Pat Cummins

Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, has not ruled out a debut for teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins in Wednesday's first Test in Cape Town

Pat Cummins' arrival has caused excitement among fans of the game. Cricket must do everything it can to preserve and nurture fast-bowling talent such as his

Two promising new fast bowlers have given cricket watchers everywhere cause for cheer

ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the first ODI between South Africa and Australia at Centurion

Australia were inconvenienced more by rain than South Africa as they rampaged through the hosts in a truncated first ODI at Centurion, winning by 93 runs under Duckworth-Lewis calculations

Craig McDermott says the fact that he started out young helps him coach bowlers like Pat Cummins and James Pattinson

With the ability to bowl consistently at around 150 kph, excellent control, variations and maturity beyond his years, Cummins has been talked up as the next big Australian thing

For all the dramas and disasters of Hilditch's five-year tenure as the part-time chairman of selectors, culminating in the loss of the Ashes, the wheel may be starting to turn

Pat Cummins should be fast-tracked into Australia's starting line-up for the first Test in Cape Town, according to the former coach of South Africa, Mickey Arthur

Pat Cummins, the young New South Wales fast bowler, has been included in the Australia Test squad for South Africa

In the space of four days, a series has begun and ended each team has had their chance to win and lose and, importantly, assess their relative strengths ahead of a busy summer

Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron rescued South Africa from a seemingly hopeless position to snatch victory in the second Twenty20 and draw the series 1-1

Patrick Cummins, Australia's 19-year-old fast bowler, was credited with putting his team in a winning position after their victory in the opening T20 against South Africa at Newlands

A powerful half-century from Shane Watson helped Australia make an encouraging start to their tour of South Africa as they won the opening Twenty20 in Cape Town by five wickets

Shane Watson has threatened to be back to his all-round best when Australia take on South Africa in their upcoming series

The 2011-12 Australian summer begins on Sunday with a one-day match between Queensland and Victoria, before the opening Sheffield Shield round starts on Tuesday. ESPNcricinfo looks at some of the young men to keep an eye on this season

Patrick Cummins will be itching to make an impression if he gets the chance, but "the baggy green is obviously the pinnacle" for him

Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade and Patrick Cummins are all in line to make their international debuts after being named in Australia's squad to tour South Africa next month

While Patrick Cummins has the pace, he needs to work on his variety to be more effective in the game's shorter formats, Herschelle Gibbs has said