Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

18. Australia v England, Lord’s, August 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b G.H.Pope 118 388 23 5 49 0 468-7d 1 not out 35 140-4 19. Australia v England, Old Trafford, August 20, 21, 22 (England won by six wickets) not out 77 173 9 0 20 1 L.B.Fishlock lbw 243 c S.C.Griffith b W.E.Phillipson 4 210 11 1 41 0 141-4 20. Dominions v England, Lord’s, August 25, 26, 27 (Dominions won by 45 runs) lbw b W.E.Hollies 26 307 1 0 2 0 287 c Jas.Langridge b D.V.P.Wright 185 336 5 0 28 0 311 21. Australian Services XI v H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Australian Services XI won by an innings and 108 runs) c A.Coxon b R.W.V.Robins 71 506 10 5 12 0 258 1 6 1 17 0 140 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 7 13 3 725 185 72.50 3 3 2 Career 21 37 6 1469 185 47.38 5 5 13 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Other matches (6-b) 143 25 336 10 3-42 33.60 - - 85.80 39.16 Career (8-ball) 7 0 } 363 11 3-42 33.00 - - 83.09 39.71 (6-ball) 143 25 1945/46 - Australian Services in India and Ceylon From England the Services XI moved on to play eight matches, including three representative games, in India and one in Ceylon in the autumn of 1945. They lost one of the matches against an Indian XI and also to East Zone. They beat South Zone and Ceylon and the remaining games were drawn often with high scoring on the placid wickets. Miller hit two hundreds, against Ceylon and West Zone and altogether scored 470 runs at an average of 36.15. The wickets did not really suit his bowling and he took only thirteen wickets on the tour at an average of 26.38. It was Miller’s only tour of India. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 22. Australian Services v North Zone, Lahore, October 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b Inderjit 46 351 11 1 29 0 410 1 - - - - 103-7 1 23. Australian Services v Prince’s XI, New Delhi, November 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b C.S.Nayudu 18 424-8d 18 4 58 2 Mushtaq Ali c E.A.Williams 401 L.Amarnath b c and b C.S.Nayudu 35 304-5 24. Australian Services v West Zone, Bombay, November 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c R.S.Modi b Amir Elahi 106 362 15 5 30 1 G.Kischenchand b 500-9d did not bat - 88-2 25. Australian Services v Indian XI, Bombay, November 10, 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) lbw b C.S.Nayudu 1 531 20 5 54 1 R.S.Modi c S.G.Simsey 339 not out 15 31-1 11 4 23 1 Abdul Hafeez b 304 26. Australian Services v East Zone, Calcutta, November 21, 22, 23 (East Zone won by two wickets) st R.V.Parthasarathy b C.T.Sarwate 17 107 131 c R.V.Parthasarathy b C.T.Sarwate 1 304 284-8 27. Australian Services v Indian XI, Calcutta, November 25, 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) st R.V.Parthasarathy b M.H.Mankad 82 472 - - - - 386 did not bat - 49-2 7 0 14 0 350-4d 9