Pat Cummins- Gentle, Giant, and Gargantuan in Talent!
Pat Cummins celebrates his birthday today [Source: Twitter]
Pat Cummins already has 217 Test wickets to his name. He’s just one Test from appearing in his fiftieth. He’s already played 50 T20 internationals for Australia having no fewer than 75 one day appearances to his name.
The mini milestone that he’s about to touch will actually see him occupying the spotlight; the right armer is all set to appear in none other than the final of the World Test Championship.
And he’ll be leading his famous side in what’ll be a massive moment in his storied career.
What’s more?
In bowling for just a decade in the testing waters of international cricket, the lanky Sydney-born has already collected 396 international scalps.
In a month from now, should the Indian scorecard read something like a Virat, Rohit, Gill, Pujara or the likes dismissed by the Australian captain, it would mean caping off his 400th international wicket.
What an occasion might that be to touch wicket number 400 with two full innings from which to touch yet another landmark?
Lest it is forgotten, Pat Cummins is only 30 years of age.
It’s that period in the life of a cricketer where he’s done a fair bit but with lots still left to do.
It’s that stage where you are to lead by an example and yet, learn from the rest around you.
But this is Pat Cummins, someone who has more experienced campaigners around him in Steve Smith, Dave Warner, Josh Hazlewood and yet, it’s his able shoulders that are guiding both the next generation Australian cricketers and the popular lot that are considered cricket legends.
Insofar, Pat Cummins has battled injuries, scary enough to sideline his career, hit a 15-ball-56 in the IPL to emerge Kolkata’s Knight of the day, enjoyed a four year stay at the top of the ICC rankings as the best Test bowler and evidenced the changing tides of Australian cricket.
Rather remarkably, despite competing in an era where Tests are taking a backseat given the recurring nature of white ball T20 cricket, Pat Cummins has managed to bowl 10,246 deliveries in Tests already.
His overall tally exceeds 15,200 deliveries in competitive international cricket.
Cummins has been a clinical performer with the ball for Australia [Source: Twitter]
Today, while a Nathan Lyon may not be expected to toil hard and produce runs from down the order, knowing that the side has Pat Cummins in the ranks, the Australian cricket team, more often than not, contests with a tail that wags longer than it used to.
Somehow Cummins, whilst combining focus with utility with the bat, has been able to out perform the imagination of his critics and been busy cultivating the image of a useful all rounder.
Though, in his heart and much to the delight of the doting cricket fan, he’s a dashing fast bowling tear away; someone who relishes the love for the grind and has the stomach to put forth a fight contest upon contest, series after series and game after game.
A real talent thrust in an age where expression is loud and where relevance is accorded to what you say on social media long after a game is over, Pat Cummins is the throwback to an age where the gentle fast bowlers loomed large.
In terms of pace, he’s right up with there with a Gillespie. He’s Michael Kasprowicz made faster, he’s more accurate than Damien Fleming and someone with a lot more bounce than Nathan Bracken.
Pat Cummins is an enduring enigma whose best days lie in the future and whose recent past was tilted towards overcoming personal loss.
Yet, that he has returned to prepare for one of cricket’s most precious contests with a smile when truth be told, merely stepping onto the field would’ve been such a scathing ask.
How easy can it ever be to overcome the loss of your mother?
How easy can it be for a fast bowler to lose a few centimetres of an important finger and that too, of your bowling hand?
In more ways than one, Pat Cummins is a lesson in perseverance and one painted by true unrelenting love for the game.
But perhaps what’s just as worthy of appreciation among other things (albeit hardly ever found mention) is that Cummins’ real success is down to the fact that at a time where the Australian fast bowling cauldron was being hugely defined by just Starc and Hazlewood, Cummins arrived to broaden the discussion and add more bite and variety to what is now a three pronged pace attack.
You don’t only just have to counter Lyon or overcome Starc’s speed or Hazlewood’s undulating accuracy.
Today, if you desire to cast aside Australia, you need to collide with a man with the physical attributes of a lofty tree, someone lanky but laden with sportsmanlike conduct that cares little for acrimony or malice.
Cummins might get angry if things don’t go his way and that could, resultantly, add more yards to his pace but you’d never find him being unreasonably explicit in the field or succumb to tactics that coaches would advice you against.
In Pat Cummins, his team are fortunate to have a resolute fast bowler who’s committed to preserving an institution that’s given nothing else but sheer excellence to Australian cricket.
In this post-Lee, Pattinson and Hilfenhaus era, where much of the discussion regarding Australian cricket was perhaps getting limited to the mad batting talents of Warner and Smith, Cummins’ skill has reinforced fresh emphasis on a bastion of excellence that’s fast bowling.
It’s put Australia once again in the driver’s seat in times where Anderson is just not stopping and where king Kohli is not just a nickname but ever a splendid emotion.
Can Cummins now inspire his team to a win against Rohit’s hit men in what’s easily the most mouthwatering contest of 2023 besides the ODI World Cup? Pat Cummins already has 217 Test wickets to his name. He’s just one Test from appearing in his fiftieth. He’s already played 50 T20 internationals for Australia having no fewer than 75 one day appearances to his name.
The mini milestone that he’s about to touch will actually see him occupying the spotlight; the right armer is all set to appear in none other than the final of the World Test Championship.
And he’ll be leading his famous side in what’ll be a massive moment in his storied career.
What’s more?
In bowling for just a decade in the testing waters of international cricket, the lanky Sydney-born has already collected 396 international scalps.
In a month from now, should the Indian scorecard read something like a Virat, Rohit, Gill, Pujara or the likes dismissed by the Australian captain, it would mean caping off his 400th international wicket.
What an occasion might that be to touch wicket number 400 with two full innings from which to touch yet another landmark?
Lest it is forgotten, Pat Cummins is only 30 years of age.
It’s that period in the life of a cricketer where he’s done a fair bit but with lots still left to do.
It’s that stage where you are to lead by an example and yet, learn from the rest around you.
But this is Pat Cummins, someone who has more experienced campaigners around him in Steve Smith, Dave Warner, Josh Hazlewood and yet, it’s his able shoulders that are guiding both the next generation Australian cricketers and the popular lot that are considered cricket legends.
Insofar, Pat Cummins has battled injuries, scary enough to sideline his career, hit a 15-ball-56 in the IPL to emerge Kolkata’s Knight of the day, enjoyed a four year stay at the top of the ICC rankings as the best Test bowler and evidenced the changing tides of Australian cricket.
Rather remarkably, despite competing in an era where Tests are taking a backseat given the recurring nature of white ball T20 cricket, Pat Cummins has managed to bowl 10,246 deliveries in Tests already.
His overall tally exceeds 15,200 deliveries in competitive international cricket.
Today, while a Nathan Lyon may not be expected to toil hard and produce runs from down the order, knowing that the side has Pat Cummins in the ranks, the Australian cricket team, more often than not, contests with a tail that wags longer than it used to.
Somehow Cummins, whilst combining focus with utility with the bat, has been able to out perform the imagination of his critics and been busy cultivating the image of a useful all rounder.
Though, in his heart and much to the delight of the doting cricket fan, he’s a dashing fast bowling tear away; someone who relishes the love for the grind and has the stomach to put forth a fight contest upon contest, series after series and game after game.
A real talent thrust in an age where expression is loud and where relevance is accorded to what you say on social media long after a game is over, Pat Cummins is the throwback to an age where the gentle fast bowlers loomed large.
In terms of pace, he’s right up with there with a Gillespie. He’s Michael Kasprowicz made faster, he’s more accurate than Damien Fleming and someone with a lot more bounce than Nathan Bracken.
Pat Cummins is an enduring enigma whose best days lie in the future and whose recent past was tilted towards overcoming personal loss.
Yet, that he has returned to prepare for one of cricket’s most precious contests with a smile when truth be told, merely stepping onto the field would’ve been such a scathing ask.
How easy can it ever be to overcome the loss of your mother?
How easy can it be for a fast bowler to lose a few centimetres of an important finger and that too, of your bowling hand?
In more ways than one, Pat Cummins is a lesson in perseverance and one painted by true unrelenting love for the game.
But perhaps what’s just as worthy of appreciation among other things (albeit hardly ever found mention) is that Cummins’ real success is down to the fact that at a time where the Australian fast bowling cauldron was being hugely defined by just Starc and Hazlewood, Cummins arrived to broaden the discussion and add more bite and variety to what is now a three pronged pace attack.
You don’t only just have to counter Lyon or overcome Starc’s speed or Hazlewood’s undulating accuracy.
Today, if you desire to cast aside Australia, you need to collide with a man with the physical attributes of a lofty tree, someone lanky but laden with sportsmanlike conduct that cares little for acrimony or malice.
Cummins might get angry if things don’t go his way and that could, resultantly, add more yards to his pace but you’d never find him being unreasonably explicit in the field or succumb to tactics that coaches would advice you against.
In Pat Cummins, his team are fortunate to have a resolute fast bowler who’s committed to preserving an institution that’s given nothing else but sheer excellence to Australian cricket.
In this post-Lee, Pattinson and Hilfenhaus era, where much of the discussion regarding Australian cricket was perhaps getting limited to the mad batting talents of Warner and Smith, Cummins’ skill has reinforced fresh emphasis on a bastion of excellence that’s fast bowling.
It’s put Australia once again in the driver’s seat in times where Anderson is just not stopping and where king Kohli is not just a nickname but ever a splendid emotion.
Can Cummins now inspire his team to a win against Rohit’s hit men in what’s easily the most mouthwatering contest of 2023 besides the ODI World Cup?
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