Craig Cumming

Craig Cumming

Personal information
Full name	Craig Derek Cumming
Born	(1975-08-13) 13 August 1975 Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	New Zealand (2003–2009)
Test debut (cap 228)	10 March 2005 v Australia
Last Test	12 January 2008 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 130)	29 November 2003 v Pakistan
Last ODI	10 February 2009 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993/94–1999/00	Canterbury
2000/01–2011/12	Otago
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

Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975 in Timaru) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He has played with The Pareora Cricket Club and the New Zealand cricket team in One Day Internationals and Tests. He was also the captain of the Otago cricket team, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions in the 2006/2007 season.

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 called the fastest recorded over ever 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.

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.

External links

• Craig Cumming at ESPNcricinfo
• Craig Cumming at New Zealand Cricket Players Association