The fiery Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins is looking forward to playing with the banned duo of Steve Smith and David Warner as he said that it feels like they have already spent “five years in cricketing isolation”.

Smith and Warner have been banned for a period of 12 months by Cricket Australia (CA) along with Cameron Bancroft, who has received a ban of nine months following their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March. Reports of Steve and David being allowed to participate in domestic first-class cricket ahead of next year’s World Cup were dismissed by CA earlier this week but Cummins is eager for his former teammates to return to action.

As quoted in Australian Associated Press, Cummins said, “I’d love to see it. I’m not sure how realistic it is, but as a player, I’d love to have them (Smith and Warner) in any team I’m in… and as a fan, I’d love to see it. It’s only been a couple of months since South Africa, but it feels like it’s been about five years they haven’t played.”

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The suspension does not prevent the trio from playing domestic cricket overseas and Warner and Smith are currently playing in the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada league.

Talking about the same, Cummins said, “It’s so great to see them back playing in Canada. They want to be involved in cricket and do what’s best for cricket.”

The fiery pacer is currently recovering from the back injury and he is also hopeful of being called-up for the test series against Pakistan in October along with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, who is also on the mend from their own injuries.

Cummins said, “As long as there are no hiccups in the building-up stage… we should all be right for the UAE. We’ve all started running.”