Australian Test and ODI skipper is of the belief that all-rounders will have a bigger role in the upcoming series against India. The Aussies are set to host India for a five-match Border-Gavaskar series from late November to early January. Cummins stated that they would bank on their all-rounders more in the upcoming summer than what they did in the previous Test series against Pakistan, West Indies and New Zealand.
The Aussies were able to field their first-choice fast-bowling line-up for their seven Tests against the three teams, which was largely possible due to Cameron Green's all-round abilities. It's been huge (having the all-rounders). In some ways, we haven't had to use them as much as we thought we would, which is a great thing.
The last couple of summers have been pretty light (with) quick Test matches," Cummins said. "I suspect this summer might be a bit different at the time. We'll be drawing on Cam Green and Mitch Marsh a bit more.
Even someone like Cam basically started in Shield cricket as a bowler but hasn't had to bowl heaps in Test matches. Now he is a few years older, I think we will be leaning on him a bit more," he added. While the front-line pace-attack was able to play the complete three series, Green was not used much with the ball.
The tall all-rounder sent in 42 overs across the four Tests he was part of. Cummins feels that the all-rounders are very much capable of making it to the team as pure batters too. "The first point is they both absolutely ma.