South African batsman David Miller, who has had an ODI cricket career spanning nearly 16 years, has finally achieved the milestone of playing the biggest innings of his life. During the second match of the ongoing ODI series against Australia, David Miller smashed a phenomenal century. Powered by this remarkable performance, South Africa successfully clinched the series against Australia.
Miller hammers 142 runs from just 93 balls
David Miller played his debut ODI match against the West Indies in the year 2010 and has been playing consistently ever since. Meanwhile, in the second ODI against Australia, he played an explosive innings of 142 runs from 93 balls. This is also the highest score of his ODI career. Prior to this, he had played an innings of 139 runs from 108 balls in the year 2018, which he has now surpassed. In the year 2019, he had also scored an unbeaten 138 runs against Zimbabwe.
South Africa defeats Australia in the ODI series
Playing for South Africa, Miller hit 12 fours and 9 sixes in this match. This was the exact reason why the team managed to post a total of 365 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. Following that, the Australian team could only manage 333 runs in 49.5 overs and lost the match by 32 runs. For Australia, captain Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head scored 84 runs each. The first match of the series was also lost by the Australian team, and thus South Africa captured the three-match series.
Overview of David Miller's career so far
So far, David Miller has played 180 ODI matches and scored 4762 runs. This includes eight centuries and 24 half-centuries. His strike rate here stands at 104.31. Having played 140 T20 International matches so far, Miller has scored 2804 runs. This includes two centuries and 9 half-centuries to his name. However, he has not been able to play Test cricket. Miller is now over 37 years of age. His career does not have much time left, but Miller continues to bat brilliantly even at a declining age. This brilliant century by Miller has extended his career for a few more days.
