prospects aside from Travis Head, I can not assume (of any),” he added.
“I do not need him carrying the burden of a lot captaincy for too lengthy. I need him to complete (as only a bowler). The captaincy creates a burnout and 4 to 5 years is a very long time as a captain.”
“He is carried out just a few years (as Take a look at captain) already, now he is including (short-form captaincy) to his thought processes at a time when he is coping with some type of household sickness again house. So yeah, I wish to see him end his profession as a tearaway quick bowler and another person with the captaincy burden,” mentioned Healy to the SEN Radio present on Friday.
Cummins, who has pulled out of the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Take a look at in opposition to India in Indore as a consequence of a severe household sickness, has performed 49 Checks to date and claimed 217 wickets at a median of 21.51, together with 8 five-wicket hauls.
On being requested who must be Cummins’ long-term successor, Healy feels left-handed batter Travis Head may very well be an appropriate candidate.
“I believe Travis Head is sort of succesful. He is led South Australia since he was a 21-year-old, he is fairly succesful and has bought numerous expertise. He is the primary one which stands out to me,” he mentioned.
“The likes of Glenn Maxwell would possibly have the ability to do components of it (within the quick kind), however so far as longer-term captaincy prospects aside from Travis Head, I can not assume (of any),” he added.
