As Cricket Australia confirmed on Monday that Pat Cummins would miss the Ashes opener in Perth, the Test captain was in the middle of another running session at Cricket NSW headquarters at Sydney Olympic Park.

About three days a week, Cummins drives a grey Jaguar I-Pace from Sydney’s eastern suburbs to NSW’s training field and takes part in running sessions near the outdoor nets with CNSW’s head of physical performance Dean McNamara.

“He’s been very good, actually,” Australian spinner Nathan Lyon told the ABC on Saturday. “For him to leave the eastern suburbs and get out to Silverwater, I’ve been amazed.”

Cummins has been asked about his back hundreds of times - by friends, family, media, and fans - since returning from the West Indies.

Initially, only a handful of people knew he was s

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