Australia’s Ashes tour has been dealt a massive blow with captain Pat Cummins now in genuine risk of sitting out the whole five-Test series against England. Recent scans, reports The Sydney Morning Herald, have indicated that the stress fracture injury in Cummins’ back that he is carrying has not healed enough, leaving him in doubt for the series.

The 32-year-old bowling pace spearhead went for a follow-up scan a week ago to assess how his healing was going, and although there has been some improvement in the healing of the stress “hot spot” on his back, sources quoted in the report indicated that it’s not sufficient to allow him to resume bowling. Cummins has already been excluded from the first Test, which will start on November 21 in Perth, and his chances of playing for the remaining

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