Kyle Mills

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Kyle Mills
Personal information
Full name
Kyle David Mills
Born (1979-03-15) 15 March 1979 (age 45)
Auckland, New Zealand
NicknameMillsy
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 227)10 June 2004 v England
Last Test18 March 2009 v India
ODI debut (cap 123)15 April 2001 v Pakistan
Last ODI31 January 2015 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.37 (previously 20)
T20I debut (cap 7)17 February 2005 v Australia
Last T20I5 December 2014 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.37
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998/99–2014/15Auckland
2001Lincolnshire
2012Uthura Rudras
2013Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 19 170 42 76
Runs scored 289 1,047 137 2,166
Batting average 11.56 15.62 11.41 26.09
100s/50s 0/1 0/2 0/0 1/14
Top score 57 54 33* 117*
Balls bowled 2,902 8,230 897 12,350
Wickets 44 240 43 204
Bowling average 33.02 27.02 28.55 29.81
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 2
Best bowling 4/16 5/25 3/26 5/33
Catches/stumpings 4/– 42/– 8/– 27/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 January 2015

Kyle David Mills (born 15 March 1979) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former international cricketer who is the former bowling coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders.[1] He was also a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team in limited-overs matches.[2] Mills played top-class cricket between 1998 and 2015 as a bowler. He featured in three World Cup tournaments for New Zealand in 2003, 2011 and 2015. He was a member of New Zealand's first ever T20I team. He also topped the ICC ODI bowling rankings in 2009 and also occupied in the top ten bowling rankings among bowlers in ODI cricket for a considerable period of time.[3][4] He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

He is the second leading wicket-taker for New Zealand in ODI cricket with 240 wickets just behind Daniel Vettori's tally of 297 wickets and he has also taken the most number of wickets by a New Zealand seamer in ODIs.[5] He is also the all-time leading wicket-taker in ICC Champions Trophy with 28 scalps in 15 matches.[6][7] He was sidelined for consistent injury concerns in his playing days. He underwent surgeries and rehabilitation to recover from knee and shoulder injuries during his early and latter stages of his international career.[8][9] His continuous injury concerns took a toll on his test career which ended prematurely in 2009 after appearing in just 19 test matches.[10] However, he served a white ball specialist and emerged as a lead strike bowler for New Zealand.[11]

  1. ^ AFP. "Kyle Mills named Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Kyle Mills named New Zealand captain for limited-overs series in Sri Lanka. Cricket News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Kyle Mills: The unassuming man who scaled No. 1 spot in ICC ODI rankings". Cricket Country. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ "12 little-known facts about Kyle Mills". Cricket Country. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "ODI Records – Most career wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  6. ^ Haranhalli, Shweta (27 May 2017). "ICC Champions Trophy: Top 5 wicket-takers in the history of the competition". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  7. ^ The Hindu Net Desk (24 May 2017). "Short history of ICC's Champion's trophy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Groin strain forces Mills to return home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Kyle Mills gearing up for international return". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Struggling Mills hopes for a turnaround". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Kyle Mills on top of his game". Stuff. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2021.