46 Facts About Pat Cummins

Patrick James Cummins was born on 8 May 1993 and is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in Test and ODI cricket.

Pat Cummins was a member of the Australian team that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup.

Pat Cummins made his Test debut at the age of 18 in 2011.

Pat Cummins grew up in Mount Riverview in the Blue Mountains with his two brothers and two sisters.

At the age of three, Pat Cummins lost the top of his middle finger on his dominant right hand when his sister accidentally slammed a door on it.

Pat Cummins played junior cricket for the Glenbrook-Blaxland Cricket Club in the Blue Mountains before playing first-grade cricket for Penrith District Cricket Club in 2010.

That same year, Pat Cummins represented NSW in the National Under-17 championships and later the NSW Under-19 side.

Pat Cummins finished as the equal leading wicket-taker in the tournament.

In March 2011, Pat Cummins made his first-class debut against Tasmania, aged 17.

Pat Cummins was later ruled out of the Australia A tour of Zimbabwe due to a back injury.

Pat Cummins was granted a Cricket Australia contract in June 2011 and in October 2011, he played two Twenty20 International and three One Day International matches for Australia against South Africa, claiming ten wickets and subsequently being selected in the Australian Test squad to play South Africa.

Pat Cummins made his test match debut at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in November 2011, in what was only his fourth career first-class match, becoming Australia's youngest Test cricketer since Ian Craig in 1953, aged 18 years and 193 days.

Pat Cummins then scored 13 runs in the second innings, including a four to win the match and was presented with the Man of the Match award.

Pat Cummins was selected in Australia's provisional team for the ICC Under-19 World Cup to be held in Queensland in August 2012.

Pat Cummins returned to the BBL in January 2014 after working with Dennis Lillee during his layoffs to re-shape his bowling action.

Pat Cummins was a late call-up for 2015 Ashes squad after the retirement of Ryan Harris, but he was not selected for a test during the series.

Pat Cummins was part of the ODI and T20I series in the same tour.

Pat Cummins made his return to domestic cricket in 2016, becoming a key member of the New South Wales one day squad and the Sydney Thunder as he remained fit and played 25 matches in just over 4 months.

On 7 March 2017, Pat Cummins played in the Sheffield Shield for the first time in six years, his last match being the 2011 final against Tasmania.

Pat Cummins alleviated any fears over his injury history, bowling 79 overs in the final two Test matches.

Pat Cummins was then rested for the tour of the UAE vs Pakistan in October 2018 as he managed a back injury.

In January 2019, Pat Cummins became one of Australia's two test vice-captains, alongside Travis Head.

Pat Cummins played in both tests against the touring Sri Lankans and was the chief architect of Australia's innings win in the first test at the Gabba, taking his maiden 10-wicket haul.

Pat Cummins finished the series with 14 wickets and was named as the player of the series.

Pat Cummins was awarded the Allan Border Medal in February 2019 as the most outstanding Australian cricketer over the previous 12 months.

Pat Cummins was the first bowler to receive this honour since 2014, and just the fourth overall.

In early 2019, Pat Cummins became the world's number 1 ranked test bowler, the first Australian since Glenn McGrath to achieve this.

Pat Cummins played in the limited-overs series against India which began in the same month, taking a five-wicket haul in the fourth ODI of the series.

Pat Cummins went on to play in the 2019 Ashes series which followed the World Cup.

Pat Cummins was the leading wicket-taker for the series, taking 29 wickets in the five matches, at an average of 19.62.

Pat Cummins enjoyed another successful home summer, taking 20 wickets in five tests against Pakistan and New Zealand as Australia remained unbeaten and Pat Cummins was elevated to the role of sole vice-captain of the side.

Pat Cummins was one of five Australians to be named in the 2019 ICC Test Team of the Year and was named as the 2019 ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year.

In February 2020, Pat Cummins took his 100th wicket in ODI cricket, in the first match of Australia's tour of South Africa.

Pat Cummins played in all of the matches, taking five wickets with an economy rate of 7.37 as Australia won the tournament for the first time.

On 26 November 2021, Pat Cummins was announced as the 47th captain of the Australian Test cricket team following the resignation of Tim Paine.

Pat Cummins was the first fast bowler to take on the role of full-time Australian captain in history.

Under the captaincy of Pat Cummins, Australia toured Pakistan after 24 years since their last visit in 1998.

Pat Cummins was a leading wicket taker in the inaugural Benaud-Qadir Trophy series along with Nathan Lyon.

Pat Cummins picked 12 wickets across three Test matches with a 22.50 bowling average.

On 17 November 2022, Pat Cummins captained Australia for the first time in ODIs after Aaron Finch retired from ODI cricket,.

Pat Cummins made his Indian Premier League debut in IPL 2014, the 2014 edition of the tournament, playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, to whom he returned for IPL 2015.

Pat Cummins was not involved in IPL 2016 and played for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2017.

Pat Cummins stayed with Knight Riders for IPL 2021 and will play for them again in IPL 2022 after taking a huge pay cut by selling for 7.25 crore.

Pat Cummins played in 37 IPL matches from 2014 to 2021, taking 38 wickets.

Pat Cummins attended University of Technology, Sydney under its Elite Athlete Program, graduating in 2017 with a Bachelor of Business.

In February 2020, Pat Cummins got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Becky Boston; the couple have a son.