Adelaide: Captain Pat Cummins is set to return to the match after a long break. Australia will have to rework their pace attack for the third Test starting in Melbourne. Australia coach Justin Langer said, “In Cummins’ absence, Mitchell Starc took over the pace bowling for the team, while Richardson returned to Australia’s playing XI in Adelaide with a five-wicket haul in the second innings. “
Josh Hazlewood, who missed the Adelaide Test due to a hamstring injury, is also set to make a comeback. However, Langer expects Mitchell Starc to be one of the fast bowlers for the Melbourne Test.
Langer told the media on Thursday, “Starc has a different way of bowling, apart from putting the ball in the length, he also troubles the batsmen. He is in his excellent form.”
Hazlewood and other NSW members of the Test team were due to fly to Melbourne on the Thursday before Christmas. Langer said Hazlewood has decided to come to Melbourne and celebrate Christmas in the Victorian capital with his girlfriend.
