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Nikita Miller Personal information Full name Nikita O'Brien Miller Born 16 May 1982
St Elizabeth, JamaicaBatting style Right-hand Bowling style Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Role Spin bowler Domestic team information Years Team 2004– Jamaica Career statistics Competition ODI FC List A Twenty20 Matches 20 35 43 4 Runs scored 161 754 210 0 Batting average 26.83 17.13 13.12 0.00 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/1 –/– Top score 51 86 51 0 Balls bowled 829 8,265 1,741 72 Wickets 17 141 35 1 Bowling average 36.70 19.78 34.80 67.00 5 wickets in innings 0 4 0 – 10 wickets in match n/a 2 n/a n/a Best bowling 3/19 8/41 3/15 1/16 Catches/stumpings 5/– 20/– 13/– 1/– Source: CricketArchive, 7 November 2009 Nikita O'Brien Miller (born 16 May 1982 in St Elizabeth) is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Jamaica. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman. He was the leading wicket taker in the 2007–08 Carib Beer Challenge and in June 2008 he won his first one day international cap with the West Indies.
Career
Miller made his debut for Jamaica in the 2004–05 season.[1] He plays for his club side Melbourne in the country's domestic league.[2]
In the 2007–08 Carib Beer Challenge he was the leading wicket taker in the competition, taking 42 wickets in six games.[1][3] In the final game of the regular season he took 4 wickets for 6 runs against the Windward Islands as Jamaica won to win the league.[4]
In doing so they reached the 2007–08 final, in which they faced Trinidad and Tobago. Having never previously taken a five wickets in innings,[5] Miller took 5 for 29 in the first innings.[6] He followed this with 5 for 92 in the second innings, with Jamaica going on to win by 9 wickets.[6]
Subsequent to end of the West Indies domestic season, Australia toured the Caribbean. Having not been selected for either the Test series or the initial or the first three ODIs, Miller was "surprised" to be one of three new players called up for the final two ODIs in St Kitts.[2] The West Indies had already lost the series 3–0.[7]
He made his West Indian debut on 4 July 2008, his first international wicket coming when he dismissed Michael Clarke lbw.[8] He finished with figures of 1 for 19 as the West Indies lost by 1 run.[8] Two days later, in the final ODI of the series, he took 1 for 38, dismissing Luke Ronchi.[9] He was selected for the 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada later that year, and took 3 for 19 against Bermuda,[10] before taking 2 for 18 as the West Indies beat Canada in the final.[11]
Miller made his Test debut on 9 July 2009. He was part of an understrength team fielded by the West Indies against Bangladesh; the 15-man squad included nine uncapped players. Including Miller, seven West Indies players made their debut and the side was captained by Floyd Reifer who had played the last of his four Tests ten years earlier. The first XI had made themselves unavailable due to a pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.[12]
References
- ^ a b Profile: Nikita Miller, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ a b Miller surprised at late call-up, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Hard work pays off for Miller, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Jamaica crush Windwards to win Carib Cup, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ T&T drubbed by Jamaica in final, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ a b Scorecard: Jamaica v Trinidad & Tobago, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ West Indies call up Miller and Findlay, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ a b Scorecard: 4th ODI West Indies v Australia, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Scorecard: 5th ODI West Indies v Australia, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Scorecard: West Indies vs Bermuda, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Scorecard: West Indies vs Canada, CricInfo, accessed 2008-09-13
- ^ Cricinfo staff (8 July 2009), West Indies name replacement squad, Cricinfo.com, http://www.cricinfo.com/wivbdesh2009/content/story/413237.html, retrieved 2009-07-10
External links
West Indies Squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 West Indies Squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup 1 Sammy (c) • 2 Gayle • 3 Bishoo • 4 DM Bravo • 5 Pollard • 6 Sarwan • 7 Smith • 8 Thomas (wk) • 9 Benn • 10 Miller • 11 Russell • 12 Rampaul • 13 Roach • 14 Chanderpaul • 15 Edwards • Coach: Gibson
Adrian Barath, Carlton Baugh and Dwayne Bravo were replaced due to injury by Kirk Edwards, Devon Thomas and Devendra Bishoo respectively.Categories:- West Indies Test cricketers
- West Indies One Day International cricketers
- West Indies Twenty20 International cricketers
- West Indian cricketers
- West Indian cricketers of the 21st century
- Jamaican cricketers
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup
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