The Champions Trophy 2025 is just round the corner and George Bailey, has confirmed that Pat Cummins will undergo scans on his ankle after playing all five Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia will first miss out on Cummins as he was declared unavailable for their tour to Sri Lanka early because of his second child that will be born in the very near future. But now his inclusion in the Champions Trophy beginning from February 19 is up for question.

Pat Cummins’ Ankle Injury

Bailey revealed that Cummins had managed an ankle issue throughout the Test summer, adding further concern about his fitness. “Pat’s obviously on paternity leave for the next little bit,” Bailey told reporters 

“There’s a little bit of work to do. He’s got a little bit of a sore ankle as well, so I think in the next week or so, he’s got a scan coming, and we’ll get a bit more information around where that’s at,” Bailey added.

Josh Hazlewood Also Injured And Recovering

Hazlewood was also omitted from the Sri Lanka tour squad, but Bailey expressed confidence in his recovery progress. “He’s working really hard, and all the news on how he’s responding to the calf injury is coming along really well,” Bailey said.

“It was just probably a little bit tight (for this squad) given the amount of time he would’ve missed. Looking at how we may structure those loads for the quicks, it just worked out that unfortunately for him, he didn’t quite get there in time. But we’re really confident he should be fit and raring to go for the Champions Trophy.

Injury Setbacks For Australia

Of course, Cummins is not alone in the squad with injury fears. Mitchell Starc had niggles of sorts during the fourth Test in Sydney but took the field as he did and Josh Hazlewood was absent after the Gabba Test when he suffered a calf injury. The Australian squad will be eager to see its pace attack as fit as can be for that all-important Champions Trophy.