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WATCH: Pat Cummins gives savage reply to English journalist when asked about ‘momentum shift’ in Ashes 2023

Published on July 10, 2023

Star batter Harry Brook contributed to England’s three-wicket win against Australia in the third Test on Sunday, keeping the five-match series alive and earning England another historic Ashes victory at Headingley. A decisive 59-run stand between Brook and Chris Woakes (32 not out) on the last day changed the outcome of the game.

Brook was subsequently dismissed by Mitchell Starc, resulting in an increasingly tense conclusion. With a target of 251, England was then at 230-7. Brook, who was playing in his tenth Test match, smashed 75 off 93 balls with nine fours. England finished with 254-7 owing to the great stand between Woakes and Wood, which gave the home team a crucial win against the Pat Cummins-led Australian side.

In the same vein, following the hosts’ three-wicket victory at Headingley in Leeds, star pacer Pat Cummins does not think that the Ashes 2023 have shifted momentum in England’s favour. After Sunday’s result, Australian captain Pat Cummins was asked in a post-game press conference whether he thinks that the momentum is shifting in favor of England, to which the star pacer said absolutely not.

Here’s how the exchange went:

Reporter: As the series heads to Manchester, do you feel that the momentum has shifted in England’s favor?

Cummins: No, I do not think so.

Reporter: Why not?

Cummins: 2-1

This marked the second instance in which the Australian cricketer Cummins answered the English reporters in a sarcastic way

Notably, this marked the second instance in which the Australian cricketer Cummins answered the English reporters in a sarcastic way. Before that, when the Alex Carey-Jonny Bairstow conflict created controversy, the 30-year-old seamer created humour and sarcasm in order to get away from English reporters. Notably, during that moment, the reporter asked him concerning the possibility of Mankading during the series, following which the right-arm pacer remarked that the Australian team would use similar tactics if needed.

Meanwhile, the next Test between England and Australia is scheduled to take place in Manchester on July 19.

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