Tymal Mills
Tymal Mills
Full name: Tymal Solomon Mills
Born/Date of Birthday: 12 August 1992
Place of Birth: Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting: Right-handed
Bowling: Left-arm fast
Role: Bowler
International information
National sides: England (2016–present)
World XI (2018)
T20I debut (cap 77/19) : 5 July 2016
England v Sri Lanka
England v West Indies
T20I shirt no. 72
Domestic team information
2010–2013; 2018–2019: Suffolk
2011–2014: Essex
2015–present: Sussex
2016: Chittagong Vikings
2016/17: Auckland
2017, 2020: Quetta Gladiators
2016/17: Brisbane Heat
2017: Royal Challengers Bangalore
2017/18: Hobart Hurricanes
2018: Karachi Kings
2018: Kandahar Knights
2019: Peshawar Zalmi
2021: Southern Brave
2021/22: Perth Scorchers
2022-: Mumbai Indians
Tymal Solomon Mills (born 12 August 1992) is an English international cricketer who currently plays internationally for England and domestically for Sussex. He is a left-handed fast bowler and a right-handed batsman who plays mainly as a bowler. He made his international debut for England in July 2016.
Early life
Mills was born on 12 August 1992 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Mildenhall College of Technology in Mildenhall, Suffolk and played for Mildenhall Cricket Club. Mills studied sports journalism at the University of East London, before leaving to pursue a career in cricket.
Domestic career
Essex
Mills made his first-class debut for Essex against the Sri Lankans in the tourist match of 2011 at Chelmsford. He made his Championship debut against Leicestershire at Grace Road in July 2011. His figures in the first-innings were 0–51, but in the second innings, he took 3–48. During the winter of 2011, Tymal Mills was named on the England Performance Programme (EPP). He began with training at Loughborough as well as camps in North Wales and with the Greater Manchester Fire Department. Mills then went to Potchefstroom, South Africa for three weeks in November on a specialist fast bowling programme. On Friday 16 December, Mills was a surprise inclusion in the 16 man England Lions squad. In 2012 Mills took 5 List A wickets and average of 58.60. He performed better in the Championship, taking 14 wickets at an average of 30.35. In 2013, his form in List A cricket improved, as he took ten wickets at an average of 23.30. However, he failed to kick on in the Championship, taking 11 wickets, three less than the previous season. His performances for Essex earned him another place on an England performance programme, and he took six wickets for the Lions on their tour of Sri Lanka.
Sussex
In 2014, Mills joined Sussex. He took wickets at an average of 20 in the English T20 competition, and his pace ensured he continued to stand out. He also bowled in the First division of the County Championship for the first time, taking 14 wickets at an average of just below 35. In 2015, he was diagnosed with a congenital back condition and as a result, took time out of playing red-ball cricket. He continued to play T20 cricket and took 19 wickets at an average of 18.84.
Overseas leagues
Pakistan Super League
From 2016, Mills played for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League before signing with Karachi Kings in 2018. In 2019, he was picked by Peshawar Zalmi before returning to Quetta for the 2020 season.
Indian Premier League
In February 2017, Mills was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2017 Indian Premier League for ₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹14 crore, US$1.9 million or £1.4 million in 2020). This made him the second highest-paid overseas player in the 2017 IPL behind Ben Stokes. In February 2022, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.
Other T20 franchise cricket
In September 2018, Mills was named in Kandahar's squad in the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.
Mills featured in the first edition of 'The Hundred', a 100 ball cricket competition for the 'Southern Brave'. The Southern Brave won the first cup/title of 'The Hundred' by beating Birmingham Phoenix in the finals.
International career
On 5 July 2016, Mills made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for England against Sri Lanka, taking figures of 0-22 as England won by eight wickets.
Mills was selected for the T20I series against India in January 2017. He took 1-27 in the first game as England recorded a seven-wicket victory. In the second match, he took figures of 1-36 as India made 144/8, which proved to be a winning score for India. In the final match of the series, he took figures of 1-31 and was then dismissed for a duck as England lost by 75 runs.
In September 2021, Mills was named in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Mills made his international comeback for England after 5 years in their first match of the World Cup against West Indies and took 2-17 from his 4 overs.
Personal life
Mills was diagnosed with a congenital back condition in 2015. He spent three months of the winter of 2020/21 recovering from a stress fracture and had to wear a back brace.