The short-term focus of Pat Cummins' back injury has become the opening Ashes Test, but the ailment brings into focus the inevitable shift in leadership. We ask the captain about how he sees that long term transition before speaking with Mitchell Starc about sporting mortality following the left-arm veteran's T20I retirement. Featured: Pat Cummins, Australia captain. Mitch Starc, Australia fast bowler. Alyssa Healy, Australia captain. 

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