Pat Cummins says David Warner was shocked to be named participant of the collection towards South Africa.
Australia completed their first collection victory over the Proteas since 2014 with a attract Sydney’s rain-marred third Test on Sunday.
Warner was named because the collection’ greatest participant, after the identical honour was awarded to him following the one-day collection towards England earlier in the summertime.
The opener hit a fair 200 in his a hundredth Test on the MCG towards South Africa, however made scores of zero, three and 10 in his different innings.
Other candidates would probably have included Travis Head, whose 92 on a troublesome wicket in Brisbane swung the match earlier than scores of 51 and 70 in Melbourne and Sydney.
Head scored as many runs as Warner for the collection on the similar common of 53.25, whereas Steve Smith topped the run-scoring charts with 231 at 57.75.
Pat Cummins led the best way with the ball with 12 wickets at a median of 16.91, in a collection the place nobody participant stood out.
The player-of-the-series award is decided by tallying player-of-the-match factors handed out by a number of broadcasters after every Test.
AAP has been instructed Warner, Usman Khawaja and Head every tied on 18 factors, with broadcasters deciding Warner’s efficiency on the MCG was probably the most dominant.
“He said himself, that’s surprising,” Cummins mentioned.
“I heard someone say it was joint between a couple of players, and Davey got it in the end.
“Whenever somebody performs, it is not the very first thing they placed on their mantle piece, the participant of the collection. So it’s what it’s.”
Warner’s double-century has taken some pressure off him ahead of the series in India.
He had entered the South Africa contest because the participant beneath the most important highlight, however is now assured of his spot initially of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
