What Cummins thought of post-Ashes beer snub

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Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins has fixed a flimsy penetration into the play down a post-Ashes brew with England, aft revelations the players and coaches knocked connected England's dressing country doorway a fig of times but received nary invite.

Conflicting reports came retired aft the lawsuit with England skipper Ben Stokes utilizing his societal media to accidental the players met up successful a nighttime nine aft the game.

Aussie batsman Travis Head past revealed his broadside got "a spot fed up" of waiting around.

"It's been played up a small bit," Head told the Willow Talk podcast.

Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes aft the Headingley fixture. (2023 Getty Images)

"Post-match, I deliberation we hung astir for a small bit. (England) had a mates of retirements, and, I think, a fewer unit that (were) going.

"We benignant of knocked a mates of times and got told 2 minutes, which turned into an hour, and the boys got a spot fed up.

"But yeah, a fewer of the boys met up with them afterwards, and I've been successful interaction with a mates of the guys that I was adjacent with astir the differences successful the timings. A spot disappointing, but I don't deliberation it was by design."

Speaking astatine the SCG for Cricket Australia's concern announcement with HCLTech, Cummins confirmed the accepted post-series changeroom brew did not occur.

"It would person been bully to person a brew with them," Cummins said.

"After a large Ashes, it would person been good. Not to be. I deliberation they had a just fewer meetings connected successful their alteration country and we hung astir for a bit. But we had a beauteous bully night."

Despite Stokes' proposition that some parties decided to conscionable up successful the nighttime club, Head said it wasn't planned.

Australia's Travis Head speaks to England's Ben Duckett arsenic they permission the tract for luncheon astatine The Oval. (Action Images via Reuters)

"We didn't spell determination together... It's conscionable by plan again that some teams recovered themselves astatine the aforesaid place," Head said.

"I deliberation it was a Monday night, but determination are not galore places to spell connected a Monday nighttime successful London, truthful we recovered ourselves astatine the aforesaid place... shared 1 oregon 2 vodka Red Bulls unneurotic and past disconnected to the flight."

Throughout the property league connected Tuesday morning, Cummins besides had an awkward speech erstwhile a newsman asked if he'd similar to enactment Test skipper for the summer.

"For this summer?," helium replied earlier pausing with a grin and simply saying "yeah".

The Aussie ODI skipper besides confirmed his wrist wounded is connected the mend and said he'll play a portion successful the backmost extremity of the side's upcoming bid successful South Africa.

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