Former England captain Michael Vaughan mentioned that Australian skipper Pat Cummins will probably be remembered as Australia’s best cricketer after batting nice Don Bradman due to his good numbers and performances. Cummins continued his red-hot kind along with his third successive five-wicket haul throughout Australia’s third and last Take a look at of the sequence in opposition to Pakistan at Sydney Cricket Floor (SCG). “I noticed a little bit of DK Lillee (Dennis Lillie), however I feel Pat Cummins,” Vaughan mentioned on Fox Cricket.

Vaughan mentioned that Cummins has atleast 5 to seven extra years to play, with the skipper being simply 30 at present. He mentioned that after a number of years, Cummins will probably be simply behind Bradman as Australia’s best cricketer.

“I don’t assume he’s ever going to surpass Sir Don, however I feel Pat Cummins goes to be Australia’s best cricketer after Sir Don. I actually assume he’s that good. His bowling. His captaincy. His numbers. He has 5 to seven years left to play.”

“I actually assume he’s that good that we are going to be speaking about him in a number of years as being simply behind Sir Don Bradman as the best Australian cricketer,” he concluded.

2023 will probably be remembered because the yr of skipper Pat Cummins, because the silent, smiling Australian murderer guided the multi-time World Cup-winning aspect to quite a few memorable championship title wins.

The yr was not the one to recollect for Cummins on a private entrance, as he misplaced his mom Maria to breast most cancers in March of this yr. However in what has been an inspiring story full of ardour for the game and nation, resilience, tonnes of psychological and bodily power and willpower, the skipper led from the entrance and made the Males in Yellow, the cricketing fraternity and most significantly, his mom, proud.

Cummins retained the Ashes in UK as a captain following a 2-2 sequence draw, gained the ICC World Take a look at Championship and Australia’s sixth ICC Cricket World Cup as a captain final yr. He concluded the yr with an enormous win over Pakistan within the Boxing Day Take a look at, through which he additionally took a ten-wicket haul, which included two five-wicket hauls in every innings.

Within the IPL auctions not too long ago held in Dubai, Pat Cummins secured a Rs 20.50 crore take care of Sunrisers Hyderabad, changing into the costliest IPL participant ever at one level earlier than his teammate Mitchell Starc beat him with a Rs 24.75 crore take care of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).

Cummins ended the yr with 59 wickets in 24 matches, with the perfect bowling figures of 6/91. 42 of those wickets got here in Checks, whereas 17 got here in ODIs.

Cummins additionally delivered some helpful performances with the bat through the Ashes and World Cup, scoring 422 runs in 28 innings this yr at a mean of 21.10. His 44* in opposition to England straight away basic first Ashes Take a look at and 12* in a double century stand with Glenn Maxwell in opposition to Afghanistan within the Cricket World Cup come to thoughts straight away.

In 196 worldwide video games, Cummins has 453 wickets at a mean of 24.45, with the perfect figures of 6/23. The best-wicket taker for Australia in worldwide cricket is famous spinner Shane Warne, who ended up with 1,001 wickets. Cummins is the ninth-highest wicket-taker for Australia in worldwide cricket.

Cummins has taken 257 wickets in 58 Checks, 141 wickets in 88 ODIs and 55 wickets in 50 T20Is.

With 1,746 runs in 161 innings throughout all codecs at a mean of 14.79, together with two Take a look at fifties, Cummins can be a really succesful lower-order batter.

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