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Full name Geoffrey Miller
Born September 8, 1952, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Current age 55 years 321 days
Major teams England,Cheshire,Derbyshire,Essex,Natal
Nickname Dusty
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Selector
Height
6 ft 2 in
Education Chesterfield Grammar School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
34
51
4
1213
98*
25.80
3416
35.50
0
7
119
0
17
0
ODIs
25
18
2
136
46
8.50
265
51.32
0
0
12
0
4
0
First-class
383
548
94
12027
130
26.49
2
72
309
0
List A
334
267
57
4234
88*
20.16
0
17
110
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
34
50
5149
1859
60
5/44
6/57
30.98
2.16
85.8
1
1
0
ODIs
25
24
1268
813
25
3/27
3/27
32.52
3.84
50.7
0
0
0
First-class
383
59221
24854
888
8/70
27.98
2.51
66.6
39
7
List A
334
13389
8186
278
4/22
4/22
29.44
3.66
48.1
4
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 12-17, 1976 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 28-Jul 3, 1984 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Jun 6, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI
England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 4, 1984 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973 - 1990
List A span
1973 - 1994
Profile
As an allrounder Geoff Miller was essentially reliable rather than matchwinning, but his batting was sufficiently better than that of rival offspinners John Emburey and Eddie Hemmings to earn him 34 Test caps. In his most successful series, against a Packer-weakened Australia in 1978-79, he topped the bowling averages with 23 wickets at 15.04. Unaccountably for such a correct batsman, he needed 380 innings to compile a maiden first-class hundred, though before that he had twice scored 98 for England, one of them not out. A droll character, he was much in demand in retirement as an after-dinner speaker, and joined the England selection panel in 2000. Eight years later, he usurped David Graveney as England's National Selector - a post Graveney had held for eleven years. Cricinfo Staff January 2008
