Simon David Myles (born 2 June 1966) is a former English-Hong Kong

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who played for

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. Myles was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in

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, Nottinghamshire.

International career

His debut for Hong Kong came in 1984 against the Bangladesh Cricket Board Under-25s. He represented Hong Kong in the

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, marking his debut match in that tournament against

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. During the tournament he played 8 matches, the last of which came against

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. During his 8 matches in the tournament, he scored 408 runs at a

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of 58.28, with 2 half centuries and a single century score of 172. This score remains the highest individual score in the

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. With the ball he took 6 wickets at a

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of 29.66, with best figures of 3/30. In February 2020, he was named in England's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa. However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches due to the

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County cricket

Myles' first-class debut came for

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against

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in the 1987

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. During the 1987 season, he played a further first-class match for the county against

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. His debut in

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also came during the 1987 season, making his debut in that format for Sussex against

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. He played 7 further List-A matches during the 1987 season, the last of which came when Sussex played

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. Simon went to school at KGV ESF school in Hong Kong playing alongside Dermot Reeve and other talented cricketers of different nationalities. His batting coach, schoolmaster David Clinton, played for Hong Kong at cricket as did Simon and Dermot before they left for UK to further their cricket talents. In the mini world cup game against Gibraltar Simon threw the cricket ball 100 meters to run out a batsman – tremendous throwing arm. He was a competent legspin bowler but converted to medium pace when playing for a Grade A side in Australia. In 1988, he joined

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. He made his first-class debut for the county against the touring

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, playing 3 further first-class matches for the county in 1988, with his final first-class appearance coming against

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. He also represented the county in 2 List-A matches during the 1988 season, which came against

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and

. In 1990, Myles joined

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, where he played a single

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match against

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. In 1992, he joined

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, making his Minor Counties Championship debut for the county against

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. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 24 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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. He also represented the county in the

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. His debut in that competition came against Wales Minor Counties. From 1992 to 1994, he represented the county in 10 Trophy matches, the last of which came against Wales Minor Counties. Additionally, he also played List-A cricket for Staffordshire. His first List-A match for the county came in the 1992 NatWest Trophy against Warwickshire. He played 2 further List-A matches for the county against Hampshire in the 1993 NatWest Trophy and Surrey in the 1994 NatWest Trophy. Myles made his debut for the

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in 1994. He played his final first-class match representing the team against the touring

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. He also represented the team in 8 List-A matches between 1994 and 1996, the last of which came against Derbyshire in the 1996

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. In 1995, he joined

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; this was to be his final county. He made his debut in the 1995 Championship against

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. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 46 Championship matches, the last of which came against

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in the 2000 Championship. He also represented the county in the MCCA Knockout Trophy, making his debut for Berkshire in that competition against Oxfordshire. From 1995 to 2000, he represented the county in 13 Trophy matches, the last of which came against

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. His List-A debut for the county came against Leicestershire in the

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. Between 1996 and 2002, he represented the county in 5 List-A matches, the last of which came against Norfolk in the 2nd round of the

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which was played in 2002.List-A Matches played by Simon Myles
/ref> In his combined career total of 27 List-A matches, he scored 543 runs at an average of 30.16, with 5 half centuries and a high score of 81. With the ball he took 14 wickets at a

of 31.85, with best figures of 4/8. In the field he took a total of 6 catches.

References

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