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Pat Cummins

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

PJ Cummins is a bowling allrounder who represents Australia Cricket and has featured across Test, ODI, T20 International and IPL cricket. In 286 matches across all formats, he has taken 595 wickets at a bowling average of 24.94 and an overall economy of 4.09, while contributing 2,859 runs with the bat. His primary competition is the One-Day International, where he has played 88 times and taken 140 wickets. On recent form, Cummins has been highly effective in Test cricket: a 6/117 against England at Adelaide Oval on 17 December 2025 capped a run that included a 7/87 at Lord's and three separate three-wicket hauls against West Indies in the Caribbean.

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Pat Cummins
Bat Avg
16.7
Bowl Avg
24.9

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Kolkata Knight Riders · All-Rounder

Recent form

Cummins has been in sustained red-ball form across his last ten appearances, taking 6/117 against England at Adelaide Oval on 17 December 2025 and 7/87 against South Africa at Lord's in June. His five

Strongest format

One-Day International — The ODI format is listed as Cummins's primary competition, where he has appeared 88 times and taken 140 wickets. His bowling average of 28.78 in ODIs

Career stats overview

72 Test · 88 ODI · 126 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

72 matches

1,567
Runs scored
315
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

88 matches

525
Runs scored
140
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

126 matches

767
Runs scored
140
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

595 career wickets across four formats

Across 286 matches in Tests, ODIs, T20 Internationals and the IPL, Cummins has taken 595 wickets at a bowling average of 24.94. His career economy of 4.09 across all formats reflects consistent control as well as wicket-taking threat.

Test bowling average of 22.05 from 72 matches

Cummins's strongest bowling returns come in the red-ball game, where he averages 22.05 with the ball from 72 Test matches. His economy of 2.90 in that format underlines how rarely he leaks runs across long spells.

137 wickets against England at an economy of 3.74

No opponent has faced Cummins more than England across 36 matches, and he has taken 137 wickets against them at an economy of 3.74. That wicket tally against a single opponent is the standout figure in his head-to-head record.

55 wickets at the MCG, economy 3.15

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is Cummins's most productive venue by wickets: 55 from 13 matches at an economy of just 3.15. He has also scored 311 runs there at a batting average of 20.73, his highest venue batting average among grounds he has played at more than twice.

6/117 against England in December 2025

His most recent Test appearance, against England at Adelaide Oval on 17 December 2025, produced a six-wicket haul. That followed returns of 7/87 against South Africa at Lord's in June and three separate three-wicket bags against West Indies across three Tests in the Caribbean.

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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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