Kyle Mills

Kyle David Mills (born 15 March 1979) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He is a right-arm pace bowler who can also score quick runs in the later stages of one day innings; in October 2009 he reached his peak position of first on the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Bowling Rankings.

Early life and education

Born in Auckland in 1979, Mills is of Ngāi Tahu descent. He was educated at Murvale (now Macleans) Primary School, Bucklands Beach Intermediate and Macleans College.

Career

International

Having been injured in Australia in February 2007, Mills was forced to withdraw from the 2007 World Cup. After an operation on a patella tendon and a winter of rehabilitation, Mills worked his way back to fitness to take part in New Zealand's tour of South Africa in November/December 2007.

Called into the Test side, Mills was forced to withdraw from the second and final Test due to a stomach bug. Coming fresh into the three match one day series, Mills was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers in all three matches taking career best figures of 5 for 25 in the series opener. This would mark his only successful series as a Test Match bowler.

Kyle Mills (author)

Kyle Mills (born 1966) is an American writer of thriller novels including Rising Phoenix, Fade, and The Second Horseman. Several of his books (Rising Phoenix, Storming Heaven, Sphere of Influence, Free Fall and Darkness Falls) include a character Mark Beamon, an FBI special agent. He also wrote The Ares Decision (2011), The Utopia Experiment (2013), and The Patriot Attack (2015), the eighth, tenth, and twelfth installments of the Covert-One series, originally created by Robert Ludlum.

Mills lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with his wife and they are both avid rock climbers. Mills grew up in Oregon, and his father was an agent with the FBI.

Novels