Hall of Fame Number: 012
Inducted: September 2019 at the BCEW David Townley Memorial Twenty20 Cup Finals Day
Inducted as: Player & Official
England Cap Number: 9
Miles enjoyed a decade long international career, starting in England VI’s first ever match, that included playing in England’s victorious team for the first two Ashes series and winning the bronze medal at three World Cups.
Miles held the post of International Secretary for British Blind Sport Cricket & secured grounds such as the Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove & Worcestershire’s New Road County Ground for England VI matches.
After briefly continuing in this role for Blind Cricket England & Wales Miles moved on to the post of Fundraising & Publicity Director. He also along with Tim Guttridge & Geoff Smith helped draw up the initial governing documents for BCEW.
In the domestic game Miles represented New College Worcester who he captained for a season, White Rose, Eastern Vipers & Sussex Sharks. He won multiple Primary Club Cups as well as the National League title & helped Sussex win their first ever trophy at the 2010 Primary Club Cup Final.
A B1 totally blind player Miles was a genuine all rounder, he was best known as a batsman but was also a terrific catcher & a very accurate bowler.
After his induction Miles commented:
“It feels strange cricket thanking me, when it should be me thanking cricket for all the fantastic opportunities, not to mention fun and laughs it has given me over the last 30 years. I would like to thank New College Worcester and specifically Clive Spencer, my old PE teacher, for giving me my first opportunity to play competitive cricket.
“I would also like to thank British Blind Sport for arranging the annual knockout cup which is the longest running annual disability cricket competition in the world, in which I first played when I was 15. I would also like to thank them for giving me my first committee position and giving me a taste of and insight in to the massive amount of organisational work that goes on behind the scenes.
“I would further like to thank BCEW and the world Blind Cricket Council for allowing me to continue and develop my off the field work. It is the experience I gathered fundraising and event organising with BBS, BCEW, WBCC and the ECB that enabled me to successfully apply for my current Job fundraising for guide dogs.
“On the field it has been my great pleasure to play for and captain new college Worcester in my time there, and then for White Rose, Eastern Vipers and
Sussex Sharks. In this time I also had the honour and privilege of playing for my country for 10 years from 1998 to 2008. Those 10 years included three
world cups and two victorious Ashes series’. Thanks to Cricket I have had the opportunity to see places in the world that in all likelihood I would never have seen without it. I have travelled to the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Australia.
“I owe so much to Cricket and all the organisational bodies behind it in so many ways. I have made so many fantastic friends two of the best of which, David Townley and Heindrich Swanepoel sadly are no longer with us but are with me always. So thank you, thank you, thank you to the current BCEW committee for honouring me in this way, but truly, the honour and the thanks are all mine.”