Pat Cummins | Australia Player | Bangladesh Vs. Australia | T20 World Cup 2024 | Post Match

VIDEO COURTESY: ICC
Pat Cummins (Australia player) post-match Press Conference - 20th June 2024
[Reporter:]
Yeah, congratulations Pat. Were you aware, I mean I imagine you were aware that you were on a hat-trick, but you didn't, I've seen hat-tricks celebrated a bit more.
[Pat Cummins:]
You give me too much credit because no, I didn't know I was on a hat-trick. I did the previous over, I saw it come up on the screen and by the time my next over came around I totally forgot about it. So, I think Stoinis ran in from the deep, was cheering and I was like, oh yeah, forgot about that. So, yeah, nice one.
[Reporter:]
What's your hat-trick record otherwise in cricket?
[Pat Cummins:]
I think I got one in grade cricket, maybe fourth grade. And I think I got one in second 11 when I was 17. And I think the hat trick ball was similar. It was the first ball of the last day when it was Joe Burns. And I went to bowl a slower ball and he ducked underneath it and it hit the bail on the full. So yeah, not too dissimilar to today's.
[Reporter:]
It kind of feels like almost ticking the boxes as you go along now. Now it's your first win of the Super 8’s. Just how can you describe as someone who captains another side as well. How's the momentum building do you feel within the camp?
[Pat Cummins:]
Really well really, we've kind of ticked off everything we have we could possibly do so far. I thought tonight overall was a fairly polished performance, which is kind of what you want in super eights. Obviously, two points, but also to get a good run rate. And it feels like over the course of the tournament so far, just about everyone's had a game. We've used 12 or 13 players so far and everyone's had a couple of performances where they should take confidence out of so - yeah feel well positioned obviously doesn't mean that much but feels like we're in as good a place we could be.
[Reporter:]
Is it then just the little things, Pat? I mean, there were a couple of bounces from you on this pitch which kind of provided - so when - you're faced with a different kind of pitch, just getting those things right and getting your bouncers like absolutely perfect. Are those the kind of things you work on like as you get deeper into the tournament?
[Pat Cummins:]
I think as a bowler, yeah, you're always getting lots of information. I mean, obviously across different islands, so each game has its own kind of little quirks the pitches are slightly different but I think you learn a general kind of methodology that kind of you fine-tune with each game so yeah, you're sequencing your execution of certain balls. You hope you get better and better and by the end of the tournament You've kind of got your game plan where you can give yourself as good a chance you can
[Reporter:]
And Pat another half century for David Warner tonight Does it feel like he's got a bit of extra motivation to finish his international career on a high? It seems like he's really hitting the mile at the minute.
[Pat Cummins:]
It feels like every ICC event he's always up there in the runs tally. I love the way he's been taking the game on, some big sixes even over the deep fielders. So, he's always got a huge appetite for runs, particularly in these tournaments. And whether it's knowing it's his last hurrah or whatever, he looks in great form and continues to play with that freedom, which is great.
[Reporter:]
And Mitch Starc, he's just taken the record for the most wickets in men's World Cups combined tonight. Why does he stand out in the big tournaments do you think? What makes him so special?
[Pat Cummins:]
I think first of all probably just longevity. It's not easy to play for a dozen years or so like he has, which he's been fit for all those tournaments so that's impressive and then obviously just being a strike weapon, he can tear teams apart in white ball tournaments he's got a lot of - kind of stood up when we needed to in big moments. So, I don't know, I guess he's just a class bowler who takes lots of wickets and has played for a while.
[Reporter:]
Pad the way the three of you bowled tonight, it would be hard to leave one of you out for the next game. And obviously over the last couple of World Cups you have shown that you can bowl on any surface, but from what you've seen on TV, what you faced in St. Vincent, is it a prospect that you're prepared for that perhaps it could be two spinners?
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