Pat Cummins’ batting heroics were praised as the finishing stroke of a “rope-a-dope” approach that produced a dramatic two-wicket triumph against England in the first Ashes test that was played in Edgbaston on Wednesday. The match was played between Australia and England.
On Tuesday, the captain of the team scored an unblemished 44, and it helped his team take a 1-0 lead in the series. He did this in cooperation with another tail-ender, Nathan Lyon.
The reckless type of cricket that has given England success under coach Brendon ‘Baz’ McCullum and captain Ben Stokes has been referred to as “Bazball.” The Sydney Morning Herald said that Cummins had been “infected by the spirit of Bazball.”
Daniel Brettig stated in the paper that Cummins has demonstrated that he is fairly capable of absorbing a punch in both his role as captain of the squad and also in his role as a leader of the team during the previous two years.
His innings was described as having a “late flurry of punches… that might have been inspired by the way his opposite number Stokes had taken control of the Headingley epic in 2019.”
The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, was one among the many Australians who sat up extremely late to watch the suspenseful final sessions on screens. Albanese shared his congrats on social media at 4:30 am local time, which is 1830 GMT.
“Wow – brilliant win by Aussies – great partnership by Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon to bring it home,” he said in a tweet after the match.
According to the top cricket writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, Malcolm Conn, Australia has Stokes to thank for England’s proactive declaration on day one of the match, which provided the tourists enough time to fight for victory despite the rain on the final day.
“It was a brilliant test match set up by England’s ultra-attacking approach, but Bazball might be in danger of pushing the boundaries of cricketing common sense too far,” he wrote. “It was a brilliant test match set up by England’s ultra-attacking approach.”
The second test will begin the following week at Lord’s.
Gideon Haigh, a journalist for The Australian who covers cricket, described one of the Ashes test matches as being among the “very best” test matches. The Ashes rivalry is the oldest and most well-known in all of cricket.
He asked, “Where else would you want to be?” in the letter. “Seven sleeps til Lord’s.”