Brian McMillan

Brian McMillan

Personal information
Full name	Brian Mervin McMillan
Born	22 December 1963 (age 52) Welkom, South Africa
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984–1989	Transvaal/B
1986	Warwickshire
1989–2000	Western Province
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 38 78 Runs scored 1968 841 Batting average 39.35 23.36 100s/50s 3/13 1/0 Top score 113 127 Balls bowled 6048 3623 Wickets 75 70 Bowling average 33.82 36.98 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 4/65 4/32 Catches/stumpings 49/- 42/-
Source: Cricinfo[1], 25 January 2006

Brian Mervin McMillan (born 22 December 1963 in Welkom and grew up in Carletonville, South Africa) played 38 Tests and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998. He was rated by many as the best allrounder in the world in the mid-1990s, and won South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year awards in 1991 and 1996.

McMillan was a right arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed batsman. He was also a leading slip fielder, and holds the highest percentage of catches per Test for an outfielder in South Africa Test cricket history.

McMillan made his Test debut in November 1992, against India at Durban, in South Africa's first home Test match in over 20 years. He was to become a key member of the South African team post their re-admittance to world cricket in 1991.

In domestic cricket, he represented Transvaal for four seasons from 1984-85 to 1988-89, and Western Province from 1989-90 until his retirement in the 1999-00 season . He also spent a season with Warwickshire in 1986.

McMillan has also been a professional teacher in a Durban university. He currently heads an office automation firm in Cape Town.

References

1. Cricinfo profile

• Cricinfo page on Brian McMillan