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Tested: Pat Cummins interviews 11 people to explore pressure beyond cricket

He grinds, he hits, he absorbs, he refuses to crack. Australia would eventually clinch an unlikely victory.

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Amritesh Mukherjee

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Tested: The Remarkable Power of Resolve by Pat Cummins
Published by HarperCollins India
288 pages ₹499
 
Edgbaston, 2023. Australia needs 74 runs with three wickets in hand. Pat Cummins walks to the crease as number nine, the tail exposed, England circling. What follows is a demonstration of resolve. 
He grinds, he hits, he absorbs, he refuses to crack. Australia would eventually clinch an unlikely victory. 
Months later, in another improbable scenario, he would face over 10 overs of relentless bowling to shield Glenn Maxwell’s miraculous double century against Afghanistan. Again, that same quality: Resolve. This is the consistent thread Cummins follows in