Australia Test skipper Pat Cummins will be back in action again in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23 final. Cummins left the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 midway to be with his ailing mother who passed away after prolonged illness. Ahead of the much-awaited final, Cummins revealed when he would hang up his boots. He recalled an incident when he felt burnout and decided that he will play the game till he is 35.
Cricket's basically 12 months of the year, there's always a cricket game going on somewhere, and I played non-stop for a year or two," the 30-year-old Cummins told 'WeAre8's: Get Real with Rio’ as quoted by Australian Associated Press.
"This is about four or five years ago, (when) I kind of just came back from injuries. And I was just spent, like burnout and I just remember thinking 'geez I'm 25 here but I want to do this until I'm 35' I've got to find a way to balance all these different things,” he said while talking to former England defender Rio Ferdinand.
This will be the first time Cummins will be playing since his mother passed away. The 30-year-old said that him and his family are still recovering from the loss.
"It's still pretty raw at the moment but the last few months been luckily enough to spend loads of time with mum." "I think it hits home the kind of person you want to be, the kind of father you want to be. So from that side, it's been quite good. Lots of memories. But in terms of the grief I guess we'll keep working through that,” the bowling all-rounder shared.
Cummins had earlier pulled out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. He represented Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the previous season.
Cummins is now also involved in Cricket for Climate, a foundation that he set up in order to reduce the sport's carbon footprint.
"We (Cricket for Climate) would love to go overseas, India, England, there's so much scope for making a change in those places.
"I try to do my little bit to normalise the conversation and make a bit of difference to make his (son Albie) future a bit better. I'd love to sit back in 10-20 years and just show the huge impact we've made,” he said.
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