Michael Vaughan, who used to lead England, said that Australian captain Pat Cummins will be remembered as the country’s best cricketer, second only to batting legend Don Bradman, because of how well he played and how many runs he scored. Cummins kept up his great form by taking three wickets in a row in Australia’s third and final Test of the series against Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
“I saw a bit of DK Lillee (Dennis Lillie), but I think it was Pat Cummins,” Vaughan told Fox Cricket.
Vaughan said that Cummins has at least five to seven more years to play. The captain is only thirty years old right now. He said that Cummins would be just behind Bradman as Australia’s best cricket player in a few years. “I don’t think he will ever be better than Sir Don, but I think Pat Cummins will be Australia’s best cricketer after Sir Don.” I really believe he is that good. How he bowls. Being his captain. Numbers of him. He still has five to seven years to play. “I honestly think he is that good that we will be talking about him in a few years as being just behind Sir Don Bradman as the greatest Australian cricketer,” he told me.
2023 will be known as the year of captain Pat Cummins. The silent, smiling Australian killer led the more than one World Cup-winning team to many memorable championship titles.
Cummins had a rough year personally because his mother Maria died of breast cancer in March of this year. But in an inspiring story full of love for the sport and country, toughness, mental and physical strength, and determination, the captain led from the front and made the Men in Yellow, the cricket community, and most of all, his mother happy. After a 2-2 series draw, Cummins kept the Ashes in the UK as captain. Last year, he led Australia to its sixth ICC Cricket World Cup and the ICC World Test Championship. In the last Test of the year, on Christmas Day, he led his team to a huge win over Pakistan and also took ten wickets, two five-wicket hauls in each match.
Pat Cummins signed a Rs 20.50 crore deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the recent IPL sales in Dubai. At one point, he was the most expensive player in IPL history, but Mitchell Starc beat him with a Rs 24.75 crore deal with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Cummins had 59 wickets in 24 games by the end of the year, with 6/91 being his best bowling number. There were 42 wickets in Tests and 17 in ODIs. Cummins also did well with the bat during the Ashes and the World Cup. He scored 422 runs in 28 games this year, with an average of 21.10. He made 44* against England in the first Ashes Test, which is considered one of the all-time greats. He also made 12* in a double century stand with Glenn Maxwell against Afghanistan in the Cricket World Cup.
Cummins has taken 453 wickets in 196 international games, with a best of 6/23. His average is 24.45, and his best score is 18. Shane Warne, a famous spin bowler, took 1,001 wickets in international cricket, making him Australia’s top wicket maker. Cummins has taken the ninth most wickets for Australia in international cricket. There have been 58 Tests, 141 ODIs, and 50 T20Is that Cummins has played in. He has got 257 wickets in those games. Cummins is also a very good lower-order batter. He has scored 1,746 runs in 161 innings across all forms, with an average of 14.79 and two fifties in Tests.
