Skipper Pat Cummins registered figures of 10/97 as Australia clinched the three-match Test series against Pakistan taking an unassailable 2-0 lead with a 79-run win at MCG. Pakistan had their moments but couldn't hold onto them and if you give Australia a sniff, they won't let you breathe.

AUS vs PAK: Pat Cummins got the wicket of Babar Azam with a 'dream ball' on Day 2 of the Australia vs Pakistan 2nd Test in Melbourne. Cummins took a fifer with sensational bowling in the first innings.

Usman Khawaja was reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after he wore a black armband during the first Test of the Australian summer against Pakistan in Perth.

Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has not been included in the 12 players who have been shortlisted for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG by the Pakistan team management.

Iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts Australia's second Test match against Shan Masood-led Pakistani team in the Boxing Day fixture. Pat Cummins' Australia are leading the three-match series 1-0 after a dominant 360-run win in Perth.

The IPL 2024 auction in Dubai on Tuesday, December 19 came to an end. 72 players were sold for a whopping sum of INR 230.45 crore. Mitchell Starc walked away with the biggest paycheck as KKR added the maximum number of players. Here's a look at squads of all 10 teams after the auction-

Sunrisers Hyderabad signed star Sri Lankan spin all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga for a base price of INR 1.5 crore but had to scorch INR 20.50 crore to sign Australian captain Pat Cummins in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction.

Former Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner revealed that he has been blocked by the 2016 champions on social media websites. Warner wanted to report his Australian teammates Travis Head and Pat Cummins' stories since they were both picked by SRH but he couldn't.

IPL auction 2024: Pat Cummins was picked for a huge sum of INR 20.5 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad. This was the most expensive deal of the auction 2024 until Mitchell Starc broke that record a little later. Here's how much SRH will have to pay to Cummins for a single ball in IPL 2024.

In a historic moment in IPL history, Kolkata Knight Riders shattered all records to sign the star Australian pacer Mitchell Starc for a whooping price of INR 24.75 crore in a player auction in Dubai on Tuesday.

Pat Cummins pipped Sam Curran to become the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Curran had received INR 18.50 crore at the IPL 2023 auction.

IPL auction 2024: Pat Cummins was picked by the Sunrisers Hyderabad for a record margin of 20.5 crore as he became the most expensive player in IPL. Cummins broke all the budget records in IPL and became the first player to breach the 20-crore mark.

IPL auction 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad made the biggest purchase in the history of IPL auction as they picked the World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins for over 20 crore. He became the first player to breach the 20-crore mark.

IPL auction 2024 Highlights: The auction is being held outside India for the first time in history as Dubai hosts the bidding war of the highly loved and popular league - IPL. MI, CSK, Royal Challengers Bangalore and all the other teams will be looking to boost their squads.

Before the event proper on December 19, a mock auction was conducted on Jio Cinema where certain cricket experts represented IPL teams and selected the players they would like to get in their side. Mitchell Starc was the most expensive player in the mock auction.

Australia capped off a memorable winter with a World Cup trophy, their sixth out of 13 editions. Pat Cummins has proved to be an inspirational leader for Australia in ODIs and Tests but the skipper had an awkward moment on the podium after receiving the trophy from Indian PM Narendra Modi.

Australia won the World Cup for the record-extending sixth time earlier this month beating hosts India in the final in Ahmedabad. Skipper Pat Cummins was lauded for his brace decision while the Aussie captain has lavished praise on opener David Warner.

Hectic international calendar has taken over soon after the World Cup even as Australia's home season is set to commence next month with the Test series against Pakistan. Australia are set to play seven Test matches until mid-March 2024 and Cummins has cleared his stance on resting the bowlers.

Australian captain Pat Cummins will not forget Virat Kohli's wicket in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final against India as he delivered what he promised - a home crowd of 1 lakh-plus going quiet. Cummins dismissed both Kohli and Shreyas Iyer in a match-winning spell in the final.

India have lost 8 of their 13 ODI World Cup encounters against Australia, including the 2003 final and the 2015 semi-final. But the Men in Blue enter the upcoming game as favourites having won all ten matches in this edition, including a thumping win over Australia in their opening match.