'We are big on playing...': Australia captain Pat Cummins ahead of Ashes Test

Australia captain Pat Cummins asserted that his side are focused on themselves as they face upbeat Englands Bazball style in the first Ashes Test and added that the series will be full of surprisesAustralia head into the Ashes opener after a thumping 209run win over India in the World Test Championship WTC final at The OvalIn what could be the mostwaited Ashes series in recent times the upbeat BazBall force comes up against the unstoppable World Test Championshipwinning Australia across six weeks of exciting Test cricketOur team is pretty chilled out there We are quite a confident bunch but not overly loud or in your face I think you have seen our personality reflected out on the field Sky Sports quoted Cummins as sayingI am sure there is going to be emotion at times but I would be surprised if that bubbled over like maybe it has in the past We are big on playing whats in front of you Some of our batters might take 200 balls to get a hundred which is absolutely fine There are no big conversations around that except to go out and bat how you want to bat That has worked over the last couple of years Cummins addedThe hosts are also charged up by the Bazball revolution brought by skipper Ben Stokes and Test head coach Brendon McCullum which has seen England win 11 of their last 13 Tests and dominate their opponents with an attacking aggressive and positive cricket that aims for victoryYou have an eye on the opposition and some planning but we have been amazing over the last 20 Test matches You have seen a pretty similar style and we dont want to lose sight of thatEngland last won the Ashes in 2015 with Australia claiming the 20172018 Ashes and retaining the urn with a 22 series draw in the UK in 2019 Australia won the 20212022 series 40We are pumped that its here As soon as one series finishes you are looking forward to the next one This one in particular seems like it has a bit more on it The whole cricketing world stops for a month to put their attention on it Cummins said of this summers contestI am sure we will be presented with a lot of different problems throughout this series there will be surprises like there always are But there are less unknowns than other tours Indias spinning wickets are probably more foreign than playing here he addedAlso Read Ashes 2023 England and Australia ready to battle it out in fiveTest seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever