He did not take it as seriously as some, And when it became a rigorous, grim-faced business, he was not sorry to bow out of an eight-year Test career that never reached the peaks many expected".

[2] Likewise Simon Hughes referred to Miller in 1990 as being "the only remaining player who unfailingly visited the opposing team's dressing room after play to thank them for the game ... [and] the last man to field at slip with a whoopee cushion up his jumper"[3] Born 8 September 1952, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England[2] Miller was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School.

He made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in July 1973, in a match against Somerset, when he scored a duck in his only innings.

Although not captain that day, Miller was at the wicket with Colin Tunnicliffe to scramble the run they needed from the last ball in the final to secure victory.

[9] Wisden observed that on the first such occasion, Miller, "seeking his maiden first-class century" in his first Test overseas, "though inflicted with a heavy cold and streaming eyes, had batted for six hours without serious fault".

[10] Later that winter he also made 89 in a Test against New Zealand at Christchurch, in spite of having to retire hurt part of the way through this innings.

[1] Miller also toured Australia in 1979-80 and West Indies in 1980–1 with England (coming up against full-strength sides with World Series Cricket players restored) with less success.

Yet he was kept out of the last three Tests by the presence of an outstanding off-spinner in Emburey, by Willey's success with the bat, and by his own illness in Jamaica".

Chris Tavaré dropped the catch only for Miller to retrieve the ball before it hit the ground, England thus winning by three runs.

[19] Like most England players of his era he found the West Indies his toughest opponents, finishing on the losing side in each of his four Test matches against them.

[2] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to cricket, following his retirement as an England selector at the end of 2013.