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As someone who once stole the crosswords from newspapers when he was training at Cricket NSW, Pat Cummins has always loved a challenge, and he finds the intrigue of leadership no different.<\/p>\n

The premier fast bowler and Test captain\u2019s appointment as one-day captain runs only until the end this World Cup, which could come as soon as Thursday when Australia take on South Africa in a semi-final at Kolkata.<\/p>\n

But win or lose, Cummins, 30, has given no indication he was wants to give up being skipper of the 50-over side to concentrate on leading the Test team. Instead, he will work closely with coach Andrew McDonald and chairman of selectors George Bailey to be available for Australia\u2019s big white-ball moments.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been pretty open, me and Andrew and George, around different times in the year when there\u2019s going to be different priorities,\u201d Cummins said.<\/p>\n

Part of those priorities are likely to include Mitchell Marsh being appointed Australia\u2019s Twenty20 captain for the T20 World Cup, to be played in the West Indies and the USA in June, and Cummins wants to be a part of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully I\u2019m playing in it but captaining, I don\u2019t really know. I think Marshy did a fantastic job in South Africa,\u201d said Cummins, with Marsh, 32, leading a second-string Australian side to a 3-0 series victory last August and September.<\/p>\n

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Pat Cummins and Mitch Marsh share a close relationship.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n

Marsh shapes as the heir apparent as skipper of the one-day team, of whom he is currently vice-captain, as well as the T20 side. He is one of Cummins\u2019 closest confidants.<\/p>\n

They were teenage tourists together when Cummins made his Test debut as an 18-year-old in a man-of-the-match performance against South Africa which saw him claim 6-79 in the second inning and hit the winning runs. Stress fractures meant he then waited six years for his second Test.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an instant connection together, we\u2019ve played our whole careers together,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cObviously he missed a few years, but he\u2019s probably one of my closest mates in life. So I have a lot of respect for him and love what he does.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was obviously a lot of questions around can a bowler do it (captain Australia). And he\u2019s proven that\u2019s correct. What you see is what you get. Nothing has changed him or fazes him.<\/p>\n

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Pat Cummins has had a busy year as Australian captain but is hoping to cap it in style.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got a lot of good people around him to help him. He\u2019s really developing as a leader. He\u2019s driving this team forward. He\u2019s done a brilliant job. He was a reluctant captain to begin with, but he\u2019s certainly our leader now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite a heavy year that has seen Australia come out of a home summer to play a Test series in India, the World Test Championship final and five-Test Ashes series in England and now the World Cup, Cummins is adamant the dual responsibility of leadership and carrying the mantle as Australia\u2019s premier fast bowler has not been a burden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a bit of a one-off this year, where there\u2019s three or four big off-season events,\u201d Cummins said. \u201cSo after here, obviously the kind of focus shifts back to Test cricket for a fair while.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike we\u2019ve done in the past, at times white ball cricket is going to have to shift to make sure that we\u2019ve kind of fully focused on Test cricket. So yeah, there\u2019s no end date in sight (to his one-day captaincy).<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we managed really well and looked after things, albeit in a really, really busy year where you don\u2019t really want to give up any cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, far from feeling overburdened, Cummins wants to nominate for the IPL next year as a lead-in to the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t played a heap of T20 cricket over the last few years and in some ways I feel like I haven\u2019t played my best T20 cricket for a little while,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I\u2019m really excited (about the T20 World Cup).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m probably going to go the auction for the IPL next year to try and get some games in before that World Cup and push a case not only to make the side but so I can get back to how I feel like I can bowl in T20 cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n

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