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Cricket · Bowler
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins is Australia's right-arm fast bowler and Test captain, whose career combines sustained pace, recovery from repeated back stress injuries and leadership of the 2023 World Test Championship and ODI World Cup-winning sides.
AustraliaBorn 8 May 1993
Current statusAustralia Test captain and right-arm fast bowler. Cricket Australia reported on 30 September 2026 that he remained the official ODI captain while Mitchell Marsh captained that ODI, and listed him in Australia’s Test squad for the South Africa series.
The verified profile
Pat James Cummins was born in Sydney on 8 May 1993. Cricket Australia lists him as a right-handed batter and right-arm fast seam bowler; the ICC lists his role as bowler. He made his international debuts in October and November 2011, then spent six years away from Test cricket because of repeated back stress fractures before returning in 2017. He became Australia's Test captain in November 2021 and the men's ODI captain in 2022. His captaincy record includes Australia's 2023 World Test Championship and ODI World Cup titles. [ca_profile] [icc_profile] [espn_profile]
Factual references: Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6How to read the player
Cummins' value is easiest to understand through the tension between speed and durability. He attacks with right-arm pace, hard lengths and movement, yet his elite career has also depended on careful workload management after the back injuries that interrupted his first Test chapter. The result is a bowler who can lead a pace attack and still make clear tactical decisions as captain. His 2026 return to one-day cricket was explicitly framed by Cricket Australia as preparation and workload building for the Test series, not as evidence of an invented season total. [ca_profile] [ca_odi_status] [espn_profile]
Original analysis by Cricket · Australia · dated public-record profileCareer, life and public work
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Matches
Displayed Cricket Australia career table accessed 22 October 2026
Wickets
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; bowling average 21.91
Matches
Displayed Cricket Australia career table accessed 22 October 2026
Wickets
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; bowling average 28.90
Matches
Displayed Cricket Australia career table accessed 22 October 2026
Wickets
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; bowling average 23.57
Runs
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; highest score 64
Runs
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; highest score 37
Runs
Displayed Cricket Australia career table; highest score 28
Wickets
Displayed Cricket Australia BBL table across 16 matches; not mixed with international totals
Background and identity
Cummins is a Sydney-born Australian cricketer. Cricket Australia gives his full name as Pat James Cummins, his birth date as 8 May 1993 and his bowling style as right-arm fast seam. The official profile describes a teenage breakthrough in state cricket and his rapid elevation to Australia’s 2011 Test side. Explore the Cricket players hub for related profiles.
From teenage debut to captaincy
His first Test was extraordinary but not the start of a straight line. Repeated lower-back stress fractures created a six-year Test gap. The return in 2017 became a longer chapter of durability, pace and leadership: he rose to Test vice-captain, became Australia’s Test captain in November 2021 and then led the ODI side from 2022. ESPNcricinfo records that chronology.
International career and dated record
The Cricket Australia profile displays 326 Test wickets, 143 ODI wickets and 66 T20I wickets, alongside 75 Tests, 91 ODIs and 57 T20Is. These are profile-table snapshots accessed on 22 October 2026, not a live scorecard or a forecast of future totals.
How he bowls and leads
Cummins is a right-arm fast bowler whose effectiveness comes from pace, hard lengths, movement and repeatable pressure. His captaincy has the same practical identity: use the conditions, keep the attack aggressive and manage fast-bowling workloads. The Cricket desk provides the wider context; Cricket Australia’s dated ODI report described the 2026 ODIs as high-level load building before the Test series.
Documented business activity
Business News Australia reported on 12 November 2024 that Cummins became the first equity investor in Mountain Culture Beer Co, with the investment size undisclosed, and had previously invested in Nexba. This is documented investment activity—not a net-worth estimate, salary claim or proof of operational ownership.
Career timeline
Selected verified milestones
- New South Wales breakthrough
Made his New South Wales debut during the 2010–11 season and impressed in his first Big Bash season.
ESPNcricinfo - Test debut
On debut against South Africa at the Wanderers, took a match total of seven wickets in Australia's two-wicket win.
ESPNcricinfo - Six-year Test interruption
Repeated lower-back stress fractures kept him out of Test cricket until Australia's 2017 tour of India.
ESPNcricinfo - Test return and sustained pace role
Returned to the Test side in 2017 and became a fixture from the 2017–18 Ashes onwards.
Cricket Australia - Australia Test captain
Became Australia's 47th Test captain in November 2021.
Cricket Australia - Dated ODI return
Returned to Australia's ODI XI against South Africa after almost two years, while Mitchell Marsh captained that match; Cricket Australia said Cummins remained official ODI captain ahead of the next World Cup.
Cricket Australia
Achievement index
Source-linked reference points
2023 World Test Championship
Led Australia to the World Test Championship title.
2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup
Led Australia to the ODI World Cup title in India; ESPNcricinfo records his final dismissal of Virat Kohli as part of the final's turning point.
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Was part of Australia's first men's T20 World Cup-winning side.
Allan Border Medal
Won the 2018–19 men's cricketer of the year award.
2015 ODI World Cup squad
Was part of Australia's 2015 ODI World Cup-winning squad.
Sources and method
What supports this profile
SportsHub4U writes verified facts in original language and links to the source pages used. Each link records the evidence reviewed for this dossier.
- 01Cricket Australia
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Accessed 2026-10-22 - 02International Cricket Council
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Accessed 2026-10-22 - 03ESPNcricinfo
Pat Cummins Profile
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 04Cricket Australia
Cummins makes his ODI return – but not as captain
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 05Business News Australia
Test cricketer Cummins reveals taste for investment after taking stake in Mountain Culture Beer Co
Accessed 2026-10-22 - 06Wikimedia Commons
File:Pat Cummins.jpg
Accessed 2026-10-22