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David Miller Becomes Sixth Player To Feature In 500 T20s

South African middle-order batter David Miller played his 500th T20 match on Wednesday, becoming only sixth player in the format to do so.

Miller accomplished this milestone during his team Barbados Royals’ match against Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Miller celebrated this occasion in style, as he scored 71* in 34 balls, with eight fours and five sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 208.82.

However, it was not enough as Barbados could score just 172/9 in reply to Guyana’s 219/8, which they had reached thanks to explosive half-centuries from West Indies stars Shai Hope (71 in 37 balls, with five fours and five sixes) and Shimron Hetmyer (57 in 34 balls, with four boundaries and three sixes).

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Across 500 T20s, Miller has scored 10,678 runs at an average of 34.89, with a strike rate of over 137. He has scored four centuries and 48 fifties across 455 innings, with the best score of 120*. He has made a name for himself in numerous leagues across the world, be it CPL, SA20 in South Africa, the Indian Premier League (IPL), Major League Cricket (MLC) in the USA, Pakistan Super League (PSL), Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) etc.

The players that having played most matches in T20s are: West Indies legend Kieron Pollard (684 matches), Dwayne Bravo (582 matches), Pakistan batter Shoaib Malik (542 matches), Windies all-rounders Sunil Narine (525 matches) and Andre Russell (523 matches).
In the ongoing CPL 2024, Miller has scored 152 runs in six matches at an average of 38.00 and a strike rate of over 142, with one fifty.