Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

28. Australian Services v South Zone, Madras, December 2, 3, 4 (Australian Services won by six wickets) b Ghulam Ahmed 0 195 3 2 8 1 C.P.Johnstone b 159 c C.P.Johnstone b Ghulam Ahmed 8 198-4 9.3 4 19 3 E.B.Cubara c J.Pettiford 233 Ghulam Ahmed b C.R.Rangachari b 29. Australian Services v Indian XI, Madras, December 7, 8, 9, 10 (Indian XI won by six wickets) c E.K.Maka b S.N.Banerjee 2 339 22 6 60 2 Abdul Hafeez b 525 Gul Mahomed c R.S.Whitington b S.N.Banerjee 7 275 3 0 11 0 92-4 30. Australian Services XI v All Ceylon, Colombo, December 14, 15 (Australian Services XI won by an innings and 44 runs) b S.S.Jayawickreme 132 306 10 3 23 1 M.Sathaswam c D.R.Cristofani 103 7 2 14 1 R.Fernando b 159 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 9 14 1 470 132 36.15 2 1 3 Career 30 51 7 1939 185 44.06 7 6 16 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Other matches (6-b) 136.3 36 343 13 3-19 26.38 - - 63.00 41.88 Career (8-ball) 7 0 } 706 24 3-19 29.41 - - 72.20 40.73 (6-ball) 279.3 61 1945/46 The Services team played matches against the Australian State sides and Tasmania after the conclusion of the India/Ceylon tour. Miller played in five of the games, captaining the team against Victoria in the absence of Hassett through injury. He made 80 against Western Australia, “a masterly display” according to the West Australian newspaper. Against Victoria he was unable to bowl owing to a back strain and the Services used nine other bowlers in the Victorian innings of 456. At Sydney he played against his future fast bowling partner Ray Lindwall for the first time. He defied the powerful New South Wales attack for 172 minutes to score 105 not out out of 204 all out a “display that was classic in courage and skill” ( Sydney Morning Herald ). He took six wickets against Queensland and, overall, his efforts earned him 463 runs at an average of 57.87 and six wickets at an average of 31.83. He was ready to burst upon the international scene. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 31. Australian Services v Western Australia, Perth, December 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b K.R.Cumming 80 301 6 0 29 0 323 - - - - 144-2 32. Australian Services v Victoria, St Kilda’s, Melbourne, January 4, 5, 7 (Victoria won by an innings and 156 runs) c P.J.Beames b I.W.Johnson 37 118 456 c sub (R.R.Walker) b I.W.Johnson 59 182 33. Australian Services v New South Wales, Sydney, January 11, 12, 14 (New South Wales won by an innings and 8 runs) not out 105 204 8 1 39 0 551-7d b W.J.O’Reilly 46 339 34. Australian Services v Queensland, Brisbane, January 18, 19, 21 (Match drawn) lbw b C.L.McCool 26 296 12 1 74 2 G.G.Cook c C.F.T.Price 334-8d V.N.Raymer c S.G.Simsey st D.Tallon b C.L.McCool 0 227-8d 9 0 49 4 W.A.Brown c R.S.Ellis 186-5 C.L.McCool lbw D.Tallon b R.E.Rogers c S.G.Simsey 10