Nikita Miller of West Indies scored 51 against Pakistan on 23.09.09 – the second game of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, to become the first batsman in the tournament to register a fifty while batting at number nine. The previous highest score by a batsman batting at number nine was credited to BB McCullum who had made 47 against Australia at The Oval on 16.09.04

Miller was making his first appearance in the tournament. He is the third West Indian batsman to score a half century on first appearance in the tournament. The other two are PA Wallace {79 vs Pakistan at Dhaka on 31.10.98} and RS Morton {90* vs Australia at Mum-BS on 18.10.06}

Miller became the 23^rd batsman to register a fifty on first appearance in the tournament. The following table lists all of them in the chronological order

No	Batsman	Score		Team	Vs	Opp	Venue	Date
1	ADR Campbell	100		Zim	Vs	NZl	Dhaka	24.10.98
2	SP Fleming	96		NZl	Vs	Zim	Dhaka	24.10.98
3	AC Parore	52		NZl	Vs	Zim	Dhaka	24.10.98
4	WJ Cronje	67		RSA	Vs	Eng	Dhaka	25.10.98
5	DJ Cullinan	69		RSA	Vs	Eng	Dhaka	25.10.98
6	Fairbrother	56		Eng	Vs	RSA	Dhaka	25.10.98
7	JN Rhodes	61	*	RSA	Vs	Eng	Dhaka	25.10.98
8	SR Tendulkar	141		Ind	Vs	Aus	Dhaka	28.10.98
9	Izaz Ahmed	55		Pak	Vs	Win	Dhaka	29.10.98
10	PA Wallace	79		Win	Vs	Aus	MumBS	31.10.98
11	Gunawardene	132		Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00
12	Jayawardene	72		Srl	Vs	Win	Nairobi	04.10.00
13	N Hussain	95		Eng	Vs	Ban	Nairobi	05.10.00
14	Javed Omar	63	*	Ban	Vs	Eng	Nairobi	05.10.00
15	Saeed Anwar	105		Pak	Vs	Srl	Nairobi	05.10.00
16	AJ Stewart	87	*	Eng	Vs	RSA	Nairobi	05.10.00
17	M Kaif	111	*	Ind	Vs	Zim	ColRPS	14.09.02
18	Collingwood	80	*	Eng	Vs	Zim	Bir’ham	10.09.04
19	RG Twose	85		NZl	Vs	Zim	Nairobi	09.10.06
20	V Solanki	62		Eng	Vs	Zim	Bir’ham	10.09.06
21	RS Morton	90	*	Win	Vs	Aus	MumBS	18.10.06
22	Tharanga	105		Srl	Vs	Ban	Mohali	29.10.06
23	NO Miller	51		Win	Vs	Pak	Jo’burg	23.09.09