Craig McMillan

Craig McMillan

New Zealand

Player profile

Full name Craig Douglas McMillan
Born September 13, 1976, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 31 years 34 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Gloucestershire, Hampshire
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Cousin - JM McMillan

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	55	91	10	3116	142	38.46	5670	54.95	6	19	367	54	22	0
ODIs	197	183	16	4707	117	28.18	6198	75.94	3	28	373	84	44	0
T20Is	8	7	1	187	57	31.16	117	159.82	0	1	8	14	3	0
First-class	138	226	27	7817	168*	39.28			16	42			58	0
List A	323	303	32	8391	125	30.96			12	42			88	0
Twenty20	21	19	2	522	65*	30.70	341	153.07	0	2	41	29	6	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	55	50	2502	1257	28	3/48	3/48	44.89	3.01	89.3	0	0	0
ODIs	197	74	1879	1717	49	3/20	3/20	35.04	5.48	38.3	0	0	0
T20Is	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	138		6572	3167	88	6/71		35.98	2.89	74.6		1	0
List A	323		3597	3100	103	5/38	5/38	30.09	5.17	34.9	1	1	0
Twenty20	21	6	78	128	6	2/21	2/21	21.33	9.84	13.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Statistics	Statsguru Tests | Statsguru ODIs | Statsguru T20Is
Test debut	Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 7-11, 1997 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Mar 18-22, 2005 scorecard
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Decc), May 20, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Apr 24, 2007 scorecard
T20I debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v Pakistan at Cape Town, Sep 22, 2007 scorecard
First-class debut	1994/95
Last First-class	Marylebone Cricket Club v Sri Lanka A at Arundel, Jul 10-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Apr 24, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New Zealand v Pakistan at Cape Town, Sep 22, 2007 scorecard

Notes

Club: East Christchurch-Shirley

Profile

Craig McMillan found himself on the outer after the 2003 World Cup but worked his way back into New Zealand's ODI side just in time to earn selection for the 2007 tournament in the Caribbean. It was quite a shift after McMillan was dumped at the end of 2005 and began looking for other employment opportunities - including as a salesman. But he regained his limited-overs place for the home series against Sri Lanka in December 2006 and strong performances at the CB Series in Australia, followed by a New Zealand record 67-ball ODI century in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, ensured his ticket to the World Cup. McMillan impressed with bat and ball in his comeback, which was timely as New Zealand searched for all-round options with injuries to the likes of Scott Styris and Jacob Oram. McMillan, a player who had been gifted international selection from the age of 21, began his career productively and in March 2001 he took a world record 26 runs off one Younis Khan over in a Test against Pakistan at Hamilton. His destructive batting perhaps promised more than he delivered, however, and he was forced to test his resolve when overlooked for a tour of Sri Lanka in 2003. McMillan returned with 83 not out and an unbeaten century in India in 2003-04 to cement his Test spot but 18 months later lost it again and was views as purely a limited-overs option. His World Cup was useful without being outstanding but he was New Zealand's leading run-scorer at the ICC World Twenty20. It was to be his final international tournament, as he announced his retirement at the age of 31 in October 2007.