Cummins is Oz Test skipper, Smith his deputy
Updated On: 27 November, 2021 07:30 AM IST | Sydney | AFP
On a dramatic day for Australian cricket, the Cummins’s appointment came hours after it was announced that former captain Paine will take a break from the sport, ruling him out of the home Ashes series against old rivals England
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Pat Cummins
Australia named paceman Pat Cummins as their Test captain and Steve Smith as deputy on Friday after a sexting scandal led Tim Paine to quit the post last week, just ahead of the Ashes.
Paine takes break
On a dramatic day for Australian cricket, the Cummins’s appointment came hours after it was announced that former captain Paine will take a break from the sport, ruling him out of the home Ashes series against old rivals England.
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