World Cup 2023: ‘Every game now becomes almost like final’, says Pat Cummins

Ahead of the 14th match between Australia and Sri Lanka, Pat Cummins said that due to their poor start to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, his side is bound to treat every game as a final. Australia will be eying to register their first win in the ongoing multinational event on Monday when they […]

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Ahead of the 14th match between Australia and Sri Lanka, Pat Cummins said that due to their poor start to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, his side is bound to treat every game as a final.

Australia will be eying to register their first win in the ongoing multinational event on Monday when they will lock horns against Sri Lanka at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

During the post-match press conference, the Australian skipper said, “Hopefully. I mean, we’re obviously 0-2, so we’ve got to start winning and start winning quickly. Every game now becomes almost like a final. You’ve got to win just about all of them”.

Australia remains hungry for win

However, the 30-year-old also said the Australian camp is still strong and has the hunger to win the game despite losing their opening two matches.

The Australian speedster said, “So, the mood in the camp has been fantastic. Everyone’s great. Everyone’s desperate to turn it around. I think looking back at 2019, India and South Africa were the two teams that we lost to in the round games there. I think in the last year, they’re kind of the two teams that we’ve had the most trouble against. So, you know, the opportunity now is we’ve got some teams we haven’t played for a while that we’ve had a lot of success against and be really confident when we go out there”.

The five-time champions, Australia suffered a 6-wicket defeat against hosts India in their opening game of the campaign, followed by a 134-run defeat to South Africa.

Australia probable XI

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (capt), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood