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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.
Runs
0
Wickets
0
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.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams PJ Cummins has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
England
- Matches
- 36
- Runs
- 603
- Wickets
- 137
India
- Matches
- 34
- Runs
- 582
- Wickets
- 109
South Africa
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 215
- Wickets
- 81
Pakistan
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 178
- Wickets
- 64
New Zealand
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 313
- Wickets
- 40
Mumbai Indians
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 200
- Wickets
- 15
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 97
- Wickets
- 41
West Indies
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 185
- Wickets
- 26
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where PJ Cummins has turned out most often.
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 136
- Wickets
- 54
Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 13
- Runs
- 311
- Wickets
- 55
Adelaide Oval
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 156
- Wickets
- 45
The Gabba, Brisbane
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 215
- Wickets
- 53
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 104
- Wickets
- 13
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 64
- Wickets
- 8
Old Trafford, Manchester
- Matches
- 7
- Runs
- 43
- Wickets
- 14
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 6
- Runs
- 48
- Wickets
- 15
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
PJ Cummins's profile
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.
Photo credits (1)
- Pat Cummins — photo by SirWellsy99, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source