Cummins racing to 100 Test wickets

Pat Cummins is poised to reach 100 Test wickets quicker than any other Australian fast bowler since the 19th century.

The 25-year-old will head into the first Ashes Test in August on 94 wickets from 20 matches after a player-of-the-series performance against Sri Lanka, with a bowling average of 22.02 and a strike rate of 46.8 balls per wicket.

If he takes six scalps in the Edgbaston Test, Cummins will be the fastest to reach the 100-wicket milestone by an Australian paceman since Charlie Turner in 1896.

The only Australians to reach the mark in 21 Tests or less are Turner and spinners Stuart MacGill, Clarrie Grimmett and Bill O'Reilly.

MacGill was the last player to do it in 2003, bringing it up in his 21st Test.

Cummins ripped through Sri Lanka during the two-Test series, capturing 14 wickets at a stunning average of 7.78.

He was the standout Australian player of the summer, finishing with 28 wickets after an impressive finish to the 2-1 series loss against India.

It has prompted some experts to ponder if he is the dominant fast bowler in the world.

Cummins sits second on the ICC Test bowler rankings, just seven points behind Kagiso Rabada with the ICC yet to update its points table following the conclusion of the Canberra Test.

Captain Tim Paine certainly thinks he is up there with England's James Anderson, South Africa's Kagiso Rabada and India's Jasprit Bumrah.

"I suppose the difference with Pat and those guys is he doesn't take the new ball," Paine told reporters.

"I think his ability to get it done in all conditions – whether it's moving around or not – is second to none.

"I felt as the summer went on he actually got better and better and the more he bowled it felt like the quicker and more accurately he was bowling.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said Cummins could run riot during the Ashes.

"Cummins is a superstar and will win an Ashes on his own one day," Vaughan tweeted.

Domain Test Series v Sri Lanka

Australia: Tim Paine (c/wk), Joe Burns, Pat Cummins, Marcus Harris, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Kurtis Patterson, Will Pucovski, Jhye Richardson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis

Sri Lanka: Dinesh Chandimal (c), Dimuth Karunaratne, Lahiru Thirimanne, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dhananjaya de Silva, Roshen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Kusal Perera, Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan, Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Chamika Karunaratne, Vishwa Fernando

First Test: Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

Second Test: Australia won by 366 runs