“I’m not a very sentimental person so I had to think what in the house was important to me,” Cummins told Ferdinand.
“I brought a kids’ book. My son Albie is 18 months old. It’s his favourite kids’ book. It’s calledBirds,and it’s from England,so hopefully you’ll recognise a few. He absolutely loves this book. He grabs it from the bookshelf.
“Just before Mum passed away,this is the book Mum read to him the last time he saw her,so it’s really special for me. My wife[Beckie] bought it so there’s a huge connection that brings us all together.”
Cummins abandoned Australia’s tour of India midway through the four-Test series to be with his mother,who had breast cancer.
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“I’m part of a big family,I’m one of five kids. It’s still pretty raw at the moment, but during the last few months I’ve been able to luckily enough spend loads of time with Mum and us kids and Dad,just sharing all those memories,” he said.
“It hits home,really hits home,the kind of person you want to be,the kind of father you want to be. From that side. But in terms of the grief,I’ll keep working through that,speaking to others.