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	In 2015, he was diagnosed with a congenital back condition and as a result, took time out of playing red-ball cricket. He continued to play T20 cricket and took 19 wickets at an average of 18.84.		In 2015, he was diagnosed with a congenital back condition and as a result, took time out of playing red-ball cricket. He continued to play T20 cricket and took 19 wickets at an average of 18.84.

	Tymal Mills continued to be a key player in the Sussex T20 side, across his stay at the county. He appeared at finals days in 2018, 2021 and 2024, after becoming the team captain ahead of the 2024 season. <ref>https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sussex-john-simpson-tymal-mills-captains-2024-1416572</ref>		Tymal Mills continued to be a key player in the Sussex T20 side, across his stay at the county. He appeared at finals days in 2018, 2021 and 2024, after becoming the team captain ahead of the 2024 season.<ref>https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sussex-john-simpson-tymal-mills-captains-2024-1416572</ref>
	Prior to that, in 2023, he became the club's leading wicket taker in the format. <ref>https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/tymal-mills-agrees-contract-extension</ref>		Prior to that, in 2023, he became the club's leading wicket taker in the format.<ref>https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/tymal-mills-agrees-contract-extension</ref>

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2026}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Tymal Mills
| image = Tom Craddock (left) and Tymal Mills (right) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mills playing for Essex County Cricket Club
| country = England
| full_name = Tymal Solomon Mills
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|08|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Dewsbury]], West Yorkshire, England
| height = 183 cm
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Left-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]]
| role = [[Bowler (cricket)|Bowler]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2016-2023
| T20Idebutdate = 5 July
| T20Idebutyear = 2016
| T20Idebutagainst = Sri Lanka
| T20Icap = 77
| lastT20Iagainst = West Indies
| lastT20Idate = 16 December
| lastT20Iyear = 2023
| T20Ishirt = 72
| club1 = [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]
| year1 = 2011–2014
| club2 = [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2015–present}}
| club3 = [[Chittagong Vikings]]
| year3 = 2016
| club4 = [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]]
| year4 = 2016/17
| club5 = [[Quetta Gladiators]]
| year5 = 2017; 2020
| club6 = [[Brisbane Heat]]
| year6 = 2016/17
| club7 = [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]]
| year7 = 2017
| club8 = [[Hobart Hurricanes]]
| year8 = 2017/18
| club9 = [[Karachi Kings]]
| year9 = 2018
| club10 = Kandahar Knights
| year10 = 2018
| club11 = [[Peshawar Zalmi]]
| year11 = 2019
| club12 = [[Southern Brave]]
| year12 = 2021–2025
| club13 = [[Perth Scorchers]]
| year13 = 2021/22
| club14 = [[Mumbai Indians]]
| year14 = 2022
| club15 = [[Islamabad United]]
| year15 = 2024–2025
| club16 = [[Saint Lucia Kings]]
| year16 = 2025
| club17 = [[Pretoria Capitals]]
| year17 = 2025/26
| club18 = [[London Spirit]]
| year18 = 2026
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches1 = 16
| runs1 = 8
| bat avg1 = 2.66
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 7
| deliveries1 = 322
| wickets1 = 14
| bowl avg1 = 33.85
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/27
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches2 = 32
| runs2 = 260
| bat avg2 = 11.30
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 31[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 3,531
| wickets2 = 55
| bowl avg2 = 36.50
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/25
| catches/stumpings2 = 9/–
| column3 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches3 = 23
| runs3 = 7
| bat avg3 = 1.75
| 100s/50s3 = 0/0
| top score3 = 3[[Not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 790
| wickets3 = 22
| bowl avg3 = 35.77
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 3/23
| catches/stumpings3 = 3/–
| column4 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches4 = 277
| runs4 = 272
| bat avg4 = 6.04
| 100s/50s4 = 0/0
| top score4 = 30
| deliveries4 = 5,720
| wickets4 = 341
| bowl avg4 = 23.56
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/13
| catches/stumpings4 = 44/–
| date = 15 August
| year = 2026
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/459257.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Tymal Solomon Mills''' (born 12 August 1992) is an English cricket left-arm [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]] who played 14 [[Twenty20 International]] (T20) matches for [[England cricket team|England]] from 2016 to 2023, and has played for [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] since 2015. Previously, he played for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] from 2011 to 2014. Mills was a member of the England squad that won the [[2022 Men's T20 World Cup|2022 T20 World Cup]].

==Early life==
Mills was born on 12 August 1992 in [[Dewsbury]], West Yorkshire, England. He was educated at [[Mildenhall College of Technology]] in [[Mildenhall, Suffolk]] and played for [[Mildenhall Cricket Club]]. Mills studied sports journalism at the [[University of East London]], before leaving to pursue a career in cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/12022532/Tymal-Mills-eyes-Twenty20-World-Cup-glory-a-year-after-fearing-for-his-life.html|title=Tymal Mills eyes Twenty20 World Cup glory - a year after fearing for his life|work=Telegraph|date=28 November 2015|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

==Domestic career==

===Essex===
Mills made his first-class debut for [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] against the Sri Lankans in the tourist match of 2011 at [[County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford|Chelmsford]]. He made his Championship debut against [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] at [[Grace Road]] in July 2011. His figures in the first-innings were 0–51, but in the second innings, he took 3–48. During the winter of 2011/12, Tymal Mills was named on the England Performance Programme (EPP). He began with training at [[Loughborough]] as well as camps in North Wales and with the Greater Manchester Fire Department. Mills then went to [[Potchefstroom]], South Africa for three weeks in November on a specialist fast bowling programme. On Friday 16 December, Mills was a surprise inclusion in the 16 man [[England Lions cricket team|England Lions]] squad.
In 2012 Mills took 5 List A wickets and average of 58.60. He performed better in the Championship, taking 14 wickets at an average of 30.35. In 2013, his form in List A cricket improved, as he took ten wickets at an average of 23.30. However, he failed to kick on in the Championship, taking 11 wickets, three less than the previous season.
His performances for Essex earned him another place on an England performance programme, and he took six wickets for the Lions on their tour of Sri Lanka.

===Sussex===
In 2014, Mills joined Sussex. He took wickets at an average of 20 in the English T20 competition, and his pace ensured he continued to stand out. He also bowled in the First division of the County Championship for the first time, taking 14 wickets at an average of just below 35.
In 2015, he was diagnosed with a congenital back condition and as a result, took time out of playing red-ball cricket. He continued to play T20 cricket and took 19 wickets at an average of 18.84.

Tymal Mills continued to be a key player in the Sussex T20 side, across his stay at the county. He appeared at finals days in 2018, 2021 and 2024, after becoming the team captain ahead of the 2024 season. <ref>https://www.cricinfo.com/story/sussex-john-simpson-tymal-mills-captains-2024-1416572</ref>
Prior to that, in 2023, he became the club's leading wicket taker in the format. <ref>https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/tymal-mills-agrees-contract-extension</ref>

==Overseas leagues==
===Pakistan Super League===
From 2016, Mills played for [[Quetta Gladiators]] in the [[Pakistan Super League]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tymal Mills – Quetta Gladiators|url=http://psl2017.com.pk/tymal-mills-quetta-gladiators/|publisher=Pakistan Super League|access-date=21 February 2017|date=23 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Macpherson|first1=Will|title=English cricketers set to go against union's Pakistan Super League advice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/27/english-cricketers-union-pakistan-super-league-advice-lahore-final-security|access-date=21 February 2017|work=The Guardian|date=27 October 2016}}</ref> before signing with [[Karachi Kings]] in 2018. In 2019, he was picked by [[Peshawar Zalmi]] before returning to Quetta for the 2020 season.

===Indian Premier League===
In February 2017, Mills was bought by [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] for the [[2017 Indian Premier League]] for {{INRConvert|12|c|year=2017|to=USD GBP}}. This made him the second highest-paid overseas player in the 2017 IPL behind [[Ben Stokes]].<ref name="IPL">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2017/content/story/1083407.html |title=List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2017 |access-date=20 February 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=20 February 2017 }}</ref> In February 2022, he was bought by the [[Mumbai Indians]] in the [[List of 2022 Indian Premier League personnel changes|auction]] for the [[2022 Indian Premier League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1300689 |title=IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

===Other T20 franchise cricket===
In September 2018, Mills was named in Kandahar's squad in the [[2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League|first edition]] of the [[Afghanistan Premier League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/afghanistan-premier-league-2018-all-you-need-to-know-from-the-player-draft/ |title=Afghanistan Premier League 2018 – All you need to know from the player draft |work=CricTracker |date=10 September 2018 |access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the [[2019 Euro T20 Slam|inaugural edition]] of the [[Euro T20 Slam]] cricket tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref> However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref>

Mills featured in the first edition of '[[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]]', a 100 ball cricket competition for the '[[Southern Brave]]'.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Early favourites for the title? Meet Southern Brave |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/57625592 |access-date=2023-03-03}}</ref> The Southern Brave won the first cup/title of 'The Hundred' by beating Birmingham Phoenix in the finals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Stirling propels Southern Brave to first ever men's Hundred title |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/southern-brave-beat-birmingham-phoenix-to-win-inaugural-men-hundred-title-1843871-2021-08-22 |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> In April 2022, he was bought by the [[Southern Brave]] for the [[2022 season of The Hundred|2022 season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
On 5 July 2016, Mills made his T20I debut for England [[Sri Lankan cricket team in England and Ireland in 2016|against Sri Lanka]], taking figures of 0–22 as England won by eight wickets.<ref name="T20I">{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/913633.html | title=Sri Lanka tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jul 5, 2016 | access-date=5 July 2016| publisher= ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Mills was selected for the T20I series against India in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=England tour of India, 2016-17 Team Captain and Players|url=https://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2489/england-tour-of-india-2016-17/squads/www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/2489/england-tour-of-india-2016-17/squads|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref> He took 1–27 in the first game as England recorded a seven-wicket victory.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India vs England, 1st T20I, England tour of India, 2016-17|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-commentary/16876/ind-vs-eng-1st-t20i-england-tour-of-india-2016-17|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref> In the second match, he took figures of 1–36 as India made 144/8, which proved to be a winning score for India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India vs England, 2nd T20I, England tour of India, 2016-17|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-commentary/16877/ind-vs-eng-2nd-t20i-england-tour-of-india-2016-17|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref> In the final match of the series, he took figures of 1-31 and was then dismissed for a duck as England lost by 75 runs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=India vs England, 3rd T20I, England tour of India, 2016-17|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-commentary/16878/ind-vs-eng-3rd-t20i-england-tour-of-india-2016-17|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2021, Mills was named in England's squad for the [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-2021-tymal-mills-makes-englands-t20-world-cup-squad-no-return-for-ben-stokes-1276997 |title=Tymal Mills makes England's T20 World Cup squad, no return for Ben Stokes |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref> Mills made his international comeback for England after 5 years in their first match of the World Cup against [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] and took 2-17 from his 4 overs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=England vs West Indies, 14th Match, Super 12 Group 1, ICC Mens T20 WC 2021|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/38041/eng-vs-wi-14th-match-super-12-group-1-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2021|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Mills was diagnosed with a [[congenital]] back condition in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eight months ago I was in a back brace |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58788319 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=20 October 2021 |date=4 October 2021}}</ref> He spent three months of the winter of 2020/21 recovering from a [[stress fracture]] and had to wear a [[back brace]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Burnton |first1=Simon |title=England's Mills moves from back brace to shoulder T20 World Cup tilt {{!}} Simon Burnton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/04/england-tymal-mills-back-brace-to-shoulder-t20-world-cup-tilt-cricket |access-date=20 October 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=4 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2025, Mills became the first known professional cricketer to set up a creator account on [[OnlyFans]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Newman |first=Paul |date=2025-08-04 |title=Why former England cricketer Tymal Mills is on OnlyFans: 'You've got to put yourself out there' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6531734/2025/08/04/cricketer-tymal-mills-onlyfans/ |access-date=2026-05-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=459257}}

{{England Squad 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup}}
{{Sussex County Cricket Club squad}}
{{London Spirit squad}}

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