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Cummins ‘happy’ with where he’s at
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BENGALURU: Pat Cummins has been christened ‘AB’ in the Australian camp after winning the Allan Border Medal at Cricket Australia’s annual awards, but the flattering nicknames and his batting form haven’t affected his basic ambitions, he said on Tuesday.Cummins has shown tremendous composure with the bat over the last few months, and particularly impressed in the Melbourne Test against India in December, where he followed a nine-wicket match haul with a dogged half-century as India looked to go ahead in the series.Throughout the series, Cummins drew praise for being one of Australia’s most comfortable batsmen against a menacing pace attack, aside from many suggestions that he could be the bowling all-rounder, batting at No. 7, in a five-man attack.On Sunday, he batted at No. 8, behind Nathan Coulter-Nile, and hit the winning runs as Australia clinched a last-ball win in the first T20I against India.“I’m pretty happy down at No. 8 or 9. I feel like my role in the team as a batsman is just to try and survive, bat extra time, and hopefully I’ve got a batsman at the other end who’s set and can really cash in,” he said before the second and final T20I.“Especially in Test matches, that was my role. I may not have all the big shots like a lot of the batsmen, (but) I’ve really enjoyed it.”Cummins has achieved talismanic status for Australia over the last 18 months as he enjoys his first extended run in international cricket.Glenn Maxwell attested to that in the post-match comments after the first game, where he recounted having a chat with Aaron Finch as Australia’s innings took a nervous turn.“I did mention to Finchy - if anyone could go out there, face their first ball in the last over and get us 14, it’s probably Pat Cummins.”“He can do anything,” Maxwell had said.