Craig Miles

Craig Neil Miles (born 20 July 1994) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire. A right-handed batsman and right-hand medium pace bowler he made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Northamptonshire in May 2011. In doing so, at 16, he became the fourth youngest player to represent Gloucestershire in a first-class match.^[1] Miles signed a three-year contract for Gloucestershire in November 2010, but did not become a full-time professional player until 2013. He was born at Swindon in Wiltshire and studied at South Gloucestershire and Stroud College.^[1]

Craig Miles

Personal information
Full name	Craig Neil Miles
Born	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 31) Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2011–2018	Gloucestershire (squad no. 34)
2019–present	Warwickshire
First-class debut	11 May 2011 Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire
List A debut	26 July 2011 Gloucestershire v Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 107 50 67 Runs scored 1,850 152 74 Batting average 15.54 12.66 6.16 100s/50s 0/5 0/0 0/0 Top score 62* 31* 11* Balls bowled 16,613 2,126 1,169 Wickets 360 60 72 Bowling average 28.36 36.88 24.22 5 wickets in innings 18 0 0 10 wickets in match 1 0 0 Best bowling 6/63 4/29 4/29 Catches/stumpings 35/– 9/– 37/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 July 2025

County career

Miles made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in May 2011 against Northamptonshire as a 16-year-old. In the first innings Miles bowled 19 overs for 80 runs also gaining two wickets. His debut first-class victim was Alex Wakely who was caught by Chris Taylor for 32. He made 19 runs in the Gloucestershire innings from 66 including 2 fours, whilst in the second innings he scored 5 in a heavy innings and 6 runs defeat.^[2] Miles made his List A debut against Essex in July 2011. He bowled 7 overs with figures of 2 wickets for 32 runs as Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets.^[3] Miles also played in the following game against Lancashire, however bowled just 4 overs and went for 31 runs.^[4]

Miles joined Warwickshire in September 2018^[5] and signed a contact extension in October 2022 to remain at the club until the end of the 2025 season.^[6] In July 2025, it was announced he had agreed to rejoin Gloucestershire from 1 November that year.^[7]