Tymal Mills

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Tymal Mills
Tom Craddock (left) and Tymal Mills (right) (cropped).jpg
Mills playing for Essex County Cricket Club
Personal information
Full nameTymal Solomon Mills
Born (1992-08-12) 12 August 1992 (age 29)
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National sides
T20I debut (cap 77/19)5 July 2016 
England v Sri Lanka
Last T20I22 January 2022 
England v 
T20I shirt no.72
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2013; 2018–2019Suffolk
2011–2014Essex (squad no. 5)
2015–presentSussex (squad no. 7)
2016Chittagong Vikings
2016/17Auckland
2017Quetta Gladiators
2016/17Brisbane Heat
2017Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 56)
2017/18Hobart Hurricanes
2018Karachi Kings
2018Kandahar Knights
2019Peshawar Zalmi
2020Quetta Gladiators
2021/22Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 7 32 23 149
Runs scored 0 260 7 109
Batting average 0.00 11.30 1.75 6.81
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 31* 3* 27
Balls bowled 162 3,531 790 3,063
Wickets 8 55 22 167
Bowling average 21.62 36.50 35.77 23.74
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/27 4/25 3/23 4/22
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 3/– 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2022

Tymal Solomon Mills (born 12 August 1992) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex. Mills plays for the England national team in T20Is. Mills can consistently bowl at speeds above 140kph.

Early life[]

Mills was born on 12 August 1992 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Mildenhall College of Technology in Mildenhall, Suffolk and played for Mildenhall Cricket Club. Mills studied sports journalism at the University of East London, before leaving to pursue a career in cricket.[1]

Domestic career[]

Essex[]

Mills made his first-class debut for Essex against the Sri Lankans in the tourist match of 2011 at Chelmsford. He made his Championship debut against Leicestershire at Grace Road in July 2011. His figures in the first-innings were 0–51, but in the second innings, he took 3–48. During the winter of 2011, Tymal Mills was named on the England Performance Programme (EPP). He began with training at Loughborough as well as camps in North Wales and with the Greater Manchester Fire Department. Mills then went to Potchefstroom, South Africa for three weeks in November on a specialist fast bowling programme. On Friday 16 December, Mills was a surprise inclusion in the 16 man England Lions squad. In 2012 Mills took 5 List A wickets and average of 58.60. He performed better in the Championship, taking 14 wickets at an average of 30.35. In 2013 his form in List A cricket improved, as he took ten wickets at an average of 23.30. However, he failed to kick on in the Championship, taking 11 wickets, three less than the previous season. His performances for Essex earned him another place on an England performance programme, and he took six wickets for the Lions on their tour of Sri Lanka.

Sussex[]

In 2014 he joined Sussex. He took wickets at an average of 20 in the English T20 competition, and his pace ensured he continued to stand out. He also bowled in the First division of the County Championship for the first time, taking 14 wickets at an average of just below 35. In 2015 he was diagnosed with a congenital back condition and as a result, took time out of playing red-ball cricket. He continued to play T20 cricket and took 19 wickets at an average of 18.84.

Overseas leagues[]

Pakistan Super League[]

From 2016, Mills played for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League[2][3] before signing with Karachi Kings in 2018. In 2019, he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi before returning to Quetta for the 2020 season.

Indian Premier League[]

In February 2017, he was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2017 Indian Premier League for ₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore, US$1.9 million or £1.4 million in 2020). This made him the second highest-paid overseas player in the 2017 IPL behind Ben Stokes.[4]

Other T20 franchise cricket[]

In September 2018, he was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.[5] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.[6][7] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.[8]

Mills featured in the first edition of 'The Hundred', a 100 ball cricket competition for the 'Southern Brave'.[9] The Southern Brave won the first cup/title of 'The Hundred' by beating Birmingham Phoenix in the finals. [10]

International career[]

On 5 July 2016 he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for England against Sri Lanka, taking figures of 0/22 as England won by eight wickets.[11]

Mills was selected for the T20I series against India. He took 1/27 in the first game as England recorded a seven-wicket victory. In the second match, he took figures of 1/36 as India made 144/8, which proved to be a winning score. In the final match of the series he took figures of 1/31 and was then dismissed for a duck as England lost by 75 runs to lose the series 2–1.

In September 2021, Mills was named in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[12]

Personal life[]

Mills was diagnosed with a congenital back condition in 2015.[13] He spent three months of the winter of 2020/21 recovering from a stress fracture and had to wear a back brace.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tymal Mills eyes Twenty20 World Cup glory - a year after fearing for his life". Telegraph. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Tymal Mills – Quetta Gladiators". Pakistan Super League. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  3. ^ Macpherson, Will (27 October 2016). "English cricketers set to go against union's Pakistan Super League advice". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  9. ^ https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/57625592. BBC. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  10. ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/southern-brave-beat-birmingham-phoenix-to-win-inaugural-men-hundred-title-1843871-2021-08-22. India Today. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jul 5, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Tymal Mills makes England's T20 World Cup squad, no return for Ben Stokes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  13. ^ "'Eight months ago I was in a back brace'". BBC Sport. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  14. ^ Burnton, Simon (4 October 2021). "England's Mills moves from back brace to shoulder T20 World Cup tilt | Simon Burnton". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

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