Brian McMillan is a professional cricketer who has played for the South African National Cricket Team since its formation in 1984. He has been playing for this team for the entirety of his career. He has been one of the most successful players on the squad. During his time with the side, Brian McMillan has enjoyed great success. Welkom was where Brian McMillan’s birth occurred on Dec 22, 1963. In 1984, Brian McMillan made his South Africa National Cricket Team debut in a one-day international and a test match.
Brian McMillan’s primary responsibility with the squad is to play the role of a batsman. He is an accomplished right-handed batsman who has amassed many runs for his teams in domestic and international cricket competitions. In addition, he bowls with his right arm using a medium to fast pace and can bowl with some spin on the ball. He is an exceptional fielder capable of fielding in any position on the ground. Both his ground fielding and his catching are strong points for him. He is an all-around solid athlete. In one-day internationals (ODIs), Twenty20 matches (T20s), and test matches (Tests), Brian McMillan is a member of the South African national cricket team. During domestic cricket competitions, he plays for South Africa and Transvaal, Warwickshire, and Western Province teams.
Brian McMillan Biography:
- Real Name: Brian Mervin McMillan
- Other/Nickname: McMillan
- Profession: South African Cricketer
- Famous for: All-rounder Player
- Batting Style: Right-Handed
- Bowling Style: Right-arm medium fast
- Best Performance: 4/32 South Africa v India at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth on Dec 9, 1992
- Brian McMillan Net Worth: $1 – $5 million
- Salary: Unknown
- Height: 6′ 4″
Brian McMillan Personal Life:
- Date Of Birth: Dec 22, 1963
- Place Of Birth: Welkom, Orange Free State
- Nationality: South African
- Hometown: Welkom, Orange Free State
Brian McMillan Family Statistics:
- Marital Status: Married
- Brian McMillan Wife: Ashley
- Brian McMillan Children: Two children
- Parents: Unknown
- Siblings: Unknown
- Religion: Unknown
- Other Hobbies: Golf and Fishing
Brian McMillan Career Statistics:
- Test Debut: vs. India at Kingsmead, Nov 13, 1992
- ODI Debut: vs. India at Eden Gardens, Nov 10, 1991
Brian McMillan Achievements:
- Brain McMillan has three Test centuries and one ODI century.
- He was awarded Man of the Match three times during his ODI career.
- During his 16-year first-class career, he played a total of 155 matches and got 310 wickets at a bowling average of 28.8.
- He scored 7898 runs and had the best bowling figure of 5/35.
- He scored 78 runs at Headingley and 93 runs at the Oval during South Africa’s 1994 tour of England.
- In the 1994–95 season, he scored 113 runs (a superb hundred) and grabbed 4 wickets against Pakistan in Johannesburg.
Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Brian McMillan:
- McMillan has also worked as a professor at a Durban institution of higher learning. In his current role, he leads a Cape Town-based office automation company.
- “We needed Big Mac,” the West Indies fast bowler injured before the visit, devastated South Africa in an epic battle in Bridgetown in 1991–1992. This was the first assessment by South Africa’s captain, Kepler Wessels.
- Brian McMillan was considered the best all-around player at his position in the mid-1990s. Thus, in 1991 and 1996, he was named South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year, the highest honour bestowed by the country’s cricketing community.
- In the 1992 World Cup semi-final versus England, South Africa won when the rain started. If the rain hadn’t ruined crucial overs, McMillan‘s 21 not out and 1-47 would have won the match.
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