David Miller holds an international cricket record he would prefer not to have.No one has played more international cricket without playing in a Test match than Miller.The hard-hitting left-hander has played in 274 white-ball internationals.
The nearest contender for the non-Test record is retired West Indian Kieron Pollard on 224."I would have loved to play a Test, but it is what it is," says Miller, 34."I've achieved quite a lot in my white-ball stuff and I'm grateful to have played so many games."READ | Maverick De Kock set for international farewell at World Cup: 'I'd like to tick off an ICC event'Miller has built a solid first-class record, averaging 36.32 in 63 matches, with six centuries, which he backed up with electrifying fielding.
But it was a time of plenty in a South African Test batting line-up which included Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, while white-ball cricket was becoming ever more prevalent - and lucrative.In 2018, nearing his 30th birthday, he retired from first-class cricket."I wasn't being picked, even for the South Africa A side.
There were guys ahead of me so I decided to concentrate on the white-ball stuff."He is in demand from franchises around the world - playing for 22 different representative teams - and a crowd favourite in South Africa where supporters wave banners proclaiming 'Killer Miller' and 'It's Miller Time'.He is one of only four players who has scored more than 3 000 runs in one-day internationals with an average above 40 and a strike rate above 100.