Tymal Mills

Tymal Solomon Mills (born 12 August 1992) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex.

Tymal Mills

Mills playing for Essex County Cricket Club
Personal information
Full name	Tymal Solomon Mills
Born	12 August 1992 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National sides	England World XI
T20I debut (cap 77/19)	5 July 2016  England v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	31 May 2018  World XI v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	72
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010–2013; 2018–2019	Suffolk
2011–2014	Essex (squad no. 5)
2015–present	Sussex (squad no. 7)
2016	Chittagong Vikings
2016/17	Auckland
2017	Quetta Gladiators
2016/17	Brisbane Heat
2017	Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 56)
2017/18	Hobart Hurricanes
2018	Karachi Kings
2018	Kandahar Kings
2019	Peshawar Zalmi
2020	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 5 32 23 123 Runs scored 0 260 7 65 Batting average 0.00 11.30 1.75 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0 31* 3* 10 Balls bowled 114 3,531 790 2,549 Wickets 3 55 22 131 Bowling average 43.00 36.50 35.77 25.44 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/27 4/25 3/23 4/22 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 3/– 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 October 2020

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.

Other

In 2020, Mills featured as an "Ace" player in the Ultimate Kricket Challenge.

Overseas

Pakistan Super League

Since 2016, Mills has played for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League.[2][3] In 2018, he got a contract from Karachi Kings. In 2019, he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi. In 2020, he was picked by Quetta Gladiators again.

Indian Premier League

In February 2017, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for ₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore, US$1.9 million or £1.5 million in 2019). This made him the second highest-paid foreign player in the IPL behind Ben Stokes, who receives ₹14.5 crore (equivalent to ₹16 crore, US$2.3 million or £1.8 million in 2019).[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]

Ventures outside cricket

Pace Journal

In May 2020, Mills joined Pace Journal as an official partner.[9][10] Pace Journal is a platform which inspires, educates, and entertains fast bowlers and cricket fans around the world. Speaking on his involvement, Mills stated that he had been following the channel for a while and the consistency and quality of content they produce gave him a lot of faith in their vision. He added that the prospect of being involved in a project which helps in giving back to the game, as well as supporting upcoming cricketers, is of huge interest to him.[11] [12]

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.[13]

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.

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://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/tymal-mills-joins-pace-journal. Sussex Cricket. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
10. https://thepacejournal.com/story. Pace Journal. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
11. https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/113105/uncertain-times-for-t20-specialists-tymal-mills-cricket-cricbuzzcom. Cricbuzz. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
12. https://www.cricketworld.com/5-questions-with-cricket-world-hopeful-that-we-can-find-a-way-to-get-the-blast-this-year-tymal-mills/63573.htm. Cricket World. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
13. "Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jul 5, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links

• Tymal Mills at ESPNcricinfo