Keith Miller in the 1946 47 Australian cricket season

Keith Miller in the 1946 47 Australian cricket season

Jesse Russell Ronald Cohn

     

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ISBN: 978-5-5105-3960-8

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! During the 1946–47 Australian cricket season, all rounder Keith Miller represented Victoria and Australia. A 27-year-old right-handed batsman and fast bowler, Miller played in all five Tests against England, performing well with both bat and ball. He finished top of the Australian Test bowling averages, taking 16 wickets at 20.88, and was second in the batting averages, scoring 384 runs at 76.80. On his Ashes debut in the First Test in Brisbane, Miller scored 79 before taking match bowling figures of 9 wickets for 77 runs (9/77) in Australia`s innings victory. In the Fourth Test, played at the Adelaide Oval, Miller broke through for his first Test century, scoring an unbeaten 141. A middle-order batsman and right-arm opening bowler, Miller finished the Test series as Australia`s joint leading wicket-taker, along with his new ball partner Ray Lindwall, as Australia won the series 3–0.