Pat Cummins

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Pat Cummins
Cummins during the 2021–22 Ashes series
Personal information
Full name
Patrick James Cummins
Born (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31)
Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameThe Silencer, Cummo,[1] Cider[2][3]
Height192[4] cm (6 ft 4 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 423)17 November 2011 v South Africa
Last Test8 March 2024 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 189)19 October 2011 v South Africa
Last ODI8 November 2024 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.30
T20I debut (cap 51)13 October 2011 v South Africa
Last T20I24 June 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.30
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–presentNew South Wales
2012/13Sydney Sixers
2013/14Perth Scorchers
2014–2015Kolkata Knight Riders
2014/15–2018/19Sydney Thunder
2017Delhi Daredevils
2020–2022Kolkata Knight Riders
2024–presentSunrisers Hyderabad
2024–presentSan Francisco Unicorns
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 62 90 57 76
Runs scored 1,295 537 158 1,629
Batting average 17.03 14.51 10.53 19.16
100s/50s 0/3 0/0 0/0 0/6
Top score 64* 37 28 82*
Balls bowled 12,614 4,683 1,254 15,216
Wickets 269 143 66 315
Bowling average 22.53 28.78 23.57 23.22
5 wickets in innings 12 1 0 12
10 wickets in match 2 0 0 2
Best bowling 6/23 5/70 3/15 6/23
Catches/stumpings 31/– 24/– 16/– 36/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2015 Australia & New Zealand
Winner 2023 India
ICC T20 World Cup
Winner 2021 UAE & Oman
ICC World Test Championship
Winner 2021–2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 June 2024

Patrick James Cummins (born 8 May 1993) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australia men's national cricket team in Test and One Day International cricket. He is also the current captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2024 Indian Premier League.[5] Cummins is widely regarded as an all-time great fast bowler in Test cricket and one of the finest fast bowlers of his generation. He is also known for being a aggressive lower-order batsman.[6][7][8] Cummins was a member of the Australian team that won the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and was the winning captain of the 2021–23 ICC World Test Championship and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Cummins made his Test debut at the age of 18 in 2011. Injuries then forced him out of international cricket until 2015, and out of Test cricket until 2018. After the completion of the 2018–19 home cricket season in the Australian summer, Cummins was awarded with the Allan Border Medal in recognition of being the best performing Australian cricketer of the year and was also nominated ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year in 2019. He was appointed as Australia's Test captain on a permanent basis in November 2021.[9] In 2023, he was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy by the ICC.

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  2. ^ "Pat Cummins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Ashes diary: More tech issues, the return of Cider and Dawid Malan's lucky escape as England slip to defeat". The Standard. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Pat Cummins". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. ^ "ICC Men's ODI World Cup final, as it happened: Pat Cummins and Co clinch record sixth title". Scroll.in. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Is Pat Cummins Already One Of The Great Fast Bowlers?". Wisden. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ Mottram, Seb (3 December 2022). ""I've got him in the top three of my time": Fleming's incredible praise for Cummins". Sports Entertainment Network. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  8. ^ Martin, Ali (3 December 2021). "Pat Cummins: the pace-bowling captain who could prove a pioneer". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Cummins confirmed as Test captain, Smith his deputy after being usurped". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2021.