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Pat Cummins

Pat James Cummins

Nationality
Australia
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Right-hand bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm pace
Date of Birth

Biography

Pat James Cummins is an Australian fast bowler. Cricket Australia lists him as a right-handed batter and right-arm pace bowler, born in Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, on 8 May 1993.

He has represented Australia across formats and has held Test and ODI captaincy roles during parts of his career. Leadership titles are format- and period-specific and are not treated as permanent on this profile.

Career Overview

Cummins's profile centres on Australia national affiliation and carefully dated franchise notes. Official IPL retention evidence for 2026 points to Sunrisers Hyderabad, but that franchise entity is not yet modelled in Crichub data, so no franchise team row is invented here.

Readers following formats, scoring, and scorecards can pair this profile with Cricket Match Formats Explained, How Cricket Scoring Works, and How to Read a Cricket Scorecard. Tournament context sits on the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup and IPL series hubs.

International Career

Cricket Australia records Cummins's international debuts as T20I on 13 October 2011, ODI on 19 October 2011, and Test on 17 November 2011. The same CA player story describes Test captaincy from November 2021 and later ODI captaincy windows from 2022.

Captaincy can change by format and series. Cricket Australia reported in September 2026 that Cummins returned for an ODI against South Africa while Mitch Marsh remained match captain for that fixture, even as Australia continued to describe Cummins as official ODI captain heading into the next World Cup cycle. Confirm the active captain for any given series from Cricket Australia announcements.

Franchise Career

The official TATA IPL 2026 player retentions announcement lists Pat Cummins among Sunrisers Hyderabad retentions, and the IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad team page has displayed him as captain in a season-dated squad context (checked 2026-11-10).

Because Crichub does not yet have a Sunrisers Hyderabad team entity, this franchise relationship is described in prose only. It is not written into the structured teams array. Revisit after the franchise page exists.

Major Achievements

  • Australia international across formats, with Cricket Australia-listed debuts in T20I, ODI, and Test during October–November 2011.
  • Held senior Australia leadership roles in Test and ODI cricket during parts of his career (windows are year- and format-specific).
  • Listed among Sunrisers Hyderabad retentions for IPL 2026 on the official IPL retentions announcement.

Sources

Reference links used while preparing this player profile.

National Team

  • National Team

    Australia

    Australia men's national team; Cricket Australia player page checked 2026-11-10. IPL 2026 retention evidence points to Sunrisers Hyderabad, but that franchise entity is not yet in data — not modelled here.

Related Series

  • ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

    The ICC's flagship men's One Day International championship contested by national teams on a multi-year cycle.

  • Indian Premier League

    India's flagship franchise Twenty20 cricket league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

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