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Brian McMillan, a burly seam bowling all-rounder from Transvaal, who
played English county cricket for Warwickshire in 1986, lost the early
part of his international career to South African isolation. He was an
automatic choice for their international team when they returned at the
1992 World Cup. He missed the one-off Test against the West Indies, but
against India in 1992-93 scored 98 in his second Test at Johannesburg,
where he also opened the bowling and took 4-74. In Australia in 1993-94
he only played in the third Test, but in the return series he scored 74
in Cape Town and 84 in Durban.
In England in 1994 he made 78 at
Headingley and 93 at the Oval. When Pakistan toured in 1994-95 McMillan
scored 113 and took 4 wickets in Johannesburg. He made 98 not out
against Zimbabwe in Harare in 1995-96 and 100 not out against England in
Johannesburg, when he also took five wickets. In the World Cup of 1992
he scored 21 not out and took 1-47 in the semi-final against England,
and would surely have steered his side to victory had rain not cost them
vital overs. In the 1996 World Cup his best performance was 2-37
against West Indies in the quarter-final.
After playing for
Warwickshire, in 1986-87 he played for South Africa in unofficial Tests
against the 'rebel' Australian side lead by Kim Hughes, and took 4-35 in
an unofficial ODI at The Wanderers. He took four wickets in the
unofficial Test played by Mike Gatting's side in 1989-90. (Bob Harragan)
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