Pat Cummins has mended the divide between two generations of Australian cricket teams, inviting a host of legendary former players into the dressing rooms to celebrate his side’s Ashes triumph in Adelaide.

Like a hitman hired to carry out a job, the Australian captain risked the potential for long-term damage to comeback from serious injury and claim the series-decider for his country, killing Bazball in the process.

Prior to day two of this Test, December 18, Cummins last bowled a ball in a competitive game of cricket on July 13. He went 16 weeks in that time without bowling a single ball, even in the nets, to let his lumbar bone stress injury heal.

Australian captain says ‘I doubt I’ll be playing in Melbourne’ while Nathan Lyon suffers hamstring injury

Pat Cummins has admitted he is unlikely to play the fourth Test in Melbourne later this week after Australia won the Ashes series in Adelaide and calls are growing for Jhye Richardson to slot into the XI.

Australia captain Pat Cummins has reached a major milestone in Test cricket, previously achieved only by former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, during the

It normally takes four months to come back from the injury that has sidelined Pat Cummins thus far during the Ashes, but the Australian skipper is set to return after just seven weeks.

England opted for a review, but Snicko registered a spike well before the ball passed the bat. Carey admitted after the day's play he probably hit it, and the boss of Snicko suggested an operator error led to the spike appearing at the wrong time.

When Joe Root punched his bat after nibbling Pat Cummins behind he was like that man on a diet furious with himself for snatching the last party pie.

The fast bowler will return as captain at Adelaide as he plays his first game for five months having recovered from a back injury

Australia's cricket captain, Pat Cummins, met his wife, Becky, in 2013, and they now share two kids. Read all about their family here.

Some of the legends of Australian cricket were fuming at how Langer had been treated, with Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden both slamming the situation. Mitchell Johnson sensationally declared Pat Cummins "gutless" for what he thought was not enough public support for Langer.