{"id":654608,"date":"2026-05-07T02:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654608\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T02:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T02:48:11","slug":"pat-cummins-offered-12-million-deal-from-cricket-australia-ipl-offer-travis-head-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654608\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Cummins offered $12 million deal from Cricket Australia, IPL offer, Travis Head, video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To help prevent overseas T20 leagues from poaching the country\u2019s biggest stars, Cricket Australia has reportedly offered Pat Cummins a $12 million long-term deal, ensuring the national captain prioritises Test cricket until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>As revealed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/the-4-million-man-cummins-offered-monster-deal-as-rivals-come-after-cricket-stars-20260504-p5ztl4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, CA has offered Cummins a three-year contract extension worth $4 million annually, while multi-format opener Travis Head is in talks to earn a similar deal. Despite some speculation about his spot in the Test side, Marnus Labuschagne has also been offered a three-year deal, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Bangladesh v Pakistan Test series from 8\u201312 May and 16\u201320 May, streaming Live and exclusive on FOX SPORTS available on Kayo | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome?pg=cricket&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776909012_441_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Asked whether Australia\u2019s top players were entitled to better remuneration and more security, CA\u2019s head of cricket James Allsopp told the publication: \u201cAbsolutely. They\u2019ve earned the right, they\u2019ve been long-term performers for Australia across formats for a long period of time. There\u2019s only so far you can take them under the current constraints. That\u2019s definitely a priority at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as the national men\u2019s team approaches a blockbuster summer of cricket, including up to 21 Tests across a frantic 12-month period from August this year. Cummins only played one of Australia\u2019s five Ashes Tests this summer due to a back injury, also missing the recent T20 World Cup campaign in the subcontinent.<\/p>\n<p>The same publication reported last year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/cricket\/superstar-aussie-duo-offered-10m-each-to-quit-baggy-green-for-t20-leagues\/news-story\/7fb73ab0fcfdb8f46569123823d0867e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">an IPL team group offered Cummins and Head around $10 million<\/a> to forgo international duties and take up franchise cricket full-time, which the Australian duo rejected. England speedster Jofra Archer received a similar offer.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest cricket news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=CricketArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pat Cummins and Travis Head. Photo by Sarah Reed\/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Last week, CA\u2019s plan to privatise the Big Bash League by selling stakes in all eight teams to private investors was put on hold after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/cricket\/fresh-blow-for-600m-big-bash-plan-as-another-state-joins-aussie-cricket-revolt\/news-story\/b11f10fe84d99c63d9c8bac9eb629a87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Queensland Cricket joined New South Wales in rejecting the $600 million proposal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome means that Cummins is unlikely play BBL cricket in the near future, while it will become increasingly difficult for CA to push up player salaries, particularly for domestic talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To help prevent overseas T20 leagues from poaching the country\u2019s biggest stars, Cricket Australia has reportedly offered Pat&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,85],"class_list":["post-654608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}