Australia’s champion fast-bowling trio led by Pat Cummins compliments each other as well as any of cricket’s great combinations, according to a man who kept wicket to them.

Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin believes the combination of Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc still have the motivation to lead the nation’s attack for years to come.

Now in their 30s, all three have been ranked the world’s best bowler in at least one format of the game and the trio currently sit in the top 15 in the ICC Test rankings.

“I don’t think we are going to see another three that compliment each other as well as these three do,” Haddin told the Fox Cricket podcast The Follow On.

“You have the left-arm pace and swing of Mitchell Starc. You have the height and accuracy of Joshy Hazlewood, and you have got the captain in Pat Cummins, who can go up and down in gears and recognises big moments as good as any other bowler in the modern game or before him.

“There is no ego when they have the ball. They do different roles when they have to.”

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In a busy year, the pace trio helped bowl Australia to major triumphs in the World Test Championships and ODI World Cup.

A year that started with an effective washout in the SCG Test against South Africa resulted in Australia also retaining the Ashes and pushing India in an away series in March.

“It is going to be a great reunion for those three when they retire,” Haddin said.

“When they finish their career, they will deserve a glass of beer or a scotch or whatever their fancy is, just to (be able) to say, ‘Wow. We played at a special time together’.

“They are also three really close mates. They have come up through New South Wales cricket a lot together, so to be able to do that … from New South Wales, graduating to the Australian team and having the dominant effect that they have had, they will sit back and enjoy special moments in time when their time comes to pull the pin.”

Commentating during the Prime Minister’s XI fixture against Pakistan, which began in Canberra on Wednesday, former Test bowler Brendon Julian said the chance might arise over the summer for an emerging quick to stake a claim for national selection.

Western Australian ‘wild thing’ Lance Morris is ready to be unleashed this summer and Scott Boland remains a strong reserve, with both men named in the squad to play Pakistan.

“Australia has had a massive tour away … so I think there are opportunities now for Australian quick bowlers right around the country,” he said.

Morris appeals as a leading candidate to stand-in for Starc, if required, amid reports the left-arm paceman is carrying an unspecified injury niggle leading into the summer.

Boland, who bowled well in the World Test Championship final but did not find his best rhythm in the Ashes, similarly stands as a replacement should Cummins or Hazlewood miss.

But Cummins, 30, made it clear last week that the outstanding trio will face Pakistan and the West Indies in Tests in Brisbane and Adelaide in January provided they are fit.

“You’re always dealing with something as a bowler. When your hamstring starts to feel good, you suddenly feel pain somewhere else in your body, and then you wake up the next day and it’s moved to something else in your body,” Cummins said.

“Realistically, the words ‘rested’ and ‘rotated’ get thrown around a lot, but you never miss a Test if you are fully fit.”

Haddin has no doubt the decorated fast bowlers are motivated to continue on for years to come with a view to furthering their legacy in long-form cricket.

Clinching a series victory over India when touring and defeating England outright in the United Kingdom are among the few quests yet to be conquered by the trio.

There is also the T20 World Cup in the United States and West Indies to come next year, with Australia chasing cricket’s version of the triple-crown as World Champions in all three formats of the game.

“I still think they have a lot of cricket left in them,” Haddin said.

“I get the feeling that they want to leave a bigger legacy on the Test match arena and I think we are going to see a lot more of these three.”