Australian media on Wednesday hailed Pat Cummins’ batting heroics as the ultimate blow of a “rope-a-dope” technique that delivered an exciting two-wicket win over England within the first Ashes take a look at in Edgbaston. In partnership with fellow tail-ender Nathan Lyon, captain Cummins struck an unbeaten 44 to provide his facet a 1-0 lead within the sequence on Tuesday.

The Sydney Morning Herald mentioned Cummins had been “infected by the spirit of Bazball”, the fearless model of cricket that has introduced England success underneath coach Brendon ‘Baz’ McCullum and captain Ben Stokes. “Cummins has shown, both as a captain but also a leader of the team over the past two years, that he is quite capable of taking a punch,” Daniel Brettig wrote within the paper.

His innings was a “late flurry of punches … that might have been inspired by the way his opposite number Stokes had taken control of the Headingley epic in 2019.” Many Australians stayed up very late to absorb the tense last classes on screens, together with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese who posted his congratulations on social media at 4:30 am (1830 GMT).

“Wow – brilliant win by Aussies – great partnership by Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon to bring it home,” he tweeted. The Sydney Morning Herald’s chief cricket author Malcolm Conn mentioned Australia might thank Stokes for England’s aggressive day one declaration which gave the vacationers time to push for victory even with rain on the ultimate day.

“It was a brilliant test match set up by England’s ultra-attacking approach, but Bazball might be in danger of pushing the boundaries of cricketing common sense too far,” he wrote. The second take a look at begins at Lord’s subsequent week.

The Australian’s cricket columnist Gideon Haigh savoured one of many “very best” take a look at matches in Ashes cricket, the sport’s oldest and most well-known rivalry. “Where else would you want to be?” he wrote. “Seven sleeps til Lord’s.”

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