WTC Final: 'When it counted, we played really well,' says Pat Cummins

Australia captain Pat Cummins commended Scott Boland for playing a decisive role in his teamrsquos comprehensive 209run win in the World Test Championship final saying the seamer remains his favourite playerBoland troubled India throughout the game with his incisive bowling not allowing the famed Indian batting lineup to breathe easy at any point in the contest which lasted a little over lunch on the fifth and final dayThe rightarm seamer Boland accounted for Shubman Gill 18 Virat Kohli 49 and Ravindra Jadeja 0 in the second innings as India were bowled out for 234 while chasing 444ldquoWe left Day One feeling like we were on top of the game When it counted we played really well We could have really driven the game didnrsquot have our best day and let India closer back in For the most parts we were in control Boland hersquos my favourite player He just continues to be my favouriterdquo Cummins saidlsquoWersquoll savour thisrsquoldquoComing off a break everyone switched on when it mattered Everyone played really well and wersquoll savour this for a few days before we turn our attention to the Ashesrdquo he saidThe Australia captain Cummins also praised Travis Head 163 and Steve Smith 121 for their firstinnings heroics with their 285run fourth wicket stand putting up the platform for Australiarsquos winldquoWe made the most of it losing the toss We were certainly going to bowl The way Travis Head and Smithy Steve Smith put on that partnership gave us comfort after a nervy morningrdquo Cummins told the broadcaster after Australia added one more trophy to their kittyldquoHe Head has been brilliant right throughout this campaign started with the Ashes a couple of years ago He just puts the pressure right back on the bowlers and suddenly you are thinking about how to contain runs rather than taking wicketsrdquo he saidFor Boland it was all about hitting the right areas consistently in such a huge contestldquoIt was good fun Nice for our bowling group to come over here and put up a good performance and take 20 wickets You needed to hit similar areas all the time There was a little bit of bounce and we tried to exploit that It felt pretty good to get Kohli out Some amazing catching from our cordon itrsquos nice to have the confidence that if you get the nicks theyrsquore going to get takenrdquo said the fast bowlerHead wanted to be proactiveHead said the win was a culmination of the hard work put in over the last two yearsldquoA lot of hard work over two years Positive approach has been the approach for two years I wanted to be proactive and score if the balls were there and then if they bowl in nice areas you try and be good enough to stay out there for long periods I was tested through my inningsrdquo he saidThe prolific batter said he always had the confidence to perform at the big stageAlso Read WTC Final Travis Heads century puts Australia in strong position against India on opening dayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever