Forever the larrikin, Cummings made his Socceroo debut as part of graham Arnold's global search for players of Australian lineage that would put football in Australia where he always thought it belonged.
Cummings made his debut alongside a host of others in the Centenary match against New Zealand in Auckland in October 2022 and was instrumental in his A-League club, the Central Coast Mariners taking out the 2023 Championship, breaking Daniel McBreen's season club goal scoring record on the way to a hat-trick in the 2023 grand final.