The ODI World Cup 2023 is already well under way, but the Pat Cummins-led Australia team did not have the best of starts in the prestigious competition. In their opening match of the competition, the team faced India and suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Rohit Sharma-led team.
In relation to this, Pat Cummins, the Australian captain, stepped forth to discuss how difficult the ODI format has been for him personally. The 30-year-old discussed how, in the beginning of his career, he mainly paid attention to Test and T20 cricket and how his role in ODI cricket altered.
There is a lot of uncertainty and headache surrounding Cummins because he only played 78 ODIs over the course of his career. Cummins made his ODI debut in 2011. The pacer believes that his tactical approach to the format needs improvement.
“In the beginning of my career, I struggled to strike a balance between Test cricket and T20, and I was becoming too out of control. Your duties can vary significantly in one-day cricket, from being an opening bowler with a swinging ball to coming on first change and possibly bowling cross-seams in which you are trying to defend and take your wickets under pressure. Compared to other formats, it presents a new kind of challenge, according to Pat Cummins, who was quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
It comes in a very physical format: Pat Cummins
Cummins also discussed how the fact that the bowlers only have ten overs to bowl presents one of the biggest difficulties in the format. He acknowledged that ODI cricket is one of the physically demanding forms of the game but said he has been enjoying it anyway.
The fact that you have ten overs to bowl presents the largest hurdle. It’s a physically demanding format, and I find that playing two or three games a week is the most physically exhausting. In a 50-over game, we are covering 15 kilometers, according to Cummins.
“In T20, if you bowl one really strong over, you can win the game. It’s acceptable that this isn’t frequently the case in one-day cricket and that there aren’t often favorable bowlers’ conditions. You only have to make an effort to overcome the problem. It’s challenging, but I like it,” he continued.
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