NEW DELHI: Australia captain Pat Cummins, who has been ruled out of the upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand and India due to lumbar bone stress, has made it clear that he intends to play in the Ashes, even if it involves some risk.

Cummins stressed that he has no desire to sit out the much-anticipated series while speaking for the first time since the severity of his injury came to light.

"That would be devastating, so we'll be doing everything we can to try to be right for that and try to make a few decisions a little bit closer, but confident," Cummins told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday. "Do the rehab right and give it a good crack.

"It's a big Ashes series. It doesn't get much bigger, so I think you're willing to take a few risks and be a little bit aggressive to try and play as much Test [cricket] as you can."

In line with chief selector George Bailey's remarks, Cummins expressed confidence that he could be ready for the opening Test even without playing competitive matches beforehand.

"At this stage of my career I feel like I can probably get up to speed a bit quicker than when I was 18 or 19," he said. "Back then you probably feel like you need to play a few [Sheffield] Shield games or one-dayers. I'm pretty confident even if I don't get a chance to play a Shield game, I'll can get up to speed."

Cummins experienced soreness after Australia’s 3-0 sweep of the West Indies in July, even though he bowled just 60 overs across the three Tests.

"Gave it kind of another month [after the tour], have had a pretty quiet month to help settle it down and had another scan on Monday which [was] not terrible, but kind of enough to know that there's a little bit there and kind of got to be careful for the next little bit," Cummins said.

"It doesn't feel too bad, but I'm obviously not bowling or doing too much at the moment. With bone injuries, you really just want to settle it down.

"I'm still doing a bit of gym, but no real running, no bowling. Get that right and then we'll build up to the summer. We've got loads of time, there's about 12 weeks until the first Test. We'll see how the next little bit pans out."