Simon Myles
Encyclopedia
Simon David Myles is a former English
cricketer
who played for Hong Kong. Myles was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
. He was born in Mansfield
, Nottinghamshire
.
, marking his debut match in that tournament against Gibraltar
. During the tournament he played 8 matches, the last of which came against Papua New Guinea. During his 8 matches in the tournament, he scored 408 runs at a batting average
of 58.28, with 2 half centuries and a single century
score of 172. This score remains the highest individual score in the ICC Trophy
. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average
of 29.66, with best figures of 3/30.
debut came for Sussex
against Derbyshire
in the 1987 County Championship
. During the 1987 season, he played a further first-class match for the county against Hampshire
. His debut in List-A cricket also came during the 1987 season, making his debut in that format for Sussex against Glamorgan
. He played 7 further List-A matches during the 1987 season, the last of which came when Sussex played Surrey
.
In 1988, he joined Warwickshire
. He made his first-class debut for the county against the touring Sri Lankans, playing 3 further first-class matches for the county in 1988, with his final first-class appaearance coming against Middlesex
. He also represented the county in 2 List-A matches during the 1988 season, which came against Northamptonshire
and Northamptonshire
.
In 1990, Myles joined Cumberland
, where he played a single Minor Counties Championship match against Norfolk
.
In 1992, he joined Staffordshire
, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Suffolk
. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 24 Championship matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire
. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy
. His debut in that competition came against Wales Minor Counties
. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Additionally, he also played List-A cricket for Staffordshire. His first List-A match for the county came in the 1992 NatWest Trophy
against Warwickshire. He played 2 further List-A matches for the county against Hampshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy
and Surrey in the 1994 NatWest Trophy
.
Myles made his debut for the Minor Counties cricket team in 1994. He played his final first-class match representing the team against the touring South Africans. He also represented the team in 8 List-A matches between 1994 and 1996, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1996 Benson and Hedges Cup.
In 1995, he joined Berkshire
; this was to be his final county. He made his debut in the 1995 Championship against Shropshire
. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 46 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire
in the 2000 Championship. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut for Berkshire in that competition against Oxfordshire. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire
. His List-A debut for the county came against Leicestershire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
. Between 1996 and 2002, he represented the county in 5 List-A matches, the last of which came against Norfolk in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
which was played in 2002.
In his combined career total of 27 List-A matches, he scored 543 runs at an average of 30.16, with 5 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 14 wickets at a bowling average
of 31.85, with best figures of 4/8. In the field he took a total of 6 catches.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
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 for Hong Kong. Myles was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
. He was born in Mansfield
Mansfield
Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
.
International career
His debut for Hong Kong came in 1984 against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Under-25s. He represented Hong Kong in the 1986 ICC Trophy1986 ICC Trophy
The 1986 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in England between 11 June and 7 July 1986. It was the third ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and as with the previous two tournaments, games between the 16 participating teams played over 60 overs a side and with white clothing and...
, marking his debut match in that tournament against Gibraltar
Gibraltar cricket team
The Gibraltar national cricket team is the team that represents the British overseas territory of Gibraltar in international cricket. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1969. They are currently ranked sixth amongst European non-Test teams.-Early...
. During the tournament he played 8 matches, the last of which came against Papua New Guinea. During his 8 matches in the tournament, he scored 408 runs at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 58.28, with 2 half centuries and a single century
Century
A century is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages .-Start and end in the Gregorian Calendar:...
score of 172. This score remains the highest individual score in the ICC Trophy
ICC Trophy
The ICC World Cup Qualifier is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events. The test-playing Full...
. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 29.66, with best figures of 3/30.
County cricket
Myles' first-classFirst-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...
debut came for Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
against Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in the 1987 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
. During the 1987 season, he played a further first-class match for the county against Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
. His debut in List-A cricket also came during the 1987 season, making his debut in that format for Sussex against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
. He played 7 further List-A matches during the 1987 season, the last of which came when Sussex played Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
.
In 1988, he joined Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire 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 Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
. He made his first-class debut for the county against the touring Sri Lankans, playing 3 further first-class matches for the county in 1988, with his final first-class appaearance coming against 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...
. He also represented the county in 2 List-A matches during the 1988 season, which came against Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
and Northamptonshire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
.
In 1990, Myles joined Cumberland
Cumberland County Cricket Club
Cumberland County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Cumberland and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, where he played a single Minor Counties Championship match against Norfolk
Norfolk County Cricket Club
Norfolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Norfolk and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
.
In 1992, he joined Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Cricket Club
Staffordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Staffordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against Suffolk
Suffolk County Cricket Club
Suffolk County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Suffolk....
. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 24 Championship matches, the last of which came against Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club
Lincolnshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs, which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Lincolnshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The Minor Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the Minor Counties in English cricket...
. His debut in that competition came against Wales Minor Counties
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club
Wales Minor Counties Cricket Club, representing the historic counties of Wales except Glamorgan is currently the only non-English member of the Minor Counties Championship in the England and Wales domestic cricket structure....
. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Additionally, he also played List-A cricket for Staffordshire. His first List-A match for the county came in the 1992 NatWest Trophy
1992 NatWest Trophy
The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992...
against Warwickshire. He played 2 further List-A matches for the county against Hampshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy
1993 NatWest Trophy
The 1993 NatWest Trophy was the 13th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 22 June and 4 September 1993...
and Surrey in the 1994 NatWest Trophy
1994 NatWest Trophy
The 1994 NatWest Trophy was the 14th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 21 June and 3 September 1994...
.
Myles made his debut for the Minor Counties cricket team in 1994. He played his final first-class match representing the team against the touring South Africans. He also represented the team in 8 List-A matches between 1994 and 1996, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1996 Benson and Hedges Cup.
In 1995, he joined Berkshire
Berkshire County Cricket Club
Berkshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Berkshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and MCCA Knockout Trophy....
; this was to be his final county. He made his debut in the 1995 Championship against Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 46 Championship matches, the last of which came against Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
in the 2000 Championship. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut for Berkshire in that competition against Oxfordshire. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Herefordshire
Herefordshire County Cricket Club
Herefordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Herefordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. His List-A debut for the county came against Leicestershire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy
1996 NatWest Trophy
The 1996 NatWest Trophy was the 16th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 25 June and 7 September 1996...
. Between 1996 and 2002, he represented the county in 5 List-A matches, the last of which came against Norfolk in the 2nd round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 29 August 2002 and 30 August 2003. The competition was won by Gloucestershire who beat the Worcestershire by 7 wickets at Lord's.-Format:...
which was played in 2002.
In his combined career total of 27 List-A matches, he scored 543 runs at an average of 30.16, with 5 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 14 wickets at a bowling average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 31.85, with best figures of 4/8. In the field he took a total of 6 catches.
External links
- Simon Myles at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Simon Myles at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...