Craig Neil Miles (born 20 July 1994) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for

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against

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in May 2011. In doing so, at 16, he became the fourth youngest player to represent Gloucestershire in a first-class match. Miles signed a three-year contract for Gloucestershire in November 2010, but did not become a full-time professional player until 2013. He was born at Swindon in

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and studied at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.

County career

Miles made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in May 2011 against

as a 16-year-old. In the first innings Miles bowled 19 overs for 80 runs also gaining two wickets. His debut first-class victim was Alex Wakely who was caught by Chris Taylor for 32. He made 19 runs in the Gloucestershire innings from 66 including 2 fours, whilst in the second innings he scored 5 in a heavy innings and 6 runs defeat. Miles made his List A debut against

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in July 2011. He bowled 7 overs with figures of 2 wickets for 32 runs as Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets. Miles also played in the following game against

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, however bowled just 4 overs and went for 31 runs.

References

External links

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Craig Miles Gloucestershire Profile
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