Donovan Miller (born 14 January 1979) is a Jamaican-born former cricketer and current cricket coach. He represented

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before moving to the UK, where he played 2nd XI cricket for

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, and minor county cricket for

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. He played a role assisting Essex during the

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and

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campaigns, before commencing various roles for T20 franchises around the world. He was also part of the support staff for

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-winning campaign in

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, as well as

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series that followed later that summer.

Caribbean Premier League

He was a part of the coaching staff for the

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franchise in their CPL-winning

season. He was then head coach of the

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for the

(in which they finished runners-up), and

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(in which they finished 3rd) seasons, before returning to the Tallawahs as head coach in

. He is currently the assistant coach to

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for the

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, who finished as runners-up in the 2020 season.

Other Franchise Tournaments

Miller has also seen success in the

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tournament as head coach of the Vancouver Knights team. In the tournament's first edition in

, the Knights were victorious in the final against the Cricket West Indies team. The team then narrowly failed to defend their title the

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, losing the final in a

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to the Winnipeg Hawks. He was part of the coaching staff for the title-winning Jozi Stars in the inaugural season of the

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, before being named head coach of the franchise for their

season; this made him the only non-South African head coach in the competition. In the

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edition of the

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, he was the bowling coach for

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