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Australia captain Pat Cummins said he expects the team to rely more on all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh in attack during the five-match series against India at the end of the year.
The series will begin in Perth on November 22, with Australia seeking to wrest the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from the visitors, before further Tests in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne before heading to Sydney for the final on January 3.
With five Test matches to be played in just over six weeks, both sides are expected to give it their all and Cummins has backed Green and Marsh to play a bigger role with the ball.
“The Test matches over the last few summers have been pretty easy and fast,” Cummins told reporters in Sydney on Monday.
“I guess this summer might be a little different. We’ll use Cam Green and Mitch Marsh more.
“Even someone like Cam Green, who basically started out in (Sheffield) Shield cricket as a bowler, didn’t bowl a lot in Test matches.
“We’re very lucky that Nathan Lyon bowls a lot, so you don’t necessarily need to have an all-rounder.
“But having a fifth pitching option makes a big difference. We have six.”
In preparation for the series, Cummings will miss the white-ball tour of England and Scotland in September in order to manage his workload.
The 31-year-old fast bowler has been given a two-month break by Cricket Australia and will play in the one-day series against Pakistan in November and one of New South Wales’ four Sheffield Shield matches.
“The priority right now is to get some fitness work done and start reassessing the path forward in a few weeks,” he said.
“After two years of non-stop bowling, I just want to fill my bucket again. (Hopefully) get as good a result in the first Test as I have had in a few years.”
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