Miguel Cummins

Barbadian cricketer

Miguel Cummins
Personal information
Full name
Miguel Lamar Cummins
Born (1990-09-05) 5 September 1990 (age 33)
St. Michael Parish, Barbados
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 308)30 July 2016 v India
Last Test22 August 2019 v India
ODI debut (cap 167)23 February 2014 v Ireland
Last ODI29 September 2017 v England
ODI shirt no.41
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentBarbados
2013Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel
2014Antigua Hawksbills
2015Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel
2016Worcestershire
2019–2020Middlesex
2021Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 14 11 90 35
Runs scored 114 10 542 62
Batting average 7.60 5.00 7.63 10.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 24* 5 29* 20
Balls bowled 1,976 450 12,265 1,578
Wickets 27 9 237 48
Bowling average 40.14 52.66 27.69 26.16
5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/48 3/82 7/45 4/27
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 32/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 June 2021

Miguel Lamar Cummins (born 5 September 1990) is a Barbadian cricketer who has played in 14 Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals (ODI) for the West Indies.

At domestic level, he plays for Barbados. He has played for both Antigua Hawksbills, Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and Middlesex.

Early career

From Saint Michael Parish, Cummins attended Parkinson Memorial Secondary School, best known as the high school attended by Malcolm Marshall.[1] Aged 17, he spent the 2010 English season playing club cricket for Wavertree in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition's second division, and led the club's batting and bowling averages.[2][3] Cummins made his first-class season for Barbados two years later, playing a single match in the Regional Four Day Competition.[4] He became a regular in the Barbados side in 2013, taking 35 wickets from eight matches, including three-wicket hauls. This total was beaten only by Nikita Miller (Jamaica), Shane Shillingford (Windward Islands), and Ashley Nurse (Barbados), and was the most by any fast bowler.[5] Barbados won the competition, defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final by an innings and 22 runs. Cummins took nine wickets in the final (5/30 and 4/75), and was named man of the match.[6] Earlier in the season, against the same team, he had taken 7/45, the best figures of his career.[7]

Later career and move to England

Cummins' good form led to his selection for West Indies A in two series later in 2013.[8] He played a single match against Sri Lanka in June, and then six matches (both first-class and limited-overs) against India A when the West Indians toured the country in September.[4] Ireland toured the West Indies in early 2014 to play one ODI and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches, with Cummins named in the West Indies' senior ODI squad.[9] On his international debut, he took 1/42 from six overs, having William Porterfield caught down the leg side.[10] During the same over, he had bowled three consecutive no-balls, two of which were hit for sixes by Porterfield.[11] Cummins played for the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel and the Antigua Hawksbills in the first and second seasons of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), respectively.[12] A graduate of the West Indies High Performance Centre (WIHPC),[13] he was named Emerging Player of the Year at the 2014 WIPA/WICB Awards, which recognised performances during the previous season.[14]

On 30 July 2016 he made his Test cricket debut for the West Indies against India.[15] In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season.[16][17]

In October 2019, Cummins signed a three-year deal with Middlesex in England, as a Kolpak player, therefore ruling him out of playing international cricket for the West Indies.[18] Later the same month, he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.[19]

Following the discontinuation of the Kolpak scheme in 2021, Cummins joined Kent for the start of the English season as one of the club's overseas players.

See also

References

  1. ^ — (10 May 2013). "Cummins credits coaches at HPC" Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Nationnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ^ Batting and fielding for Wavertree, Liverpool and District Cricket Competition Division Two 2010 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ Bowling for Wavertree, Liverpool and District Cricket Competition Division Two 2010 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b First-class matches played by Miguel Cummins (20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ Bowling in Regional Four-Day Competition 2012/13 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. ^ — (11 May 2013). "Barbados whip T&T to take Regional Four-Day title" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  7. ^ — (12 April 2013). "Jamaica maintain unbeaten streak; qualify for semis" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  8. ^ — (23 May 2013). "Cummins, Cotterrell make it to West Indies A" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  9. ^ — (13 February 2014). "Gayle back in ODI, T20 squads" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  10. ^ ODI matches played by Miguel Cummins (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  11. ^ — (23 February 2014). "Smith, Powell lay platform for four-wicket win" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  12. ^ Twenty20 matches played by Miguel Cummins (6) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  13. ^ — (21 May 2014). "Ready to bounce back" – Nationnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  14. ^ — (7 June 2014). "Chanderpaul, Bravos, Narine take top WI awards" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  15. ^ "India tour of West Indies, 2nd Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Jul 30-Aug 3, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Miguel Cummins quits West Indies to sign Kolpak deal with Middlesex". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  19. ^ "Carter to lead Barbados Pride". Barbados Advocate. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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