Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

146. Australian XI v Tasmania, Hobart, March 7, 9, 10 (Australian XI won by an innings and 74 runs) b W.Hird 5 510 202 234 147. Combined XI v Australian XI, Launceston, March 12, 13, 14 (Australian XI won by ten wickets) c G.B.Hole b A.K.Davidson 52 262 469 1 c A.L.Hassett b R.Benaud 13 245 41-0 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 6 0 153 55 25.50 - 2 3 Sheffield Shield 4 5 0 218 108 43.60 1 1 2 Other matches 4 6 0 187 58 31.16 - 2 3 Season 12 17 0 558 108 32.82 1 5 8 Career 147 216 22 9404 214 48.47 26 46 103 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 90.1 16 241 13 4-62 18.53 - - 55.46 33.42 Sheffield Shield 86 12 334 16 5-53 20.87 1 - 43.00 48.54 Other matches 49 10 127 5 3-46 25.40 - - 78.40 32.39 Season (8-ball) 225.1 38 702 34 5-53 20.64 1 - 52.97 38.97 Career (8-ball) 1655.6 236 } 6856 317 7-60 21.62 9 - 56.02 38.60 (6-ball) 752.1 199 1953 - Australians in England Miller’s second tour of England in the Coronation year of 1953, saw Australia lose “The Ashes” for the first time since 1934. England won the final Test at Kennington Oval after four draws in the first four matches. In the Test matches, Miller performed only moderately by his own high standards scoring 223 runs at an average of 24.77 and taking ten wickets at 30.30. He did not bowl at all in the First Test at Trent Bridge where he scored 55 in the first innings helping Australia reach 243-4 before they collapsed to 249 all out. At Lord’s he made his only century of the series, 109, before falling to Wardle for the third time in four Test innings. He did little at Old Trafford in the Third Test but at Headingley in the fourth match he nearly bowled Australia to victory sending down forty-seven overs in England’s second innings to take four for 63. Hassett may have blundered in not asking Miller to bat in the second innings when Australia were chasing 177 to win and retain “The Ashes”. At Kennington Oval Miller made only 0 and 1 and took two wickets for 89 runs. In other tour games Miller scored 1,210 runs at an average of 63.68 and took 35 wickets at 20.28 and his overall performances earned his selection as one of Wisden ‘s “Five Cricketers of the Year". He opened the tour with a blaze of runs, 220 not out at Worcester, 42 at Leicester and 159 not out at Bradford. Later in the tour he made his highest score to date 262 not out at Kingston-upon-Thames against Combined Services. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 148. Australians v Worcestershire, Worcester, April 29, 30, May 1 (Match drawn) not out 220 542-7d 28 8 56 0 333-7d 149. Australians v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 2, 4 (Australians won by an innings and 154 runs) run out 42 443-8d 5 1 9 0 109 - - - - 180 150. Australians v Yorkshire, Bradford, May 6, 7, 8 (Australians won by an innings and 94 runs) not out 159 453-6d - - - - 145 14 8 21 1 W.H.H.Sutcliffe lbw 214 151. Australians v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 13, 14 (Australians won by an innings and 106 runs) c M.H.Bushby b T.Hare 20 383 - - - - 130 5 1 27 2 R.Subba Row c G.R.A.Langley 147 J.P.K.Asquith lbw 26