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Firdose Moonda
October 17, 2011
When Pat Cummins was still a schoolboy with stars in his eyes, he saw his "favourite" Test series play out. A daring South African outfit toppled the world's best, the Australian team that nobody believed they could beat, in their own backyard in 2008-09. Three years later, Cummins has been named in Australia's Test squad to face South Africa after a dizzying rise from debutant Twenty20 player to owner of the baggy green cap, having only played three first-class matches.
"I was over the moon to get the Twenty20 gig and now to be going into the one-day series," Cummins said. "But the baggy green for Australia is obviously one of the most coveted things in sport and to be part of a Test series is a big deal."
With the ability to bowl consistently at about 150 kph, excellent control, variety and maturity for his age, Cummins was discussed until the next big thing in Australia. It was a success in two Twenty20 against South Africa, taking five wickets and maintaining a savings of less than 7, and expectations were its shadow.
Cummins is taking it in stride and said he did not see it as an additional pressure, but the belief in your ability. "Almost gave me more confidence in what you have support from other players and former players and, of course," he said. "I think it puts some extra pressure trying to live with these comments, but it helped."
Cummins has won praise from the New South Wales teammate Watson, Shane and national T20 captain, Cameron White, and said working with people who used to idolize something he expected. "I never played with the kids or worked with them, but I'm enjoying a piece of equipment with these guys obviously have long and successfully in all its forms." He also was praised by former South Africa coach Mickey Arthur, who said Cummins would do a cover of the first test against South Africa, despite his lack of experience in the long form of the game.
Cummins performance in the T20 seems to have confirmed what farmers and administrators suspected all along - that their performance is exceptional. And they see sufficient evidence that he will be able to adapt to test cricket. With T20 is slowly beginning to be seen as a breeding ground for players to be introduced on the international scene, Cummins serves as another example of this theory. Without saying whether or not you bought it, Cummins said the T20 cricket has the potential to make or break a career. "It can be good or bad luck in T20 cricket," said Cummins. "Some days I can play very well and leave for 40 pairs and the next day and get to a privileged few can escape and a few balls and sky you end up with three or four windows.
"I think it is a platform where you can actually succeed and put their name forward, but also one when you can have bad luck sometimes." For Cummins, was auditioning for top honors. He said he is focused on three things at the bowling alley, no matter what kind of game you play. "Accuracy is essential in all forms of gaming and I think the pace is a big part of it too," he said. "Go ahead to the red ball and all that one day, swing and movement is also a great role."
Before jumping on the stage of testing, Cummins will be part of the ODI series, three games in a matter of what promises to be intense. "This is the first series of one day that I was part of Australia is ranked No. 1 in the world at the moment so I guess a lot of confidence in the competition and hopefully we can get some good wins."
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