Full Name : Nikita O'Brien Miller
Date of Birth : 16 May 1982
place of Birth : St Elizabeth, Jamaica
Batting Style : Right-Hand
Bowling Style : Slow Left-Arm Orthodox
Role : Spin Bowler
Nikita O'Brien Miller is a West Indian cricketer who plays international cricket for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Jamaica. Nikita Miller is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and lower-order batsman. Nikita Miller was the leading wicket taker in the 2007–08 Carib Beer Challenge and in June 2008 he won his first one day international cap with the West Indies.
Career
Miller made his debut for Jamaica in the 2004–05 season. Nikita Miller plays for his club side Melbourne in the country's domestic league.
In the 2007–08 Carib Beer Challenge he was the leading wicket taker in the competition, taking 42 wickets in six games.In the final game of the regular season he took 4 wickets for 6 runs against the Windward Islands as Jamaica won to win the league.
In doing so they reached the 2007–08 final, in which they faced Trinidad and Tobago. Having never previously taken a five wickets in innings, Miller took 5 for 29 in the first innings. Nikita Miller followed this with 5 for 92 in the second innings, with Jamaica going on to win by 9 wickets.
Subsequent to end of the West Indies domestic season, Australia toured the Caribbean. Having not been selected for either the Test series or the initial or the first three ODIs, Miller was "surprised" to be one of three new players called up for the final two ODIs in St Kitts.The West Indies had already lost the series 3–0.
Nikita Miller made his West Indian debut on 4 July 2008, his first international wicket coming when he dismissed Michael Clarke lbw. Nikita Miller finished with figures of 1 for 19 as the West Indies lost by 1 run. Two days later, in the final ODI of the series, he took 1 for 38, dismissing Luke Ronchi. Nikita Miller was selected for the 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Canada later that year, and took 3 for 19 against Bermuda, before taking 2 for 18 as the West Indies beat Canada in the final.
Miller made his Test debut on 9 July 2009. Nikita Miller was part of an understrength team fielded by the West Indies against Bangladesh; the 15-man squad included nine uncapped players. Including Miller, seven West Indies players made their debut and the side was captained by Floyd Reifer who had played the last of his four Tests ten years earlier. The first XI had made themselves unavailable due to a pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.
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