Craig Douglas McMillan was born on 13 September 1976 and is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer who played all forms of the game.
20 Facts About Craig McMillan
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Craig McMillan was a right-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler and played for Canterbury in New Zealand first-class cricket.
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Craig McMillan played English county cricket for Hampshire and Gloucestershire.
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Craig McMillan was the New Zealand batting coach and has had stints in the media as a commentator for Sky Network Television and the Indian Premier League and Star Cricket.
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Craig McMillan's batting is often characterised by innovation and improvisation, notably with a "square on" stance, which he sometimes uses in One-day Internationals when he is premeditating a big hit to the legside.
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Craig McMillan's teammates call him "Gladiator" because of his resemblance to actor Russell Crowe especially his appearance in the movie Gladiator.
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Craig McMillan made his Test debut in 1997 against world champions Australia aged 22.
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Craig McMillan had previously shared the record for the fastest one day international fifty by a New Zealander, with a 21 ball effort against the USA.
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Craig McMillan's cameo included two separate overs of 27 runs with his partner Nathan Astle.
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Craig McMillan finished the year with just 282 runs at 23.50 from his 8 Tests.
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Craig McMillan had a tour of England in 2004 where he broke his finger in a tour match against Leicestershire after a poor 1st Test.
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Craig McMillan incurred criticism, along with fellow Black Caps Nathan Astle, Hamish Marshall and James Marshall, from the media for a slump in form.
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Craig McMillan was dropped from the national squad to play Sri Lanka in a one-day series in December 2005 and January 2006.
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Craig McMillan returned to the domestic setup and piled on the runs for Canterbury thus keeping his name in the selectors minds.
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Craig McMillan sparkled in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa.
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Craig McMillan did enough to earn selection for the Commonwealth Bank ODI series in Australia.
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Craig McMillan announced his retirement on 17 October 2007 after a Twenty20 tournament wherein he was New Zealand's leading run-scorer with 163 runs at an average of 40.75 and a strike-rate of 181.
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Craig McMillan is often criticised for his weight and lack of fitness, and he has often been involved in verbal confrontations with opposition fielders, only to lose his concentration and lose his wicket soon after.
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Craig McMillan was famously dismissed the ball after he was recorded by the stump microphone at Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist after being baited for having edged a ball and refused to walk, when the umpire was oblivious to the nick.
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Craig McMillan had joined the Indian Cricket League, and was the captain of the Kolkata Tigers until the eventual disbanding of the league.