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David Millns

David James Millns (born 27 February 1965) is a first class cricket umpire and English former professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Tasmania and Boland. Millns was a fast bowler, and a lower order batsman who was part of two championship winning sides with Leicestershire, in 1996 and 1998.[1]

David Millns
Personal information
Full name
David James Millns
Born (1965-02-27) 27 February 1965 (age 61)
Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–1989
2000–2001		Nottinghamshire
1990–1999Leicestershire
1994/95Tasmania
1996/97Boland
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired7 (2020–2023)
T20Is umpired12 (2020–2023)
WTests umpired1 (2014)
WODIs umpired13 (2009–2021)
WT20Is umpired9 (2011–2020)
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 171 98
Runs scored 3,082 390
Batting average 22.01 15.00
100s/50s 3/8 0/0
Top score 121 39*
Balls bowled 26,571 4,276
Wickets 553 89
Bowling average 27.35 38.10
5 wickets in innings 23 0
10 wickets in match 4 0
Best bowling 9/37 4/26
Catches/stumpings 76/–– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2022

Playing career

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Millns began his first-class career with Nottinghamshire in 1988, but with Franklyn Stephenson and Kevin Cooper each taking 100 wickets for the county, he had limited opportunity that season despite showing promise when he did bowl.[2] Although Millns did show promise with an impressive three-wicket burst against the Sri Lankans,[3] it was noted that he could not offer the penetration and economy of Stephenson and Cooper when he took over from them in limited-overs games against Allan Lamb in June and champions Worcestershire in July.[4]

For 1990, Millns moved to Leicestershire,[5] though he continued to play most of his cricket for local league club Farnsfield. Nevertheless, Millns experienced a purple patch late in the season when called upon by his new county[6] and finished as the top-ranked England-qualified bowler in the national averages, behind only West Indians Ian Bishop and Malcolm Marshall though bowling only half as many balls as those two.[7] In 1991, Millns established himself as Leicestershire's chief bowler alongside Australian John Maguire, and on a green pitch against Derbyshire at Derby took 9/37, which was the best bowling analysis in the County Championship since Derek Underwood took 9/32 for Kent against Surrey in 1978.[8]

Having been told he would be playing for England against Pakistan at the Oval in 1992 he broke a bone in his foot and was not officially selected. Millns toured Australia with the England 'A' side that winter, although he had more success with the ball in one-day matches than in the first-class matches.[9] He was Leicestershire's leading wicket taker (and the sixth nationally) in 1994, taking 76 wickets at 25.01,[10] with many cricket writers believing he should have gone to Australia for the 1994/95 Ashes tour. His best all-round season came in 1996, when he took 73 wickets and scored 424 runs.[11]

Millns is one of only a few cricketers in modern times to score a century and take ten wickets in the same county championship match (v Essex 1996).[12]

Umpiring career

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In 2007, he was selected in the reserve list as a first class umpire by the ECB for the season of 2008.[13] In 2008, he was promoted to the first class umpire's list.[14] He stood as an umpire in the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[15] He was selected as one of the two foreign umpires in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[16] Since then, he officiates matches regularly in Bangladesh Premier League.

In January 2022, he was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Millns calls it a day". ESPNcricinfo. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Chris Hits 96 – But Notts Lose: It's a Doddle for Northants". Evening Post. Nottingham. 27 June 1988. p. 246.
  3. ↑ "Good Evans!". Evening Post. Nottingham. 8 August 1988. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Lucy, Nick (18 July 1988). "Worcester Let off the Hook". Evening Post. Nottingham. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Cullen, Jon (2 June 1990). "Seam of success – Millns Follows". Leicester Mercury. p. 50.
  6. ↑ Wright, Graeme (ed.). "Leicestershire in 1990". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (128th ed.). pp. 499–502. ISBN 0947766162.
  7. ↑ Wright, ed. (1991). "First-Class Averages". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (128th ed.). p. 284.
  8. ↑ Wright, Graeme, ed. (1991). "Derbyshire in 1991". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (129th ed.). pp. 378–379. ISBN 9780947766184.
  9. ↑ "England 'A' tour of Australia: Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "First Class Season 1994 - Statistical Bowling Highlights". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "David Millns profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, 4-8 July 1996". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Umpire Steve Garratt appointed by ECB". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  14. ↑ "Bodenham promoted to first-class list". ESPNcricinfo. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "India Women tour of England, Only Test: England Women v India Women at Wormsley, Aug 13-16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "10th Match (N), Bangladesh Premier League at Chattogram, Dec 17 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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