Ranking top 5 finishers at the moment in international cricket

3. David Miller

‘Killer Miller’ the name given to David Miller, by the cricketing community tells a lot about his style of play when he is the field. When he has the piece of willow in his hand owing to the intensity of his style of play, it feels as if one is watching a Spartan soldier, swinging his sword with his full strength.

Since his debut, the southpaw has established his reputation in white-ball cricket for South Africa and has time and again prove the catchphrase, “If it’s in the V, it’s in the tree; if it’s in the arc, it’s out the park”, which he popularised himself, right. His numbers across formats give the true essence of his exploits in international cricket while lurking around the latter half of the South African batting order and feasting on the balls in the death overs.

In his 114 ODI innings, Miller has scored 3231 runs, at an average of 40.39 and a strike rate of 100.62, which is not at all bad. T20I cricket has also seen a great exhibition of Miller’s abilities. The 30-year-old had played 68 innings for South Africa in T20Is and has scored 1409 runs while maintaining a strike rate of 138.41.

Miller has no doubt made his stay in the South African team worth, but he has also time and again garnered some unwanted criticism, which he has done a good job of ignoring and doing what he does the best, that is, to hit the ball and score runs. While he may not be able to hit the ball for a maximum from his first delivery, but once he gets his eyes set, stopping the flow of runs becomes a tough task.