Pat Cummins is prepared to “take a few risks” and be “aggressive” in his recovery from a back injury to lead Australia in this winter’s Ashes series.

Australia’s captain will be absent for their upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and India because of lumbar bone stress, a common injury among fast bowlers with intense workloads.

Cummins remains upbeat about being able to take to the field in the first Test against England , starting on November 21 in Perth, and he says he will do everything in his remit to avoid missing out.

“That would be devastating (to be sidelined for the series opener), so we’ll be doing everything we can to try to be right for that,” Cummins told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.

“It’s a big Ashes series. It doesn’t get much bigger, so I thi

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