Updated On: 10 October, 2025 01:38 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Providing an update on the skipper's fitness, head coach Andrew McDonald said that there are positive signs and the pacer has been optimistic in the past few months. The first Test match of the Ashes between Australia and England is scheduled to be played from November 21 at the Optus Stadium in Perth

Andrew McDonald (Pic: X/@ICC)
Australia is all set to lock horns against their arch-rivals England in the upcoming Ashes Test series. Ahead of the five-match contest, there are higher chances of the absence of the Australian skipper Pat Cummins due to injury.
He has been battling a back injury that has prevented him from bowling since July, and the Australia skipper only returned to running earlier this month, just weeks out from the first Test against England in Perth.