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Joel Gould

Absence has made Cummins fonder of longer Test career

Captain Pat Cummins is raring to go after his longest Test match break for nine yars. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Pat Cummins says his longest break in nine years has set him up to extend his Test career well into his late 30s.

The Australia captain will play just his second Test in 13 months after missing all but the Adelaide contest during last summer's Ashes series due to a lower back injury.

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