Injury-prone paceman Pat Cummins makes successful return in Perth grade cricket Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins returns to play for Perth at Wanneroo. FORGOTTEN fast bowler Pat Cummins is targeting an imminent comeback with the Perth Scorchers after returning to the bowling crease in local grade cricket yesterday. Cummins yesterday bowled in a match for the first time in his latest comeback bid from stress fractures in his back. Pat Cummins bowls for Perth. He played for Perth against Wanneroo in a one-day clash at Kingsway Sporting Complex. It's good to be back. It's pretty exciting," he said yesterday. It's been a little while now since I've bowled in a game. The 20-year-old speedster has endured continued injury setbacks since making a stunning Test debut for Australia more than two years ago, most recently breaking down during an Australia A tour in August. Cummins was man-of-the-match against South Africa in his only Test in November 2011 after claiming 6-79 in the second innings and then hitting the winning runs with Australia eight wickets down. Yet to make his debut for the Scorchers despite being signed in 2012, Cummins will be assessed by medical staff in the coming days before his Big Bash League comeback plans are decided. He could potentially return in his hometown on Friday when the Scorchers face the Sydney Sixers at the SCG, or next week when Perth hosts the Adelaide Strikers on January 16. Cummins will become a Twenty20 specialist in the short term and has targeted a return to the Australian team for the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh in March and April. He plans to sit out the rest of the Sheffield Shield season with New South Wales as part of his management plan, but is determined to win back his Test place in time and is confident his body will stand up. "The aim is to be right for the Scorchers in the next week or so," Cummins said. T20 is a good way to come back. You still get the intensity and the competition, but you only have to bowl four overs. Everything's feeling really good and really natural and I'm just looking forward to getting back out there and playing and hopefully get a good run. Seeing the boys go well in the Ashes just makes that hunger grow even more. Cummins is hopeful his remodelled bowling action will reduce the likelihood of further problems but believes it will not diminish his pace. "It's not too different, it's just a little bit straighter and a little bit more economic," he said. That puts a bit less stress on the body but at the same time hopefully the pace is still there and the swing. The Scorchers will be out to make it two home wins in a row when they host Hobart Hurricanes on Tuesday. Despite carrying a broken finger on his right hand, Perth skipper Simon Katich led the Scorchers to victory over Sydney Thunder at the WACA Ground on Friday night with a superb 75 off 42 balls. The Scorchers won by six wickets, chasing down the target of 158 with four balls to spare after Thunder captain Mike Hussey was out for 13 on return to his former home ground. Despite wearing opposition colours, 'Mr Cricket' was as popular as ever after the match as he was surrounded by children dressed in Scorchers' colours chasing his autograph.