Craig Cumming

Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975 in Timaru) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played for New Zealand in One Day Internationals and Tests. He played domestic cricket with Canterbury and Otago.

Craig Cumming
Personal information
Full name
Craig Derek Cumming
Born (1975-08-13) 13 August 1975
Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleOpening batsman
RelationsJacob Cumming (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 228)10 March 2005 v Australia
Last Test12 January 2008 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 130)29 November 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI10 February 2009 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–1999/00Canterbury
2000/01–2011/12Otago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 11 13 121 122
Runs scored 441 161 7,154 2,810
Batting average 25.94 13.31 36.13 25.77
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 16/33 3/15
Top score 74 45* 187 112
Balls bowled – 18 3,629 2,494
Wickets – 0 31 40
Bowling average – – 53.48 47.85
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 3/31 2/18
Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/– 53/– 53/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2017

Domestic career

Cumming is a right-handed opening batsman who had played 99 First Class games, 103 "List A" or limited overs games and 9 Twenty20 games at the end of the 2006/2007 season. He played for Canterbury early in his career and debuted in First Class and "List A" cricket for them. Cumming has played for South Canterbury in the Hawke Cup.

International career

Cumming had a largely unsuccessful international test career, playing only 11 tests before being dropped due to lack of batting ability. He only made one half-century – a top score of 74 – and failed to reach three figures in any of his test innings. On 5 March 2005 against Australia, he was the recipient of what is considered the fastest ever ball bowled in New Zealand, bowled by Brett Lee, in which he clocked 160.8 km/h (99.9 mph) at Napier as the fastest delivery of the over.[1]

After cricket

Currently, he is a broadcaster for Newstalk ZB in Dunedin hosting local sports shows and producing 'The Country', which airs between midday and 1pm on Newstalk ZB and Radio Sport. He is also one of the domestic Sky Sport commentator for domestic cricket and international home matches, often giving titbits and trivia on cricket terms and hosting Dilmah tea parties during the tea breaks in Test matches.

Cumming is currently the head coach of the Otago women's cricket team.

References
  1. Lee Unleashes His Fastest Delivery: Cricinfo.com Retrieved 25 June 2006.
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