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Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season
During the 1946–47 Australian cricket season, all rounder Keith Miller represented Victoria and Australia. A 27-year-old right-handed batsman and fast bowler, Miller played in all five Tests against England, performing well with both bat and ball. He finished top of the Australian Test bowling averages, taking 16 wickets at 20.88, and was second in the batting averages, scoring 384 runs at 76.80. On his Ashes debut in the First Test in Brisbane, Miller scored 79 before taking match bowling figures of 9 wickets for 77 runs (9/77) in Australia's innings victory. In the Fourth Test, played at the Adelaide Oval, Miller broke through for his first Test century, scoring an unbeaten 141. A middle-order batsman and right-arm opening bowler, Miller finished the Test series as Australia's joint leading wicket-taker, along with his new ball partner Ray Lindwall, as Australia won the series 3–0.
Miller also played a key role in Victoria's Sheffield Shield triumph, scoring 667 runs for the State in four matches, all of which were won, at an average of 133.40. Miller scored 188 against South Australia, before making 153 and 206 not out, both at high tempo as Victoria twice defeated arch-rivals New South Wales.
Off the field, Miller was dogged by speculation as to whether he would honour a contract he had signed with Rawtenstall Cricket Club in the English Lancashire League, which would have ended his Test career. Miller resolved that he would remain in Australia, and accepted a job offer in New South Wales, but kept his decision private.
==Background==
Miller had made his first-class debut for Victoria before World War II as a specialist batsman not known for aggressive play.〔Perry, pp. 36–46.〕〔Whitington, pp. 49–50.〕 After the outbreak of war, Miller was deployed to England as a Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot, flying in combat missions. While playing for military teams, he began to bowl more often,〔Perry, pp. 75–90.〕〔Whitington, pp. 59–60.〕 and was selected for Australian Services cricket team, a military outfit, to play in the Victory Tests against a full-strength England.〔Perry, pp. 100–105.〕〔Whitington, pp. 62–65.〕 During this series, Miller gained prominence with a series of hard-hitting displays and some rapid fast bowling against established Test batsmen such as Len Hutton. Miller topped the batting averages and took ten wickets and was hailed for his attacking play.〔Perry, pp. 120–135.〕〔Whitington, pp. 65–80.〕 He went on to make his Test debut in March 1946 in a one-off match against New Zealand, but this fixture was not given Test status until 1948.〔Perry, pp. 168–170.〕 The 1946–47 Test series against the touring Englishmen would be his first against a major team, and Miller was expected to play a prominent role with both bat and ball, especially in countering the visitors' powerful batting.〔Perry, pp. 170–185.〕〔Whitington, pp. 110–114.〕
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