Flem’s Verdict: Cummins shows true class on and off the field as England contradict their words with actions

Pat Cummins has been copping plenty of stick but he was nothing but classy as Australian captain despite all the drama of the Lord’s Test. 

The England camp need to be careful with some of the accusations they’ve been throwing around because their talk about the spirit of cricket hasn’t always been backed up with what they’ve done on the field. 

Cummins’ response was spot on after the game following all the booing and blow-ups about Alex Carey getting Jonny Bairstow out when he dropped in a bit of humour by saying “I thought the crowd took it pretty well”.

Then he was asked about the problems with the MCC members abusing the Aussie players as they walked through the Long Room and Cummins said he thought it’d be a shame if that ever went away.

He doesn’t want the players to have to take alternative routes to the field because it’s one of the iconic moments in cricket to walk through that room containing all that history.