BattingRight Handed Bat
BowlingLeft-arm fast
BornAugust 12, 1992 (33 years)
BirthplaceDewsbury, Yorkshire
TeamsEngland, England U19, Essex, Sussex, England Lions, Chittagong Vikings, Auckland, Brisbane Heat, Quetta Gladiators, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Hobart Hurricanes, Karachi Kings, World XI, Kandahar Knights, Rajputs, Edinburgh Rocks, Deccan Gladiators, Peshawar Zalmi, Southern Brave, Perth Scorchers, Mumbai Indians, Team Abu Dhabi, Desert Vipers, Bulawayo Brave Jaguars, Islamabad United, UP Nawabs, Colombo Jaguars, Gulf Giants, Saint Lucia Kings, Dubai Capitals, Aspin Stallions, Pretoria Capitals, London Spirit
Biography
What's cricket without pace bowling? Talk about pace. Sheer pace. Tymal Solomon Mills is your man if you're fan of fast bowling in a game that evokes acres of emotions in the blink of an eye. Not many heard, not many witnessed, not many acknowledged of what Mills was capable of. Not until he knocked the leg peg of Chris Gayle - the world boss - with a 93mph thunderbolt in a Natwest T20 game. Born in Tuddenham, a place that barely beams on the world map, Mills is now a millionaire. Yes, officially. <br/> <br/> It was a touching story. It really is. The journey from being a raw, erratic bowler to earning a contract with one of the richest sport leagues going around. Tymal Mills didn't choose cricket. It's the other way around. Was introduced to the sport by a family friend when he was 13, and soon fell in love with bowling. He was an intimidating figure, of course, for his lethal pace during his grade cricket. Some lads just refused to play against him. What crime did Mills commit? Bowling pace at full-throttle. <br/> <br/> Mills was captained by Richard Cross at Tuddenham. In an interview with The Telegraph, Cross described Mills' early days as 'raw' A fitting testimony to Mills' pace would be this: 'My dad used to say you should have all 10 fielders behind the wicket for Tymal with two third men because people were not going to hit him in front of the bat because he was too quick,' Cross said. <br/> <br/> Like many young talents, Mills took his own, sweet while to tick all the boxes to justify his fuzzy fame. After a mix of wayward and inconsistent stints during his early days, Mills gave up journalism to pursue a career in cricket at Essex by the age of 19. He made steady progress at the academy which helped him represent England U-19, before his championship debut, which came in 2011. <br/> <br/> During 2013-14 Ashes, when Mitchell Johnson was tormenting England, a few fanatics suggested the inclusion of a certain Tymal Mills, in a bid to fight fire with fire.
