David James Millns (born 27 February 1965) is a first class cricket umpire and English former 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]
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| Full name | David James Millns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1965 Clipstone, Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 2000–2001 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1999 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996/97 | Boland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umpiring information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 7 (2020–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 12 (2020–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WTests umpired | 1 (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 13 (2009–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 9 (2011–2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editHis 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]
Umpiring career
editIn 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] Since then, he officiates matches regularly in Bangladesh Premier League.
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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Millns calls it a day". ESPNcricinfo. 2 July 2001. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Essex at Leicester, 4-8 July 1996". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "England 'A' tour of Australia: Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "First Class Season 1994 - Statistical Bowling Highlights". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "David Millns profile and biography". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Umpire Steve Garratt appointed by ECB". ESPNcricinfo. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Bodenham promoted to first-class list". ESPNcricinfo. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "India Women tour of England, Only Test: England Women v India Women at Wormsley, Aug 13-16, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
- ^ "10th Match (N), Bangladesh Premier League at Chattogram, Dec 17 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ^ "Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2022.