Pat Cummins had come under criticism for his tactics on the first day of the Ashes series, but he put in a captain’s performance with ball in hand on the fourth day.
It is a rare thing in cricket to see a fast bowler handed the captaincy, and even more of a baptism of fire to take charge ahead of the Ashes, but that is exactly what Cummins was tasked with in November 2021.
