Keith Miller: Australia ke bebaak all-rounder

Dosri alami jang ke baad ke barson mein Cricket ke maidanon ko agar kisi ek khilari ne sab se zyada raunaq bakhshi to woh Australia ke Keith Miller (Keith Miller) the. Woh ek hi innings ya ek hi spell se match ka pansa palat sakte the. Unhon ne 55 Test matchon mein 36.97 ki ausat se 2958 runs banaye aur 22.97 ki ausat se 170 wicketein lein¹. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq woh Australia ke behtareen all-rounder aur dunya ke behtareen all-rounders mein se ek the².

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aghaz

Keith Ross Miller 28 November 1919 ko Melbourne ke ilaqe Sunshine mein paida hue. Un ka naam do mashhoor Australian hawabazon, Keith aur Ross Smith, ke naam par rakha gaya tha, aur sathi unhein "Nugget" (Nugget) kehte the³. Woh dayen hath se batting aur dayen hath se tez bowling karte the².

Australia mein domestic Cricket riyasti teemon ke darmiyan kheli jati hai. Miller ne ibtida ek balle baaz ke taur par ki: 1937-38 mein Victoria ki taraf se Tasmania ke khilaf Melbourne mein apne pehle first-class match mein unhon ne 181 runs banaye. Dosri alami jang mein woh larakoo tayyare ke pilot rahe. 1945 mein Lord’s mein pehle "Victory Test" mein un ke 105 runs ne International Cricket ki tawajjoh un ki taraf mabzool karayi. Baad mein woh New South Wales ki taraf se bhi khele².

29 March 1946 ko Wellington mein New Zealand ke khilaf pehle Test mein unhon ne 30 runs banaye aur 6 overs mein sirf 6 runs de kar 2 wicketein lein¹.

Gend aur balle se match jitane wala

November 1946 mein Brisbane mein England ke khilaf Ashes Test mein unhon ne pehle 79 runs banaye aur phir 60 runs de kar 7 wicketein lein, jo un ke career ki behtareen bowling hai. Isi series mein Adelaide mein 141 runs not out banaye¹.

Don Bradman ki team ko Miller ki zarurat balle baaz se zyada bowler ke taur par thi. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq woh Ray Lindwall (Ray Lindwall) ke behtareen sathi the: Lindwall ki hamwar aur tez gendon ke sath Miller mukhtasar run up se aate, magar jab chahte bijli jaisi tez gend phenk dete, ya kabhi leg spin, yorker ya bouncer². ICC ke mutabiq nayi gend ke sath Lindwall aur Miller ki jodi Test tareekh mein mashhoor hai³.

1948 ke daura-e-England par Nottingham Test mein zyada bouncer phenkne par tamashaiyon ne un ke khilaf awazein kasin to woh maidan mein baith gaye aur shor thamne ka intezar kiya. Isi Test mein unhon ne 125 runs de kar 4 wicketein lein¹. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq is poore daure mein woh kamar ki taklif mein mubtila rahe, phir bhi bowling karte rahe. Isi daure mein Southend mein Australia ne Essex ke khilaf ek din mein 721 runs banaye; aise yak tarfa muqabile mein dilchaspi na rakhte hue Miller pehli hi gend par ek taraf hat gaye aur bowled ho gaye².

January 1951 mein Sydney Test mein unhon ne England ke khilaf 37 runs de kar 4 wicketein lein aur 145 runs not out banaye. 1951-52 mein West Indies ke khilaf Sydney mein 129 runs banaye aur Melbourne mein 60 runs de kar 5 aur Sydney mein 26 runs de kar 5 wicketein lein¹. West Indies ke captain John Goddard (John Goddard) ne ek baar kaha tha ke Keith Miller hamein de do to hum dunya ko hara dein².

West Indies 1955 aur Lord’s 1956

1955 ka daura-e-West Indies un ki batting ka urooj tha. Unhon ne Kingston mein 147, Bridgetown mein 137 aur phir Kingston mein 109 runs banaye; series ke isi akhri Test mein 107 runs de kar 6 wicketein bhi lein¹.

1956 mein, apne teesre aur akhri daura-e-England par, woh 37 baras ke qareeb the aur zyada bowling na karne ki umeed rakhte the. Lekin Lord’s Test se Lindwall bahar ho gaye aur un ki jagah aane wale Pat Crawford (Pat Crawford) apne panchwen over mein zakhmi ho gaye. Miller ne sara bojh uthaya: pehli innings mein 34.1 overs mein 72 runs de kar 5 aur dosri innings mein 36 overs mein 80 runs de kar 5 wicketein lein. Yun match mein 152 runs ke awaz 10 wicketein hueen, jo un ke career mein ek Test ki behtareen bowling hai. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq yeh is series mein Australia ki wahid fatah thi. 1953 mein woh Lord’s mein 109 runs bana chuke the, aur isi wajah se woh un teen mehman khilariyon mein shamil hain jin ke naam Lord’s mein batting aur bowling dono azazi boards par hain; baqi do Gary Sobers aur Vinoo Mankad hain¹².

Un ka akhri Test 11 October 1956 ko Karachi mein Pakistan ke khilaf shuru hua, jis mein unhon ne 21 aur 11 runs banaye aur 40 runs de kar 2 wicketein lein¹.

Aadad o shumar

Makhaz: ESPNcricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Miller ki 7 Test centuries mein se 3 England aur 4 West Indies ke khilaf theen¹. Unhon ne kabhi Australia ki captaini nahin ki, albatta ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq New South Wales ki qiyadat mein unhon ne mutasir kun karkardagi dikhai. Retirement ke baad woh sahafi aur column nigar ke taur par Cricket se wabasta rahe².

11 October 2004 ko Melbourne ke qareeb Mornington Peninsula mein un ka intiqal hua. Mashhoor likhari Neville Cardus (Neville Cardus) ne unhein "apne kamal par pahuncha hua Australian" kaha tha². 2009 mein ICC ne unhein Cricket Hall of Fame mein shamil kiya³. Ek aisa khilari jo subah century bana sakta tha aur sham ko harif ki batting bikher sakta tha, Keith Miller Australian Cricket ki tareekh mein all-rounder ki sab se roshan misal hain.