Natasha Miles

{{short description|Hong Kong cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use British English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Natasha Miles | female = true | image = | alt = | caption = | fullname = Natasha Tara Miles | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|10|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightcm = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = All-rounder | family =

| international = true | country = Hong Kong | internationalspan = 2021–present

| club1 = Surrey | year1 = 2007–2009 | club2 = Middlesex | year2 = 2010–present | club3 = Otago | year3 = {{nowrap|2010/11–2011/12}} | club4 = Lancashire Thunder | year4 = 2016–2018

| columns = 3

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135014/135014.html CricketArchive | date = 23 October | year = 2023 }} '''Natasha Tara Miles''' (born 19 October 1988) is a British Hong Kong cricketer who plays for the Hong Kong women's national cricket team and Middlesex in English county cricket. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Surrey and Otago, as well as Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League. She first played for Hong Kong in 2006, and made her Twenty20 International debut in 2021.

==Early life== Miles was born on 19 October 1988 in Hong Kong.<ref name="CAprof">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135014/135014.html|title=Player Profile: Natasha Miles|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> She is the daughter of Rodney and Anita Wu Mui Chu Miles.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hkcricket.org/zh/news/hkca-saddened-by-passing-of-hong-kong-cricket-stalwart-anita-miles|title=HKCA saddened by passing of Hong Kong cricket stalwart Anita Miles|date=30 May 2015|access-date=12 September 2023|publisher=Cricket Hong Kong|first=Mike|last=Walsh}}</ref>

Miles grew up in Hong Kong where she attended Island School. Her father, an Englishman, established a cosmetics firm in Hong Kong and served as president of the Hong Kong Cricket Association. Her Chinese mother was a pioneer of women's cricket in Hong Kong, helping establish the national women's league in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/659515/cricket-better-shopping-miles|title=Cricket better than shopping by Miles|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=9 November 2008|first=Robby|last=Nimmo}}</ref><ref name=dansinghani>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3230162/hong-kong-cricket-star-natasha-miles-follows-mothers-footsteps-honouring-her-trailblazing-legacy|title=Hong Kong cricket star Natasha Miles follows in mother's footsteps, honouring her trailblazing legacy in women's cricket|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=7 August 2023|access-date=12 September 2023|first=Jay|last=Dansinghani}}</ref>

==Domestic career== ===Hong Kong=== Miles began playing in men's leagues in Hong Kong at the age of 15, representing Craigengower Cricket Club (CCC) and Nomads.<ref name="Cricprof">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/260142.html|title=Player Profile: Natasha Miles|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> During the 2005-06 season, she took 6/53 for CCC in the final of the HKCA Saturday League and also became the first woman to play in the Sunday Cup.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/natasha-miles-claims-six-wickets-in-final-saturday-league-match-of-the-season-club-teams-dominate-sunday-cup-competition-239751|title=Natasha Miles claims six wickets in final Saturday League match of the season; Club teams dominate Sunday Cup competition|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=6 March 2006|access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref>

===County cricket=== Miles made her county debut in 2007, for Surrey against Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/122/122453.html|title=Somerset Women v Surrey Women, 19 May 2007|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> Overall that season she took 5 wickets at an average of 20.40.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/6/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2007/Surrey_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Surrey Women/LV Women's County Championship 2007|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In 2009, she took 7 wickets in the County Championship, as well as helping Surrey win the inaugural Twenty20 Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/11/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2009/Surrey_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Surrey Women/LV Women's County Championship 2009|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/12/Womens_County_Twenty20_2009.html |title=Women's County Twenty20 2009 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=1 April 2021}}</ref>

In 2010, Miles moved to Middlesex. She hit her maiden county half-century that season, scoring 50 against Worcestershire, as well as taking 13 wickets at an average of 18.07 in the County Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/276/276297.html|title=Middlesex Women v Worcestershire Women, 29 August 2010|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/13/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2010/Middlesex_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Middlesex Women/LV Women's County Championship 2010|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> She took her maiden five-wicket haul the following season, with 5/31 Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/313/313889.html|title=Yorkshire Women v Middlesex Women, 7 August 2011|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In 2013, Miles was Middlesex's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 317 runs including her maiden county century, scoring 100 against Kent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2013/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/LV Women's County Championship 2013|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/474/474207.html|title=Kent Women v Middlesex Women, 5 May 2013|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> The following season, she was her side's leading run-scorer in both competitions, with 247 runs in the County Championship and 166 in the Twenty20 Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2014/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/LV Women's County Championship 2014|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2014/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> Miles played primarily as a batter over subsequent seasons, and consistently scored over 100 runs a season in the County Championship, as well as helping her side win the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup.<ref name="ListA">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135014/Womens_List_A_Matches.html|title=Women's List A Matches played by Natasha Miles|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/76652 |title=ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=2 April 2021}}</ref> She played eight matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 51 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref> She played four matches in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 151 runs including two half-centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2022/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> She has also captained Middlesex in 13 T20s between 2017 and 2022.<ref name="T20">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135014/Womens_Twenty20_Matches.html|title=Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Natasha Miles|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

===Kia Super League=== Miles played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2018. She played 7 matches in 2016 and 2017, scoring 7 runs and taking 3 catches.<ref name="CAprof"/>

===Other domestic cricket=== Miles played for Otago in the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. She was the joint-leading wicket-taker across the whole tournament in the Twenty20 competition in 2010–11, with 14 wickets at an average of 14.64.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/13/Action_Cricket_Twenty20_2010-11/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|title=Bowling in Action Cricket Twenty20 2010/11 (Ordered by Wickets)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> In her second season with the side, she took 10 wickets across the two competitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/Action_Cricket_Cup_2011-12/Otago_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Otago Women/Action Cricket Cup 2011/12|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/Action_Cricket_Twenty20_2011-12/Otago_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Otago Women/Action Cricket Twenty20 2011/12|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

Miles also appeared in the Super Fours between 2011 and 2013, for Emeralds and Sapphires.<ref name="ListA"/><ref name="T20"/> In 2012, she took 4/51 for Emeralds in a match against Diamonds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/432/432474.html|title=Diamonds v Emeralds, 20 May 2012|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

==International career== In 2006, Miles was named in the squad for Hong Kong's first international series, a tour of Pakistan.<ref name=dansinghani/> She appeared in the team's three 50-over matches against Pakistan, which formed the Asian sub-qualifier for the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier. She scored 56 runs across the three matches and taking one wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Hong_Kong_Women_in_Pakistan_2006-07.html|title=Hong Kong Women in Pakistan 2006/07|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref>

Miles stopped playing for Hong Kong in order to attempt to play for England,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/981316/howzat-hong-kong-girl|title=Howzat for a Hong Kong girl|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=9 October 2011|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref> but did appear for them in one match against Marylebone Cricket Club Women in 2018, where she captained the side and top scored with 42.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1090/1090404.html |title=Marylebone Cricket Club Women v Hong Kong Women, 14 August 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/natasha-miles-doing-the-business-for-mcc-and-surrey-ccc-300941|title=Natasha Miles doing the business for MCC and Surrey CCC|newspaper=ESPNcricinfo|date=6 July 2007|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref> She has also represented England Academy Women cricket team from 2012 till 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135014/all_teams.html|title=TEAMS NATASHA MILES PLAYED FOR|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>

In October 2021, it was announced that Miles was returning to play for Hong Kong, being named in their squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hkcricket.org/news/the-hong-kong-squad-announced-for-icc-womens-t20-cricket-world-cup-qualifiers-asia-region |title=The Hong Kong Squad announced for ICC Women's T20 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers – Asia Region |publisher=Cricket Hong Kong |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> This followed a change in ICC eligibility criteria that allowed cricketers to play for associate member teams while remaining eligible to play for full members, thus with Miles remaining eligible for England.<ref name=dansinghani/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/981316/howzat-hong-kong-girl|title=Howzat for a Hong Kong girl|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=9 October 2011|access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref>

Miles made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 22 November 2021, against Nepal, scoring 16 off 13 deliveries.<ref name="t20idebut">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-asia-region-qualifier-2021-22-1286959/hong-kong-women-vs-nepal-women-2nd-match-1286969/full-scorecard |title=2nd Match, ICCA 2 Dubai, Nov 22 2021, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier: Nepal Women v Hong Kong Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref> She played all five matches in the tournament, scoring 127 runs, the third most for her side, including hitting 40* against Kuwait.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14329;team=4180;type=tournament |title=Records/ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier, 2021/22 - Hong Kong Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-t20-world-cup-asia-region-qualifier-2021-22-1286959/hong-kong-women-vs-kuwait-women-15th-match-1286982/full-scorecard |title=15th Match, ICCA Dubai, Nov 28 2021, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Asia Region Qualifier: Hong Kong Women v Kuwait Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> In April 2022, Miles played in Hong Kong's series against the UAE, but scored just 11 runs in the four match series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14601;team=4180;type=series |title=Records/Hong Kong Women in United Arab Emirates T20I Series, 2022 - Hong Kong Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> In June 2022, she played four matches in the 2022 ACC Women's T20 Championship, scoring 82 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14713;team=4180;type=tournament |title=Records/Asian Cricket Council Women's T20 Championship, 2022 - Hong Kong Women/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 October 2022}}</ref> In November 2022, she was the leading run-scorer at the East Asia Cup, with 149 runs at an average of 74.50, including making her Twenty20 high score in the third match of the tournament, with 86* from 70 deliveries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/36/Womens_East_Asia_Cup_2022-23/Batting_by_Runs.html |title=Batting and Fielding in Women's East Asia Cup 2022/23 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-east-asia-cup-2022-23-1336964/japan-women-vs-hong-kong-women-3rd-t20i-1336981/full-scorecard |title=3rd T20I, Kaizuka, October 29 2022, Women's East Asia Cup: Japan Women v Hong Kong Women |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref> In 2023, she was Hong Kong's second-highest run-scorer at the Capricorn Women's Quadrangular Series, with 114 runs including one half-century.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/Namibia_Womens_Quadrangular_International_Twenty20_Series_2022-23/Hong_Kong_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Hong Kong Women/Namibia Women's Quadrangular International Twenty20 Series 2022/23 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

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