Craig Cumming

Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played 11 Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national team. He played domestic cricket with Canterbury and Otago.

Craig Cumming

Personal information
Full name	Craig Derek Cumming
Born	(1975-08-13) 13 August 1975 (age 49) Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Opening batsman
Relations	Jacob Cumming (son)
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

Domestic career

Cumming, who was born at Timaru, played as a right-handed opening batsman. He played for Canterbury early in his career. He played for South Canterbury in the Hawke Cup and later moved to play for Otago in senior cricket.

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

Cumming worked as a broadcaster for Newstalk ZB in Dunedin hosting local sports shows and producing 'The Country'.^{[citation needed]} He was also one of the domestic Sky Sport commentator for domestic cricket and international home matches.^{[citation needed]}

Cumming spent four years as head coach at Otago Sparks, before being appointed to the same role at English women's club of The Blaze in December 2024.^[2][3][4]