Captain Pat Cummins mentioned on Tuesday there are “no cowards” within the Australia cricket group and that the gamers had not been distracted by former head coach Justin Langer’s inflammatory feedback.
Langer reopened previous wounds over his acrimonious resignation in a podcast interview launched final week, lashing out at unnamed “cowards” within the group who complained within the media about his intense teaching fashion final 12 months.
He later denied experiences of a rift with Cummins and the group, saying he was in common contact with the vast majority of them.
“There’s no cowards in an Australian cricket team, not ever,” Cummins instructed reporters forward of their two-test sequence towards West Indies, which begins in Perth on Wednesday.
“I feel it’s disappointing generally the main focus will get drawn to off-field points however it hasn’t actually affected our group. I feel there’s no ailing will to what he was attempting to do and he clarified (his feedback) afterwards.
“I think he had a think about it and clarified it, so thank him for that. But we’re really proud of the last 12 months, how we’ve fronted up, the way we’ve played, the way we’ve conducted ourselves. Players can certainly hold their heads high.”
Cummins added that it could be good to see Langer once more throughout the check, with the previous coach set to be a part of the Seven Network’s commentary group.
Cummins additionally named the line-up to face West Indies, with Scott Boland and Marcus Harris lacking out whereas Cameron Green was picked to play his first check in his dwelling metropolis of Perth.
“You could probably have picked the side 12 months ago, I feel like we are in a good spot,” Cummins mentioned.