The English pundits give him no chance of playing the first Ashes Test in a month’s time, but Pat Cummins is doing everything he can to prove to selectors he can be fit and firing for the series.

Cummins, who is expected to miss at least the first of the five-Test series with a lower back injury, was pictured training at Cricket Central in western Sydney on Wednesday.

The Australian captain worked up a sweat as he was put through his paces but was not pictured with ball in hand.

The 32-year-old was facing a first Test deadline of having to bowl by this week if he was any chance of being selected in the squad.

Steve Smith, who will take over as captain if Cummins does not play, said on Tuesday Cummins had not resumed bowling training since his injury was revealed in September.

“He’s st

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