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Full name Brian Mervin McMillan
Born December 22, 1963, Welkom, Orange Free State
Current age 44 years 298 days
Major teams South Africa,Transvaal,Warwickshire,Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
38
62
12
1968
113
39.36
4592
42.85
3
13
206
11
49
0
ODIs
78
52
16
841
127
23.36
1147
73.32
1
0
55
7
42
0
First-class
155
245
41
7898
140
38.71
14
46
166
0
List A
219
173
45
3738
135
29.20
3
15
98
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
38
64
6048
2537
75
4/65
7/117
33.82
2.51
80.6
2
0
0
ODIs
78
75
3623
2589
70
4/32
4/32
36.98
4.28
51.7
1
0
0
First-class
155
20528
9074
310
5/35
29.27
2.65
66.2
4
0
List A
219
9266
6290
201
4/23
4/23
31.29
4.07
46.0
5
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v India at Durban, Nov 13-17, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
England v South Africa at Leeds, Aug 6-10, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 10, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Jan 27, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1984/85 - 1999/00
List A span
1985/86 - 1999/00
Profile
Brian McMillan was the South African team's big brother, in the most positive
sense. Whether they needed a wicket, some steely batting or a verbal missile, the job invariably fell to him. Indeed, Kepler Wessels's first observation as he surveyed the wreckage of South Africa's return to the Test arena after an epic match at Bridgetown in 1991-92, was, "We needed Big Mac," who was injured before the tour. McMillan obtained unsettling bounce with his thudding medium-pace and, while he seldom used the power locked in his hulking frame, a sound defensive technique and cool head served him well and earned him occasional promotion to the top order. He was an astonishingly agile slip fielder for a man of his bulk, and he had the highest percentage of catches per Test in South Africa's history. He was rated by many as the best allrounder in the world in the mid-1990s.
Neil Manthorp
Notes
Western Province debut 1989-90 Transvaal 1985-86 to 1988-89 Transvaal B 1984-85 to 1985-86 Warwickshire 1986 Education: Carleton Jones HS, Wits Univ
