David Miller last played for South Africa in March.
South Africa won the ODI series opener in England by a huge margin of seven wickets. It was quite an embarrassing day for the hosts in the low-scoring clash. But the visitors topped it with a close six-run win in the second ODI. With the win at Lord’s, the Proteas clinched the ODI series in England after 27 years. South Africa haven’t made drastic changes in their squad, but there was one notable absentee from the playing XI – David Miller. He has often been the man for the big occasions, but he won’t feature in the third ODI at Southampton.
Last month, the Proteas defeated Australia 2-1 Down Under. South Africa held on to the momentum to clinch the ongoing series against England. The two teams will then play three T20Is to complete the bilateral series.
As for the dead rubber, the visitors have won the toss and chosen to field first.
David Miller is absent from South Africa’s ODI XI for the England tour because of his involvement in The Hundred 2025, which recently concluded in England. He participated for the Northern Superchargers, where they finished third in the points table before facing exit in the Eliminator. The dynamic left-hander featured in seven matches and put together 133 runs from 71 balls, at a strike-rate of 187.32.
The Hundred commitment also kept Miller out of South Africa’s recent white-ball tour to Australia as well.
However, despite his recent absences from the ODI setup, skipper Temba Bavuma has confirmed that Miller is very much in the mix for the 2027 ODI World Cup.
Echoing on the same lines, Bavuma was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo, “What I understand is that those communications were done during his contract times, in terms of him being available during this period for the Hundred. Essentially, he wasn’t available for selection – but I stand by correction around that… David’s still within the mix in the ODI stuff.”
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton (w), Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Wiaan Mulder, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Codi Yusuf, and Nandre Burger.
England (Playing XI): Jamie Smith, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook (c), Jos Buttler (w), Jacob Bethell, Will Jacks, Jamie Overton, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, and Adil Rashid.
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The southpaw last turned up for the Proteas in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy that took place in February-March. He scored 121 runs from three matches, which included an unbeaten century against New Zealand in the semi-final.
Then, he featured for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In 11 outings, Miller could manage only 153 runs with a top score of 27 not out.
South Africa were then involved in red-ball cricket, including the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 Final against Australia in England. The 36-year-old is yet to make his Test debut for his national side. Before the recent bilateral series in Australia, South Africa toured Zimbabwe for two Tests and a T20 Tri-series involving New Zealand.
It is to be noted that Miller was permitted to miss the limited-overs series against Australia in August because of his commitment to Northern Superchargers.
However, Miller has found a place in the squad to face England in the three-match T20I series, starting from September 10. The middle-order batter is most certainly set to make his first international appearance in six months when he plays in the T20I series.
Temba Bavuma (C), Toni de Zorzi, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Matthew Breetzke, Kwena Maphaka, Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Nandre Burger, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, and Senuran Muthusamy.
Aiden Markram (C), Keshav Maharaj, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Corbin Bosch, Kwena Maphaka, Kagiso Rabada, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Ryan Rickelton, Donovan Ferreira, Senuran Muthusamy, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, and Lizaad Williams.
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