Melbourne [Australia], October 8 (ANI): Australian skipper Pat Cummins could miss the start of the home Ashes series against England and could even end up missing the entire five-match affair after the latest scans revealed that his back stress problem has not healed, reported the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday.

Cummins, who was previously optimistic of taking part in a significant chunk of the series, appears to have no chance of playing the series opener in Perth from November 21 and could even miss all five Tests, leaving superstar batter Steve Smith as his stand-in captain.

According to two sources with knowledge of confidential discussions, but not authorised to speak in public, Cummins underwent an update scan just last week to track his progress and was told that the "hot spot

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