Fast bowler Pat Cummins re-affirms Australia's desire to retun to the top of the cricket tree Pat Cummins will play his first game for Australia at his home ground the SCG on Sunday. TEARAWAY fast bowler Pat Cummins has re-affirmed Australia's desire to assume the no.1 mantle in all formats of the game, starting by beating South Africa at the SCG on Sunday. In a positive signal leading into next year's World Cup on home soil, Australia can seal top spot in the International Cricket Council one-day rankings with victory against the Proteas in Sydney. Still buzzing from stand-in skipper Steve Smith's blazing century to secure a series victory against South Africa, Cummins underlined Australia's intention to continue building towards peaking early next year. Our goal is to be number one in all formats. Beating a side like South Africa in conditions not too similar to what they have is a great sign of where we're going," Cummins said. We've still got plenty of games to come before the World Cup to get a settled team and work out who's in the side. But all signs are really good at the moment. They're a great side but hopefully we can keep on winning against them. Cummins" comeback from a torturous two seasons with lower back issues is one of the feel-good stories of the summer to date. The fast bowler once-again pressed his claims to be fast-tracked into Australia's top XI for the World Cup, picking up the crucial wicket of South African captain AB de Villiers on 91 to finish with figures of 2/61. Sunday will mark the Penrith product's first game for Australia at his home ground the SCG, with Cummins urging fans to reverse the trend of poor crowd attendances in the series to date. In the traditional Australian sporting strong hold of Melbourne's MCG last Friday, only 14,177 fans attended to watch Australia push to a 3-1 series lead. It's tough. Friday is where everyone is still at work. Hopefully Sunday we can get a big crowd here," Cummins said. I've read a few things on the first few games and I think the TV viewers are through the roof. While there might not have been too many people there at the ground, there was still plenty of people watching. There's heaps of cricket on this summer. There's plenty of buzz around so I'm sure there's going to be plenty of fans. The brilliant return of Cummins means the fast bowler has some suggesting he should be given a saloon passage straight into Australia's Test squad for the Indian series starting at the Gabba on December 4. But given the amount of cricket he missed with stress fractures, Cummins has pinpointed the Ashes series next year as a more realistic aim for his return to the longer format. I think it would be pretty unlikely. Test cricket is where I want to get back to as soon as possible, so hopefully I'll be back playing pretty soon," Cummins said. It's a bit of a mutual decision. If I wasn't being involved in one-dayers and T20 I would have had a chance to try and get ready for first class cricket. But it's just the way the scheduling's worked out. Fortunately I'm able to play in one-dayers. Originally published as Cummins leading charge for the top