
Australia skipper Pat Cummins feared missing the entire Ashes series after being cut down by a back injury, but reckons he's now "half a chance" of returning for the second Test at the Gabba.
Cummins hasn't pla=-[5ed since the 3-0 Test series sweep of the West Indies in July, with a stress injury in his lower back ruling him out of the Ashes opener in Perth.