Australian Check skipper Pat Cummins is presently in Sri Lanka the place his aspect is all geared as much as register a clear sweep within the two-match Check sequence and has a packed schedule thereafter, but it surely has been discovered that he’s all set to make his look as a particular visitor at The Chappell Basis annual fundraising dinner on the SCG on August 10.
The affirmation has been made by the Chairman of the Basis Mr Darshak Mehtra. Thus, Cummins will likely be yet one more Australian captain on this record to make his presence felt at cricket’s largest charity occasion. His predecessors who had attended the Chappell Basis annual fundraising dinner embrace the likes of former Check skipper Tim Paine, two-time World Cup-winning skipper Ricky Ponting, the late spin legend Shane Warne and Jimmy Barnes.
It’s an evening for the tragic and the gifted: Darshak Mehta
“We hear Cummins doesn’t thoughts an costly wine having been launched to the world of the fermented grape by a minimum of Dennis Lillee (a TCF patron). Cummins flew to Perth just a few years again to work on fixing his bowling motion with the previous nice. Whereas that clearly labored a deal with, the Australian captain says the wine behavior he developed within the firm of the good man has price him a fortune since,” Mehta mentioned in keeping with Pak Observer.
“It’s an evening for the tragic and the gifted. Cummins, together with Ian, Greg, and Trevor Chappell and a number of former cricketers, will be part of visitors for sundowner drinks on the sacred turf earlier than heading upstairs for the night, which concludes with the skipper and Tracey Holmes in dialog,” added Mehta.
Pat Cummins has taken Australia to newer heights in red-ball cricket ever since he has been given the duty of main them from the entrance. He led them to an Ashes 2021/22 overcome arch-rivals England 4-0 and adopted it up with a 1-0 win in Pakistan in March. The Aussies have taken a 1-0 lead within the ongoing Sri Lanka Assessments and a win right here would be sure that they register a second straight sequence win within the subcontinent this yr.
