Australia have decided to rest their all-time captain Pat Cummins and field Steve Smith for the second and final Test against the West Indies in Adelaide; It will be a pink ball Test to be played under floodlights. Cummins failed to bowl during the final two days of Australia’s 164-run win over the West Indies in the first Test in Perth and his place in the XI for Adelaide will be taken by fellow paceman Scott Boland.
Boland has not played since taking 18 wickets in three Ashes Tests against England last summer, but made a comeback after missing out on selection in Perth.
Cummins’ absence also means that veteran batsman Steve Smith will once again captain Australia, as he stood in to captain Australia in the Adelaide Test against England last year when Cummins was deemed a close COVID-19 contact. went.
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