Cricketing legend Pat Cummins 明らかにする／漏らすs how the death of his mother fundamentally changed him and his family: 'She's my hero'
Pat Cummins?has 明らかにする／漏らすd how losing his mother fundamentally changed the way he looks at the world.?
His mum, Maria, died in May last year, and the cricketing legend has said it was the most difficult period of his life.?
'My mum, she's not やむを得ず someone [who was] in the public limelight, but she's my hero' he tells Stellar Magazine.?
'And it wasn't because she was on TV every day or doing these 世界的な, public things. It was the everyday things that she did over her lifetime'.
The 32-year-old 追加するd: 'I think [her death has] given me a bit more understanding of what other people might be going through. That's what experience does.?
'It 肉親，親類d of opens up your 注目する，もくろむs. For me, it gives clarity on what to 焦点（を合わせる） on ? and what to not waste energy on'.
Pat is also now prioritising more time with family - his wife, Becky, is 妊娠している with their second child and the pair have a son Albie, 2.
'Anything that I do now, I have that second of pause and say, "This is going to take me away from my family. Is it something that I really want to do?" And if it's a "yes", then you're all in it' he said.?
Pat Cummins has 明らかにする／漏らすd how losing his mother fundamentally changed the way he looks at the world. Pictured in Stellar Magazine
'I find myself more 審議する／熟考する in where I spend my time and 成果／努力 and energy. You just have to as a parent. And I think that's a good thing'.?
Earlier this year, Pat 明らかにする／漏らすd was never mentally 現在の for last year's 実験（する） 小旅行する of?India, 述べるing it as the 'hardest time of his life' as he grappled with his mother's loss of health.
The challenging episode has encouraged him to take a more holistic approach to leadership, encouraging players to live 十分な lives on 小旅行する.
Cummins travelled to India in February of 2023 and stayed for just two 実験（する）s before making a dash home to be by his mother Maria's 味方する as she received palliative care.
He didn't return to team 義務 until after she died in May.
His mum, Maria (left), died in May last year, and the cricketin g legend has said it was the most difficult period of his life?
Pat is also now prioritising more time with family - his wife, Becky, is 妊娠している with their second child and the pair have a son Albie, 2. All pictured??
The 実験（する） captain opened up on his experiences on The Imperfects, a podcast which sees famous Australians 反映する on difficult 行う／開催する／段階s of their life which are not always in the public 注目する，もくろむ.
'I knew when I was getting on that 計画（する） (to the India 小旅行する) I was going to have to come 支援する in a couple of weeks,' he said.
'Maybe only a handful of people knew that was going to be the 事例／患者.'
As is the 事例／患者 with any Australian captain, on any 小旅行する - but 特に in India - Cummins was ひどく scrutinised as his 味方する fell to a 2-0 赤字 in the series, which kept the 国境-Gavaskar トロフィー in Indian 手渡すs.
Cummins took just three wickets in two 実験（する）s.
The 30-year-old said while he travelled with his parents' best wishes, he didn't feel 現在の.
'For those couple of weeks I was in India, 特に now I look 支援する at it, my mind was not in India. It was 支援する home the whole time,' he said.
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'My mum, she's not やむを得ず someone [who was] in the public limelight, but she's my hero' he tells Stellar Magazine
'飛行機で行くing away, that's the ha rdest time of my life, easily.
'I probably felt, the 12 months 主要な in, any time I flew away, I was like, 'time is finite here. I'm making a 審議する／熟考する choice to go and play somewhere rather than spend it at home'.'
Cummins said both COVID-19, when travelling 競技者s were 含む／封じ込めるd to hotel rooms to 持続する their 冒険的な かかわり合いs, and the loss of Maria changed his approach the captaincy.
'If we're going to be away from our families, let's make sure we're having the time of our lives,' he said.
'Play really good cricket, but pack your ゴルフ clubs, bring your coffee machine, if we're in London, go and 調査する, go and see a show.
'We're trying to create as much space in the diary for people to be able to live their lives.
'It's definitely a lesson learned from mum. I don't want to waste any time.'
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