David Millns

David James Millns (born 27 February 1965) is a first class cricket umpire and former English 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
Clipstone, Nottinghamshire
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–1989
2000–2001		Nottinghamshire
1990–1999Leicestershire
1994/95Tasmania
1996/97Boland
Umpiring information
ODIs umpired6 (2020–2022)
T20Is umpired10 (2020–2022)
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 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 9/37 4/26
Catches/stumpings 76/–– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2022

Playing career

His career spanned from 1988 until 2001. He 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).[2]

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.[3] He was Leicestershire's leading wicket taker (and the sixth nationally) in 1994, taking 76 wickets at 25.01,[4] 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,[5] and again many cricket writers picked him on the winter tour to the West Indies.

Umpiring career

In 2007, he was selected in the reserve list as a first class umpire (cricket)|umpire for the season of 2008 by ECB.[6] In 2008, he was promoted to the first class umpire's list.[7] He stood as an umpire in the 2014–16 ICC Women's Championship.[8] He was selected as one of the two foreign umpires in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.[9]

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.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Millns calls it a day". ESPNcricinfo. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, 4-8 July 1996". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  3. "England 'A' tour of Australia: Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. "First Class Season 1994 - Statistical Bowling Highlights". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. "David Millns profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  6. "Umpire Steve Garratt appointed by ECB". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. "Bodenham promoted to first-class list". ESPNcricinfo. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. "India Women tour of England, Only Test: England Women v India Women at Wormsley, Aug 13-16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. "10th Match (N), Bangladesh Premier League at Chattogram, Dec 17 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  10. "Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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