Miller is the player with the most international cricket appearances without participating in a Test match.
David Miller has a cricketing record at the international level that he would rather not have.
Miller is the player with the most international cricket matches without participating in a Test match.
The powerful left-hander has participated in 274 international games with white balls. Retired West Indian Kieron Pollard, who has 224 runs, is the closest challenger for the non-Test record.
With six century and 63 matches at an average of 36.32, Miller has established a strong First-Class record. He also shown outstanding fielding.
But Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, and Faf du Plessis were part of a loaded South African Test batting order at the time, and white-ball cricket was becoming increasingly popular and lucrative.
When he became 30 years old, in 2018, he decided to stop playing First-Class cricket.
Even for the South Africa A side, I wasn't chosen. I made the decision to concentrate on the white-ball tactics because there were guys ahead of me.
He is in high demand from franchises throughout the world and has played for 22 different representative teams. In South Africa, his fans wave banners reading "Killer Miller" and "It's Miller Time" in celebration of him.
He is one of just four players with an average above 40 and a strike rate over 100 to have amassed more than 3,000 runs in One-Day Internationals. De Villiers, Jos Buttler, and Jonny Bairstow of England are the other players.
large sixes
He is known for hitting massive sixes, and at his home stadium, Kingsmead in Durban, he has cleared all three grandstands on different sides.
In a recent match against Australia at Johannesburg's Wanderers Stadium, he smacked a ball off of the ground.
He said impromptu, "If it's in the arc it's out (of) the park, if it's in the vee it's in the tree," following an Indian Premier League (IPL) game.
"That came from my dad," he claims.
Good club cricketer Andrew Miller represented Natal Country Districts.
However, not everything is heavy hitting.
At the World Cup, Miller, who bats at number six in a team without established all-rounders, will probably find himself in situations where he must take charge of rebuilding an innings.
"It's about summarising the circumstance. When you are batting in the lower order, you occasionally have to select how you will go with your partner. At moments, it resembles a game of chess. You are considering your next move and what's crucial and not. Making clear decisions is important. When you are completely dedicated, your execution will benefit.
When South Africa had to defeat Australia in a recent home series after losing the first two games, both sides of Miller were on exhibit.
He scored an unbeaten 82 off 45 balls in the fourth game, and he and a motivated Heinrich Klaasen added an improbable 222 off 94 balls for the fifth wicket.
In the decisive game, in more challenging circumstances, he scored a more calculated 63 off 65 balls to help South Africa to a defendable total after a challenging start.
"The World Cup is very open," he asserts. We have a lot of collective experience. It just requires doing the fundamentals well for longer periods of time. We can accomplish it.
