Colin Miller (cricketer)

Colin Miller
Personal information
Full name
Colin Reid Miller
Born (1964-02-06) 6 February 1964 (age 60)
Footscray, Victoria, Australia
NicknameFunky[1]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Right-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 379)1 October 1998 v Pakistan
Last Test18 March 2001 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986Victoria
1989–1991South Australia
1992–2000Tasmania
2000–2002Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 18 126 49
Runs scored 174 1,533 239
Batting average 8.28 12.88 10.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 43 62 32
Balls bowled 4,091 29,183 2,653
Wickets 69 446 49
Bowling average 26.15 30.97 37.40
5 wickets in innings 3 16 0
10 wickets in match 1 3 0
Best bowling 5/32 7/49 4/36
Catches/stumpings 6/– 39/– 10/–

Colin Reid Miller (born 6 February 1964) is an Australian former cricketer who played 18 Tests for Australia between 1998 and 2001. In May 2002, Miller announced his retirement from cricket.[2]

Miller was a bowler capable of performing effectively either as a right-arm fast-medium or off break bowler and achieved a Test average of 26.15. A tailend batsman who made three fifties in 126 first-class matches, he is particularly remembered for appearing with his hair dyed blue in a Test match against the West Indies in 2001.

  1. ^ Dorries, Ben (4 March 2015). "Former Australian spinner Colin Miller predicts a cricket minnow will soon win World Twenty20 crown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Colin Miller - A retirement out of the blue". CricBuzz. Retrieved 22 May 2020.