Pat Cummins insists Australia’s focus stays on profitable the Ashes collection outright, however says he won’t do something too reckless to pressure a consequence at Old Trafford.
A draw shall be sufficient for Australia to retain the urn in Manchester, the place rain is forecast on the ultimate two days of the Test over the weekend.
Australia have made clear their motivation is to go away England as collection winners, one thing they haven’t achieved since 2001.
But additionally it is apparent one facet must win this Test, which begins on Wednesday, greater than the opposite.
Anything apart from a victory for the hosts will imply England’s hopes of regaining the Ashes are over, and the urn will stay in Australia’s fingers for a fifth straight collection.
That has thrown up the chance Ben Stokes and his workforce may push additional exhausting for a optimistic consequence, together with declaring early or batting in a more-attacking model than normal.
Cummins stated he had not given a lot thought to how he would method the sport if it turns into affected by the climate, however that it was unlikely he would take too many dangers.
“We want to win, so we’ll be doing everything to win,” Australia’s captain stated.
“Every situation is hard to plan for until you’re right in the middle of it.
“During the sport you’d have a give it some thought. I do not suppose I’d be doing something too reckless.”
Australia are considering playing Cameron Green and Mitch Marsh at Old Trafford, in a move that would leave Alex Carey batting at No.8 and Todd Murphy dropped from the side.
An Old Trafford stalemate would keep the door open for Australia to win the series, with the final Test set to begin at The Oval on July 27.
Australia have taken recent tours to the death, wearing down Pakistan last year and winning that series 1-0 on the final day.
Working in their favour is the fact England have done 33 per cent more bowling in this series, while the average age of the hosts’ attack in this Test will be 36.
“When you look again to a couple of the current excursions we have had, in Pakistan or India, we performed a few of our greatest cricket on the finish of the tour,” Cummins stated.
“Hopefully this one’s the identical, getting increasingly more used to the situations.
“Outlasting England is part of the thinking (in) how we set up this tour around our prep, even for a few of us missing IPLs or having shortened IPLs.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
