Australia captain Pat Cummins is aiming to play all five men's Ashes Tests, but the injured quick will only know if it is a realistic option closer to the series.

Cummins's fitness is set to dominate the build-up to the Ashes, with 32-year-old nursing a lower-back injury.

He has fronted media three times this month since news broke of the injury: first at a Cricket Australia event a fortnight ago and last week at a sponsorship announcement.

On Friday, it was one of Cummins's passionate projects that brought him out, with $50 million in federal government funding announced for sporting clubs to deal with climate change while also remaining environmentally sustainable.

At each event, he has been unable to offer much news on his injury.

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