Australian cricket team skipper and Midas touch artist Pat Cummins has opted to miss the 2025 United States Major League Cricket season following his withdrawal from the Champions Trophy 2025 due to an ankle injury.
San Francisco Unicorns signed the 31-year-old pace bowler to a four-year deal in June 2023. He took the Unicorns to second top two for 2024 in exciting play. His non-playing workload for the 2025 league season workload management and international commitments primarily.
Cummins featured six times for the San Francisco Unicorns in the 2024 season, his maiden in the MLC. He captured four wickets at a strike rate of 52.75, less than what could be expected of him based on his league outing. He has been out with an ankle injury in the 2025 season and adapting to his hectic traveling schedule.
San Francisco Unicorns brought Cummins back with a statement. “Pat Cummins cannot sign back with the Unicorns for 2025 due to international obligations and load management,” read the statement. “The pacer signed a letter with us stating that he is enthusiastic to play for future seasons of Major League Cricket pending his international schedule.”.
The Australian post-Pakistan series fixture list is the World Test Championship final on 11 June, 2025, at Lord’s. They then head to the Caribbean in June and July to face West Indies in three Tests and five Twenty20 internationals. Cummins will be unavailable because of this conflict with the third MLC series.
MLC 2025 Retained Players List
LA Knight Riders: Ali Khan, Adithya Ganesh, Unmukt Chand, Nitish Kumar, Corne Dry, Saif Badar, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Matthew Tromp, Spencer Johnson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine
MI New York: Ehsan Adil, Nosthush Kenjige, Monank Patel, Heath Richards, Rushil Ugarkar, Sunny Patel, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult
San Francisco Unicorns: Corey Anderson, Hassan Khan, Liam Plunkett, Carmi Le Roux, Brody Couch, Karima Gore, Juanoy Drysdale, Sanjay Krishnamurthi, Haris Rauf, Finn Allen, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matthew Short
Seattle Orcas: Harmeet Singh, Cameron Gannon, Ali Sheikh, Ayan Desai, Aaron Jones, Heinrich Klaasen, Ryan Rickelton
Texas Super Kings: Joshua Tromp, Calvin Savage, Milind Kumar, Mohammad Mohsin, Zia-ul-Haq, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Noor Ahmad, Marcus Stoinis
Washington Freedom: Andries Gous, Mukhtar Ahmed, Obus Pienaar, Saurabh Netravalkar, Ian Holland, Amila Aponso, Justin Dill, Lahiru Milantha, Yasir Mohammad, Marco Jansen, Glenn Maxwell, Lockie Ferguson, Rachin Ravindra, Steven Smith, Jack Edwards
