Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins’ Cricket Career

Despite having a brilliant start, his career backpedaled due to health issues.

However, he returned six years later and reemerged as one of the best pacers World Cricket has ever seen.

Currently, Cummins is the captain of Australia in Test cricket and vice-captain of the squad in limited-overs cricket.

In addition to being a powerful bowler, he is a decent right-handed batter.

Cummins received the Allan Border Medal for Australian cricketer of the year and became ICC Test cricketer of the year for 2019.

Pat Cummins’ International Career

Cummins’ international career took off in November 2011 when he made his Test match debut at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

Unfortunately, he suffered a heel injury and this ruled him out for the entire 2011-12 summer.

The following summer was a similar story as a stress fracture prohibited him from playing as much as he would have liked. Cummins was in the Ashes Test squad in 2015, but was not selected. In the subsequent ODI tour, his stress fracture resurfaced.

This poor run of injuries ended in 2016 when he returned to domestic cricket and became an important asset to the New South Wales one-day squad as well as the Sydney Thunder.

His subsequent Test cricket comeback was on March 16, 2017.

Over the next two years, he regained his form as a consistent and reliable bowler.

On 26 November 2021, Cummins became the captain of the Australian men's Test cricket team.

Cricket Positioning

Pat Cummins’ IPL Career

In the 2014 edition of the Indian Premier League, Cummins represented the Kolkata Knight Riders, but injuries prevented him from participating in the 2015 IPL.

After his return in 2017, the Delhi Daredevils snagged him.

Cummins did not participate in the next two seasons but the Kolkata Knight Riders bought him in 2020 for INR 15.5 crore.

The squad retained him in 2021 and offered INR 7.25 crores to keep him for another year.

Pat Cummins’ International Records

Test captain and pacer Pat Cummins has enormous potential. Some of his international records are listed below:

Test Cricket

• Upon joining Test cricket in November 2011, Cummins became the youngest Australian Test cricketer since Ian Craig in 1953
• He took six wickets in his debut Test, becoming the second-youngest player to achieve the feat
• Cummins became the second most ranked Australian Test bowler in the world after Glenn McGrath in early 2019
• His 100 Test wickets in the 2019 Ashes series made him the fastest Australian since World War II to reach that milestone
• Also in that series, he ranked 914 on the ICC Test bowling rankings, the highest ever for an Australian bowler

Combined ODI, Test and T20I

• Cummins is the first fast bowler to become full-time Australian captain
• He also became the first Australian seam bowling captain to take a five-wicket haul in the first innings of the 2021–22 Ashes series

Pat Cummins’ Personal Life

Pat Cummins is currently dating interior designer Becky Boston.

According to reports, the couple started dating in 2014.

In February 2020, he proposed and the couple welcomed their first child Albie on October 8, 2021.

Pat Cummins’ Net Worth

Pat Cummins’ net worth is estimated to be around USD45million.

His annual salary is reportedly around USD2.4million, with his brand endorsements including New Balance and Gatorade.

Pat Cummins’ Other Interests

Other than cricket, Pat Cummins likes to frequent the Northern Beaches of New South Wales in Australia.

He is also fond of crossword puzzles and alternative music.