One of the few cricketers who came out of the 'Sandpaper-gate' saga with his reputation enhanced, Patrick Cummins has long been seen as the future leader of the Australian pace attack. Having made his debut in 2011, his career was beset by numerous injuries resulting in him not playing Tests for his country till the 2017 tour of India. But since then the workhorse has not looked back impressing in every match he plays for Australia. The cricketer from Sydney is now part of a fearsome threesome of Australian pace bowlers along with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.
Read MoreSunrisers Hyderabad named Pat Cummins captain for the 2024 edition of the IPL replacing Aiden Markram. While Cummins was expected to take over the reins given that SRH splurged INR 20.5 crore on him, with Aiden Markram winning beck-to-back SA20 titles could have stayed captain but wasn't to be.
Australia chased down 279 on the fourth day of the second Test against New Zealand to seal a 2-0 series win away from home. Alex Carey played a crucial role smashing an unbeaten 98 as the visitors continued their solid record in the Kiwi nation in the longest format.
Alex Carey won the Player of the Match award for his match-winning knock of 98* that he played in the second innings and helped Australia get over the line with three wickets to spare.
Aiden Markram led SRH in IPL 2023 but the team finished at the 10th position last year. Markram won the led Sunrisers' franchise to title for second consecutive season in SA20 but he has been replaced in IPL. Cummins won the World Cup in India last year and that worked in his favour.
Pat Cummins took one wicket in the second innings against New Zealand in the ongoing Test match against New Zealand on Friday and completed 100 Test captain to set a major milestone. Nathan Lyon also bagged four wickets to surpass Courtney Walsh in a huge record.
Australian Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins opened up on his Test future both as a player and as a captain ahead of the two-match series against New Zealand. Cummins, who has been captain of the Australian team in a couple of formats has already led the side to a World Cup and WTC triumphs.
Australia defeated New Zealand in the second T20I of the three-match series in Auckland to seal the series. Pat Cummins won the player of the match for his all-round show picking up a wicket and scoring an unbeaten 28 with the bat.
Australian captain Pat Cummins shared a heartwarming post for his wife Becky on Valentine's Day on Wednesday, February 14. However, Cummins didn't know that an Indian fan would express his love for his wife and the Australian captain was humble enough to come up with a civilised response.
Australia are set to tour New Zealand for the two-match Test series for the first time since February 2016. A full strength squad has been announced for the series with a pace bowler making a comeback having last played in 2022. Can they repeat their heroics from 2016 this time?
While Marcus Stoinis has lost his place in the ODI set-up, he remains one of the key members of Australia's T20I squad and is likely to play a pivotal role as a batting allrounder in New Zealand.
"Don't think we are surprised with Smith's innings. We have seen it for 15 years from Smithy. He was fantastic. [He] almost dragged us over the line single-handedly at the end," Pat Cummins said after the Gabba Test.
India's star batter Virat Kohli competed with Australian captain Pat Cummins and World Cup 2023 final hero Travis Head for the biggest ICC award. Kohli was India's leading run-getter in Tests in 2023 and also won the Player of the Tournament award at the World Cup 2023.
It was a memorable year for Australia in Test cricket too as Pat Cummins led them to the World Test Championship beating India in the final. As many as five Australian players have made it to the ICC Test team of the year 2023.
Josh Hazlewood dazzled brightly with his spectacular performance with the ball. He bagged 4/44 in the first innings and backed it up with a match-winning fifer (5/35) in the second to leave West Indies dazed. Travis Head won the Player of the Match award for his gutsy 119 in the first innings.
Cummins led the Australians from the front with the ball in hand against Pakistan recently. The Australian skipper finished as the leading wicket-taker in the three-match series that saw Australia register a whitewash.
The ICC announced the Player of the Month nominees for December in both male and female categories with two Indians finding a place in the latter, Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma for their performances in the England and Australia series. However, in the male category, no Indian was there.
India's star batter enjoyed a sensational year with 2048 runs in just 36 international innings with a record eight centuries in 2023 while the Australian captain claimed the ODI World Cup and WTC 2023 trophies to earn the nomination for the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers award.
Australia won the first Test in Perth by a humongous margin of 360 runs and earned a hard-fought victory in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) by 79 runs.
Australian captain Pat Cummins capped off a decorated year with his second 10-wicket haul in a Test match as the world Test champions took an unassailable 2-0 lead against Pakistan. Cummins is having a great time on and off the field as he came up with an epic response to Mohammad Hafeez.
Australian captain produced a match-winning performance with ten wickets (in two innings) in the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan at Melbourne Cricket Ground to conclude the year 2023 with another series win on Friday.
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