Pat Cummins on winning World Cups, not captaining & the sound of silence
The Grade Cricketer
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4.7 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Pat Cummins joins us ahead of the T20 World Cup to talk rain-affected finals, silencing 100,000 people and playing under Mitch Marsh.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day, everyone, Pezza here. Quick one. Before you hear our interview with Pat Cummins, |
| 0:04.7 | a couple of things. We recorded this two weeks ago in Sydney before knowledge of Pat's |
| 0:11.5 | unfortunate pulling out from the World Cup due to injury. It's also an interview we've done |
| 0:19.2 | with Prime Video, so very much in the spirit |
| 0:22.0 | of the World Cup itself. It's not a state of the nation conversation with Pat. Nevertheless, |
| 0:28.0 | we think plenty of funny moments. Pat on fire, as usual. Just wanted to give you a little |
| 0:33.6 | bit of context before you hear it. Hope you enjoy it. Pat Cummins. |
| 0:45.0 | Australia is the best at test cricket historically and presently. We're the best at ODI cricket historically, arguably presently. We haven't been the best at T20 cricket historically. |
| 0:53.4 | Can Australians expect you and your team to fix that this World Cup? |
| 0:58.2 | I think so. |
| 1:00.3 | Yeah, it's hard to juggle all the balls, but T20 World Cup time feels right. |
| 1:06.2 | You know, we did win one four years ago, less than four years ago. |
| 1:11.2 | So it wasn't that long ago. |
| 1:13.1 | But there are World Cups like every six months. |
| 1:14.8 | I was going to say it's about seven World Cups ago, but it wasn't that long ago. |
| 1:18.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.6 | There has been four T20 World Cups in five years, but this one feels special. |
| 1:29.0 | Spot on. |
| 1:31.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:34.0 | Oh, yeah. This is the one we've been waiting for. |
| 1:35.3 | And catch it all on prime. |
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