{"id":297588,"date":"2023-11-26T16:25:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297588"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:25:22","slug":"pat-cummins-reveals-what-he-really-thinks-of-captain-woke-label","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/pat-cummins-reveals-what-he-really-thinks-of-captain-woke-label\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Cummins reveals what he REALLY thinks of &apos;Captain Woke&apos; label"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pat Cummins reveals what he REALLY thinks of being branded &#8216;Captain Woke&#8217; by critics &#8211; and the World Cup moment he&#8217;ll still be thinking about on his deathbed<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pat Cummins has opened up on his &#8216;woke&#8217; views\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aussie captain has been criticised for sharing his opinion\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He says he will never budge on important issues\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pat Cummins has revealed how he deals with criticism of his &#8216;woke&#8217; views in a tell-all interview following Australia&#8217;s World Cup triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Cummins has fielded widespread backlash for airing his stance on various social issues including Black Lives Matter, the Voice referendum and climate change, with critics telling the Australia captain to stick to cricket.<\/p>\n<p>But, speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Cummins has explained that the values instilled by his family has meant he won&#8217;t allow people to push him to the side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There\u2019s some things that you don\u2019t want to budge on,&#8217; he said. &#8216;You can\u2019t just leave your values at the door.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I love this country. So I think there\u2019s areas that we should celebrate and there\u2019s areas that we can always improve, just like anywhere else in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/10\/78244883-12792347-image-a-1_1700993098369.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pat Cummins has revealed how he deals with criticism of his &#8216;woke&#8217; views<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/10\/78244887-12792347-image-a-2_1700993100330.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cummins enjoyed his crowning moment as captain last week but has had to face fierce criticism relating to his views on social issues<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019d say [my values come] from my parents and family. You know, Mum and Dad have always been very clearly focused on what\u2019s important and that\u2019s always been instilled in us kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think also playing cricket, and travelling the world for 12 years, opens your eyes. You meet hundreds, thousands of people along the way, and that always helps shape who you are and how you think.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he was aware of the criticism directed at him, he said: &#8216;It definitely comes across your desk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sometimes it\u2019s frustrating. You feel like you want to explain why you did what you did. But if you did that every time, you wouldn\u2019t have a minute left in your day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Cummins oversaw a &#8216;captaincy masterclass&#8217; to defeat tournament favourites India on enemy soil in the World Cup final last Sunday, in his crowning moment as Australia skipper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/26\/10\/78244889-12792347-image-a-3_1700993105504.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The fast bowler says his family instilled in him strong values which he will never budge on<\/p>\n<p>When asked which specific moment from the final he will think of on his deathbed, Cummins admitted he will cherish the moment he took Virat Kohli&#8217;s wicket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was obviously very pumped. And then we\u2019re in the huddle after that wicket, and Steve Smith says, \u201cBoys, listen to the crowd for a second.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We just took a moment of pause, and it was as quiet as a library; 100,000 Indians there, and it was\u00a0quiet. I\u2019ll savour that moment for a long time.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12792347\/Pat-Cummins-reveals-Captain-Woke-thoughts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Cummins reveals what he REALLY thinks of being branded &#8216;Captain Woke&#8217; by critics &#8211; and the World Cup moment he&#8217;ll still be thinking about on his deathbed Pat Cummins has opened up on his &#8216;woke&#8217; views\u00a0 Aussie captain has been criticised for sharing his opinion\u00a0 He says he will never budge on important issues\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pat Cummins reveals what he REALLY thinks of &amp;apos;Captain Woke&amp;apos; 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