{"id":81135,"date":"2024-01-16T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlbhi.aweu.info\/?p=81135"},"modified":"2024-01-16T14:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T14:38:20","slug":"hes-hot-on-whatsapp-pat-cummins-cheeky-warner-sledge-as-heads-new-role-revealed-bbb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aweu.info\/hes-hot-on-whatsapp-pat-cummins-cheeky-warner-sledge-as-heads-new-role-revealed-bbb\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He\u2019s hot on Whatsapp\u2019: Pat Cummins\u2019 cheeky Warner sledge as Head\u2019s new role revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pat Cummins has opened up on life in the Australian Test team without David Warner, revealing Travis Head\u2019s new unofficial role, and how team dinners have changed since the veteran retired.<\/p>\n

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Warner bid farewell to Test cricket last week in Sydney, leaving Australia with a gaping hole at the top of the order, as well as in the group\u2019s Whatsapp chat.<\/p>\n

The left-hander didn\u2019t just lead the Australians as opener, but was also in the thick of it when it came to extra-curricular activities, such as organising rounds of golf, and places to eat.<\/p>\n

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Asked on Tuesday about the Test team\u2019s dynamic now Warner is gone, Cummins joked with reporters that it\u2019s been a breath of a fresh air since losing such a big personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been good,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavey\u2019s stepped down and Travis Head has stepped up into the David Warner role.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s hot on Whatsapp, he\u2019s booked golf, he\u2019s booked dinners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cummins added that it\u2019s not just the loosening of Warner\u2019s stranglehold on the Whatsapp group that\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know the coaches had to reintroduce themselves to each other now that they get a word in at dinner,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

Taking a more serious note, Cummins said it was yet to hit home that Warner wouldn\u2019t be returning to the Test XI he graced for well over a decade.<\/p>\n

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Warner was a staple in the team since his debut in 2011, going on to play 112 Tests, with Cummins by his side for about half of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cDavey\u2019s a big personality. He had a fantastic send-off in Sydney, we\u2019re gonna miss him,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a bit different.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce we play a few games back-to-back it will start hitting us that we lost a big personality around the group.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hole left by Warner in the Australian XI will be filled by Smith at the top of the order, while Cameron Green takes the vacated spot at No.4.<\/p>\n

Cummins tipped the shake-up to succeed long-term, but joked that there was at least one red flag after Monday\u2019s team golf round organised by Head.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully he bats better than he hits his 7-wood,\u201d Cummins joked about Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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