Overview

• He has resumed running but has not yet returned to bowling, targeting a move to the crease in about two weeks ahead of the November 21 first Test.
• Cummins and medical staff want him confident of delivering around 20 overs a day without pain before he is considered for selection.
• He indicated that beginning to bowl soon could put him on course for a return in the second or third Test, subject to progress in the nets.
• The 32-year-old said symptoms have eased after a recent low point when he feared he could miss the entire series.
• He defended Scott Boland’s effectiveness in Australian conditions after suggestions from England that the seamer had been worked out.