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.

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 at Napier as the fastest delivery of the over.

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

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.