Personal

Name

Pat Cummins
Full Name

Patrick James Cummins
Country

Australia
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

May 8, 1993

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Active/Retired

Active
Role

Right-arm fast bowler/Right-hand bat
Level

National, International
Teams

Australia, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales, New South Wales Second XI, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder
Profile

Patrick James Cummins is an Australian International Cricketer and plays in all three formats of the game. He is a right-arm fast bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman, who has been the vice-captain of national team in all formats. He plays for the national team since 2011 and represents the New South Wales team at domestic level.

He is usually known as Pat Cummins and started his professional career with the Glenbrook Blaxland Cricket Club squad in his teenage. He has played in ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2012 before getting selected for the national team. The popularity behind this 25 years old Australian pace bowler is that he had all the skills of bowling, a pacer requires.

His fragile body, unfortunately, has held him back from some important international matches due to his several and frequent injuries. This talented all-rounder has made his IPL debut in 2014 and has been played till 2018. This year, he skipped this IPL 2019 to prepare himself for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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Career Information

Debut Test Match: at Wanderers Cricket Stadium Vs South Africa on 17th of November in 2011

Debut ODI Match: at SuperSport Park Stadium Vs South Africa on 19th of October in 2011

Debut T20I Match: at Newlands Cricket Ground Vs South Africa on 13th of October in 2011

Debut IPL Match: at Eden Gardens he has made his IPL debut in 2014 with Kolkata Knight Riders

Bowling Career:

  • He has taken 94 wickets in 20 matches in just 8 years of test career at an average of 22.07 and including 4 five-wicket hauls and 1 ten-wicket haul (as on May 5, 2019)
  • He has taken 82 wickets in 48 matches in just 8 years of ODI career at an average of 26.54 including 1 five-wicket haul (as on May 5, 2019)
  • He has taken 25 wickets in 20 matches in 8 years of T20I career at an average of 21.24 (as on May 5, 2019)
  • He has taken 17 wickets in 16 matches in 5 years of IPL career at an average of 29.35 (as on May 5, 2019)

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 528 runs in 20 matches in 8 years of test career at an average of 20.31 and strike rate of 39.91 including 2 fifties (as on May 5, 2019)
  • He has scored 183 runs in 48 matches in 8 years of ODI career at an average of 11.44 and strike rate of 70.38 (as on May 5, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • World No.1 test bowler in ICC Rankings (May 2019)
  • Seventh Test all-rounder by ICC Rankings
  • Sixth on ICC Rankings for ODI Bowlers
  • Allan Border Medal in 2019
  • Man of the Series in Test series 2018-2019 against Sri Lanka