{"id":709,"date":"2026-10-23T04:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/clearly-need-to-be-better-pat-cummins-on-australias-heavy-defeat-in-gqeberha\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T04:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:27:07","slug":"clearly-need-to-be-better-pat-cummins-on-australias-heavy-defeat-in-gqeberha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/clearly-need-to-be-better-pat-cummins-on-australias-heavy-defeat-in-gqeberha\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cClearly need to be better\u201d: Pat Cummins on Australia\u2019s heavy defeat in Gqeberha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated on 25 seconds ago by Charbel Coorey<\/a><\/p>\n

Pat Cummins expressed his disappointment following Australia\u2019s defeat by an innings and 31 runs<\/a> against South Africa in a rain-affected Gqeberha Test. In a first innings batting performance described as \u201cgutless\u201d by Vernon Philander on SEN Radio, Australia\u2019s 99 all out on day four put the match right in South Africa\u2019s hands. <\/p>\n

Following on, Australia were unable to hold on for a draw despite rain washing out the first session on day five. Travis Head and Scott Boland performed well, but more unforced errors from the lineup headlined another shaky batting display.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were nowhere near our best across the board really,\u201d Cummins said, as quoted by Cricinfo<\/a><\/em>. \u201cClearly need to be a lot better than that if we want to compete. I think a loss can sometimes kick yourself into gear. You can maybe paper over the cracks sometimes in a win. Whereas I think in a loss, it makes you ask questions as a player of yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pat Cummins calls on more from the batsmen after heavy loss in Gqeberha Test<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Head and Boland led the way in the second innings to give Australia hope of saving the Test. Marnus Labuschagne made a start but gave it away, while a number of others \u2013 including Steve Smith \u2013 played shots they would like to take back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019ve got to find a way in Test cricket. It\u2019s not always going to be easy. You saw today with Trav and Scotty, sometimes it\u2019s going to be about getting through the tough spells, sticking to your method and I think we went away from that on day four,\u201d Cummins said. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, a couple of loose shots, [we] could have hung around and kind of waited for the game to come to us a little bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nature of the defeat is cause for concern for Australia. The visitors lost 19 wickets in two days to take the series to a Cape Town decider. Cummins admitted there will be conversations in the leadup to the third Test.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven last week [in Durban], obviously Renshaw had an amazing game but I still think we weren\u2019t at our best, particularly in the batting,\u201d Cummins said. <\/p>\n

\u201cLooking around the changing room at how good our batters are and the standards they all hold themselves to, I think we\u2019re probably a little bit shorter runs of where we\u2019d like to [be]. It\u2019s [about] what do we look like at our best? We\u2019re still finding ways to win, [but] I think we make it hard for ourselves sometimes. We\u2019ve got three or four days to get it right for Cape Town. There\u2019ll be lots of conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nic Maddinson and Beau Webster are believed to be under the most pressure. The likes of Sam Harper, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis and Cooper Connolly are waiting in the wings. Labuschagne\u2019s tightrope continues to become shakier, but Cummins\u2019 view on the number three suggests he could survive the cut for the third Test.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly not a technical error [regarding Labuschagne\u2019s dismissal]. It\u2019s you know maybe a couple of decision makings, some some decisions that you know maybe the game demanded something a little bit differently. So again, we\u2019ll work on that in the next couple (of) days. I think he\u2019s hitting the ball well,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

The third and final Test begins at Newlands on Tuesday October 27.<\/p>\n

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Last Updated on 25 seconds ago by Charbel Coorey Pat Cummins expressed his disappointment following Australia\u2019s defeat by an innings and 31 runs against South Africa in a rain-affected Gqeberha Test. In a first innings batting performance described as \u201cgutless\u201d by Vernon Philander on SEN Radio, Australia\u2019s 99 all out on day four put the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricketkidunyya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}