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born 1989 South Africa
David Andrew Miller (born 10 June 1989) is a South African professional cricketer. He currently plays for South African national team in limited overs cricket.
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Sometimes following someone [else's] path is not always the right way.
I suppose, as a cliché, it's just another game, but it's a really cool achievement.
Through the years, your career goes through ebbs and flows and you constantly keep learning, adapting and trying to get better.
It's just about getting your timing right: the impact of the ball, hands, body, head, all those kinds of things moving in one direction.
Understanding that failure is a part of the game. Accepting the fact that you are always going to get criticism - whether you do well or bad.
It gives you a better chance to succeed and I feel like I'm a lot clearer under pressure.
The youngsters now have the confidence to just play their game freely. That's probably been the big change.
Back in the day they always had power-hitters, but [now] it's more a mindset of we all are buying into what we are doing here. It allows players to play a lot more freely.
It's just about grabbing moments and ideas from certain players and coaches and adapting and adding to your strengths. And probably just understanding what my strengths are.
I suppose with these kinds of situations, it's about how you get yourself back up eventually and what you learn from it. Sometimes there's not anything you can do differently.
It's a really proud moment. When I look at all those years back when I first started, I never imagined to be playing this amount of games, so it's a special milestone.
So it's just about making sure you stick to your processes and that your journey is very different to a lot of other players.
Sleep's not that important. At the younger ages, you are kind of working out your game and not really worrying about your body.
For me, it's about rhythm, so if I haven't played cricket or if I'm struggling a bit, I find my rhythm's a little bit out, my tempo's out, so it's not necessarily the bat speed.
I felt it helped me a lot - actually, my power came back, because every time the bowler overpitched the ball and I'm on the back foot, I can always still get forward and pop him over his head for six.
I had already played for South Africa but wasn't really in the picture. It brought a lot attention to me at that stage.
I felt like I just needed to change a few things. Basically, I was pressing and getting on the front foot a lot and getting stuck between lengths.
But sport is not fair for everyone - there's always a winner and a loser. There's been some brutal situations in the past with many different sports, and I suppose that was just probably one of them as well.
That's when I scored that hundred against RCB [in 2013]. That was probably the turning point in my career.
As the tides turn, you understand your game a lot better, but now you've gotta actually work at your body (laughs). T