Confident that Pat Cummins will be a fine captain for Australia: Jason Gillespie

The Tim Paine episode just before the series began meant that the team suddenly needed a new captain and a new wicket-keeper. Elevating Pat Cummins, who was the Test vice captain to captaincy was the obvious choice, but this also brought Steve Smith back into a leadership role for the first time since the 2018 ball tampering episode.
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