Andrew Miller (cricketer)
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Andrew John Trevor Miller, born at Chesham
, Buckinghamshire
on 30 May 1963, was a cricketer
who played first-class cricket
for Oxford University
and Middlesex
in the mid 1980s.
Miller was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional bowler. Having made his debut in one match for Oxford University in 1982, he was highly successful for both the university and his county in the 1983 season, making in total 1,002 runs in just 15 matches at a batting average of more than 43. He won a Blue
in that year and in the two following seasons, when he played less frequently. His only full season of county cricket was 1986, when he made 963 runs, but he left the first-class game at the end of the following season.
He later played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire.
Chesham
Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. It is located 11 miles south-east of the county town of Aylesbury. Chesham is also a civil parish designated a town council within Chiltern district. It is situated in the Chess Valley and surrounded by farmland, as well as...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
on 30 May 1963, was a cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
in the mid 1980s.
Miller was a left-handed opening batsman and an occasional bowler. Having made his debut in one match for Oxford University in 1982, he was highly successful for both the university and his county in the 1983 season, making in total 1,002 runs in just 15 matches at a batting average of more than 43. He won a Blue
University Sporting Blue
A Blue is an award earned by sportsmen and women at a university and some schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of Blues began at Oxford and Cambridge Universities...
in that year and in the two following seasons, when he played less frequently. His only full season of county cricket was 1986, when he made 963 runs, but he left the first-class game at the end of the following season.
He later played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire.