Your news blast from Round The Stumps’ latest Power Play Podcast: Pat Cummins injury creates Ashes doubts, Sheffield Shield sees its first injury substitute and we deliver an update from the ICC Women’s World Cup.
Pat Cummins continues to suffer from a back injury that might see him missing out on the Ashes series starting next month. He’s been out of action since the Summer managing workloads and his back injury, but the rehab is taking longer than wanted. This could be a big blow to Australia’s Test squad, which already has a lot of question marks surrounding a fixed Start XI.
Discussions about whether injury substitutions should be allowed in Test cricket started in the English Summer when India took on England and both sides fielding players with serious injuries to maintain 11 players. Sheffield Shield is being used to test an injury substitute system, and Sean Abbot has become the first to require such a replacement.
In talk of the World Cups, we take a look at who is looking to qualify for the Men’s 2026 ICC T20 World Cup and deliver an update from the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup.
