Miguel Cummins

{{short description|Barbadian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Miguel Cummins | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Miguel Lamar Cummins | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|09|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = St. Michael Parish, Barbados | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | role = Bowler | international = true | internationalspan = 2014–2019

| club1 = Barbados | year1 = {{nowrap|2012–present}} | club2 = Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel | year2 = 2013 | club3 = Antigua Hawksbills | year3 = 2014 | club4 = Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel | year4 = 2015 | club5 = Worcestershire | year5 = 2016 | club6 = Middlesex | year6 = 2019–2020 | club7 = Kent | year7 = 2021 | club8 = Durbar Rajshahi | year8 = 2024/25 | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 14 | runs1 = 114 | bat avg1 = 7.60 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 24* | deliveries1 = 1,976 | wickets1 = 27 | bowl avg1 = 40.14 | fivefor1 = 1 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/48 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | column2 = ODI | matches2 = 11 | runs2 = 10 | bat avg2 = 5.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 5 | deliveries2 = 450 | wickets2 = 9 | bowl avg2 = 52.66 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/82 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/– | column3 = FC | matches3 = 90 | runs3 = 542 | bat avg3 = 7.63 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 29* | deliveries3 = 12,265 | wickets3 = 237 | bowl avg3 = 27.69 | fivefor3 = 10 | tenfor3 = 1 | best bowling3 = 7/45 | catches/stumpings3 = 32/– | column4 = LA | matches4 = 35 | runs4 = 62 | bat avg4 = 10.33 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 20 | deliveries4 = 1,578 | wickets4 = 48 | bowl avg4 = 26.16 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 4/27 | catches/stumpings4 = 10/– | date = 6 June | year = 2021 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/super50-2017/content/player/556749.html Cricinfo }}

'''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.<ref>— (10 May 2013). [http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/cummins-credits-coaches-at-hpc/ "Cummins credits coaches at HPC"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060346/http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/cummins-credits-coaches-at-hpc/ |date=8 August 2014 }} – ''Nationnews.com''. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/Liverpool_and_District_Cricket_Competition_Division_Two_2010/Wavertree_Batting.html Batting and fielding for Wavertree, Liverpool and District Cricket Competition Division Two 2010] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/Liverpool_and_District_Cricket_Competition_Division_Two_2010/Wavertree_Bowling.html Bowling for Wavertree, Liverpool and District Cricket Competition Division Two 2010] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> Cummins made his first-class season for Barbados two years later, playing a single match in the Regional Four Day Competition.<ref name="fc">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/966/966329/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Miguel Cummins (20)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/Regional_Four_Day_Competition_2012-13/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Bowling in Regional Four-Day Competition 2012/13 (ordered by wickets)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>— (11 May 2013). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/regional-4-day-13/content/story/635449.html "Barbados whip T&T to take Regional Four-Day title"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> Earlier in the season, against the same team, he had taken 7/45, the best figures of his career.<ref>— (12 April 2013). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/regional-4-day-13/content/story/629497.html "Jamaica maintain unbeaten streak; qualify for semis"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref>

==Later career and move to England== Cummins' good form led to his selection for West Indies A in two series later in 2013.<ref>— (23 May 2013). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/637336.html "Cummins, Cotterrell make it to West Indies A"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> 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.<ref name="fc"/> 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.<ref>— (13 February 2014). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/718723.html "Gayle back in ODI, T20 squads"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> On his international debut, he took 1/42 from six overs, having William Porterfield caught down the leg side.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/966/966329/ODI_Matches.html ODI matches played by Miguel Cummins (1)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> During the same over, he had bowled three consecutive no-balls, two of which were hit for sixes by Porterfield.<ref>— (23 February 2014). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/722169.html "Smith, Powell lay platform for four-wicket win"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/966/966329/Twenty20_Matches.html Twenty20 matches played by Miguel Cummins (6)] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> A graduate of the West Indies High Performance Centre (WIHPC),<ref>— (21 May 2014). [http://www.nationnews.com/articles/view/ready-to-bounce-back/ "Ready to bounce back"] – ''Nationnews.com''. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref> he was named Emerging Player of the Year at the 2014 WIPA/WICB Awards, which recognised performances during the previous season.<ref>— (7 June 2014). [http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/750785.html "Chanderpaul, Bravos, Narine take top WI awards"] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2014.</ref>

On 30 July 2016 he made his Test cricket debut for the West Indies against India.<ref name="Test">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/west-indies-v-india-2016/engine/match/1022595.html |title=India tour of West Indies, 2nd Test: West Indies v India at Kingston, Jul 30-Aug 3, 2016 |access-date=30 July 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded him a red-ball contract for the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24866534/kemar-roach-gets-all-format-west-indies-contract |title=Kemar Roach gets all-format West Indies contract |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/867947 |title=Cricket West Indies announces list of contracted players |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27741767/miguel-cummins-quits-west-indies-sign-kolpak-deal-middlesex |title=Miguel Cummins quits West Indies to sign Kolpak deal with Middlesex |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> Later the same month, he was selected to play for Barbados in the 2019–20 Regional Super50 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/carter-lead-barbados-pride |title=Carter to lead Barbados Pride |work=Barbados Advocate |access-date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

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== * List of Kolpak cricketers

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=556749}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummins, Miguel}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Saint Michael, Barbados Category:Antigua Hawksbills cricketers Category:Barbadian cricketers Category:Barbados cricketers Category:Kent cricketers Category:Middlesex cricketers Category:Rajshahi Royals cricketers Category:Trinbago Knight Riders cricketers Category:West Indian cricketers of the 21st century Category:West Indies Test cricketers Category:West Indies One Day International cricketers Category:Worcestershire cricketers