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Craig Cumming

Craig Cumming

New Zealand cricketer


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.

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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

Cummings has worked as a broadcaster for Newstalk ZB in Dunedin hosting local sports shows and producing 'The Country'. 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.

As of February 2024 Cumming is 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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