Anderson Cummins

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Anderson Cummins
Personal information
Full name
Anderson Cleophas Cummins
Born (1966-05-07) 7 May 1966 (age 57)
Christ Church, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National sides
Test debut (cap 203)30 January 1993 
West Indies v Australia
Last Test10 December 1994 
West Indies v India
ODI debut (cap 60/45)20 December 1991 
West Indies v Pakistan
Last ODI22 March 2007 
Canada v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–1996
Barbados
1993–1994Durham
1993–1995Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 76 66 136
Runs scored 98 486 1,672 1,152
Batting average 19.60 13.50 20.14 16.69
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 1/8 0/2
Top score 50 44* 107 67
Balls bowled 618 3767 11,026 6,976
Wickets 8 91 192 181
Bowling average 42.75 31.61 31.58 28.39
5 wickets in innings 0 1 8 3
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 4/54 5/31 6/64 5/16
Catches/stumpings 1/– 14/– 15/– 29/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 August 2012

Anderson Cleophas Cummins (born 7 May 1966) is a

ODIs
for the West Indies between 1991 and 1995, and 13 ODIs for Canada in 2007.

West Indies career

Having made his name playing for

South Africa at the Kensington Oval in Barbados in 1992. However, the selectors eventually opted for Kenny Benjamin instead. As Cummins was the local favourite, many fans chose to boycott the match in protest.[3]

Cummins eventually made his Test debut for the West Indies against

Australia in 1993, but only appeared in four more Tests after that. His One Day International career was more successful and he appeared in 63 ODIs for the West Indies from 1991 to 1995 including 6 appearances in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Cummins also picked up a sum of 12 wickets, being the most for the Windies at the said tournament.[2][4][5]

English county cricket

In English county cricket he had a two-year spell as an overseas player for Durham in 1993 and 1994.

Canada cricket

Cummins stopped playing high-level cricket in 1996, and later moved to Canada where he played for Cavaliers in the Toronto and District Cricket Association league. After a long absence from international cricket,

South Africa) to play World Cup cricket for two different teams. Cummins eventually picked up 91 wickets at an average of 31.81 in his ODI career.[2]

He announced his retirement after the tournament. However, Cummins remained involved with Cricket Canada as a coach for their Under-19 team in preparation for the 2012 U-19 World Cup.

Other work

Cummins successfully pursued a Bachelors of Science Degree at the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill Campus. Whilst in Canada he later served as the lead webmaster at Canoe Inc., worked in a variety of managerial roles at Air Miles Canada and in 2009 started up his own company entitled Anderson Cummins Consultancy Inc.[4]

Personal life

He is married to Shivanthi Cummins, who is related to former Sri Lanka medium pacer Rumesh Ratnayake. The pair has three sons being Isaiah, Denzel and Anderson Jnr.[4]

See also

  • List of cricketers who have played for more than one international team

References

  1. ^ "Dual-internationals at the Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Anderson Cummins at ESPNcricinfo
  3. ^ "No Cummins, no goings". ESPNcricinfo. 7 May 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  4. ^ a b c Fanfair, Ron (9 April 2017). "Anderson Cummins enjoying life after cricket". ronfanfair.com. Ron Fanfair.
  5. ^ "RECORDS / BENSON & HEDGES WORLD CUP, 1991/92 / MOST WICKETS". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "What's the most runs scored on the first day of a Test?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Cummins and goings, and India's brothers". ESPNcricinfo. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
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