Anderson Cleophas Cummins (born 7 May 1966) is an Barbadian former international

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er who represented both the

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and

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. He was primarily a

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. In English county cricket he had a two-year spell as an overseas player for

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in 1993 and 1994.

West Indies career

Having made his name playing for

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, it was expected Cummins would make his

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debut for the West Indies in their first-ever match against

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at the

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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. 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.

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, Cummins, at the age of 40, was a surprise selection for the

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squad for an ODI tri-series against

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and

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in January 2007. He made his Canadian debut against Scotland on 18 January, claiming Fraser Watts as his first ODI victim for his new team. He was later included in the Canadian squad for the

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, and played the match against

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to become the second man in history (after

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of Australia and

) 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. 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.

Personal life

He is married to Shivanthi Cummins, who's related to former Sri Lanka medium pacer

Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Joseph Ratnayake (born 2 January 1964), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 23 Test matches and 70 One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1993. He is the current interim head coach of Sri Lanka national cricket team. Ratnayake ...

. The pair has three sons being Isaiah, Denzel and Anderson Jnr.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummins, Anderson 1966 births Living people People from Christ Church, Barbados Barbados cricketers Durham cricketers Surrey cricketers West Indies One Day International cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbadian cricket coaches Canada One Day International cricketers Canadian cricketers Dual international cricketers Cricketers at the 1992 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 2007 Cricket World Cup Barbadian emigrants to Canada Black Canadian sportspeople

West Indies career

Canada cricket

Other work

Personal life

See also

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