Geoff Miller

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Geoff Miller

England
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	34	25
Runs scored	1213	136
Batting average	25.80	8.50
100s/50s	-/7	-/-
Top score	98*	46

Balls bowled	5149	1268
Wickets	60	25
Bowling average	30.98	32.52
5 wickets in innings	1	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	5/44	3/27
Catches/stumpings	17/-	4/-
As of 1 January 2006 Source: [1]

Geoffrey Miller (born September 8, 1952, Chesterfield, Derbyshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 34 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1976 to 1984.

He was elected as National Selector by the England and Wales Cricket Board in January 2008. He leads a panel, which contains Ashley Giles, Peter Moores and James Whitaker. He previously served on the panel of his predecessor David Graveney since 2000.

Miller was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and represented Cheshire, Derbyshire (Captain 1979 –1981) and Essex as a correct right-handed batsman and a reliable right-arm off-break bowler, taking 888 wickets in 283 first-class matches (1973–1990) and 278 wickets in 334 List A matches (1973–1994). He took 60 wickets in 34 Tests and 25 wickets in 25 ODIs for England. He ended the famous 1982 Boxing Day Test in Australia by catching Jeff Thomson - England winning by a mere 3 runs.

v • d • e England squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup (runners-up)

1 Brearley (c) • 2 Botham • 3 Boycott • 4 Edmonds • 5 Gooch • 6 Gower • 7 Hendrick • 8 Larkins • 9 Miller • 10 Old • 11 Randall • 12 Taylor (wk) • 13 Willis