A National Cricket Coach has managed to dodge being convicted on a drunk driving charge despite being almost four times over the legal limit when he was caught.
Adam Miles is an Assistant Coach for New Zealand’s Under-19s and also supervises the Otago Age-Group side. He has only been back in the country for a few days after his team made the semifinals at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup which recently took place in South Africa.
He persuaded the Dunedin District Court that this kind of black mark on his name would severely limit his future in the world of sports, inhibit his bid for residency in the country, and restrict his ability to study.
Just three months ago Miles’ career was almost ruined. After attending a function for work he went for drinks at the Forsyth Barr Stadium, where a craft beer festival was being held, and then got stopped at a Wharf Street police checkpoint.
He claimed that he’d had four pints and had only decided to drive home because he needed to collect his girlfriend from the airport the next day. He said it was a spontaneous decision made after he seriously considered walking home or hopping on a scooter. A breath test gave a reading of 918mcg, with the legal limit being 250mcg.
Although Community Magistrate Simon Heal chided Miles, saying that he posed a significant danger to himself and those around him, he was not convicted. This is almost certainly due to the coach’s lawyer effectively arguing what a massive impact a conviction of this kind would have on his client’s career.
| # | Site | Bonus | Bet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ladbrokes |  | 5/5 | 100% Match up to $250 NZD | Bet now Review |
| 2 |  | Palmerbet | | 4.9/5 | 100% Match | Bet now |
More About Trent Wilson
Trent Wilson is OnlineBetting.nz’s resident sports news expert. He draws on his extensive sporting knowledge, his qualification in sports management and his passion for betting to provide the latest, most up to date information on sporting events in New Zealand and across the globe. Trent is a veritable treasure trove of sports information and has been betting online for several years. He prides himself in keeping his readers informed, and in always offering an unbiased standpoint that reflects exactly what’s going on in the sports world.
View Posts - Visit WebsiteYou May Also Like:
Gary Stead To Coach NZ For 3 More Years
Black Caps coach Gary Stead has had his contract with New Zealand Cricket renewed for 3 more years. Come November 2023, the extension will have made of Stead the second-longest serving coach in the history of the board – and only beaten to the post by Mike Hesson’s 6 years ….
Ben Stokes Is Cricket’s Greatest Player
Ben Stokes, so say the Kiwi’s teammates, is the best cricketer in the world. All-rounder Stokes during England’s second test-win against the West-Indies, performed the type of all-rounder match-winning greatness only witnessed once or twice in a century. All of which has led the feisty player’s mates to believe that ….
COVID-19 Concerns Cancel Cricket Series
The Kiwi two-Test Cricket tour of Bangladesh has been deferred due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, with The Tigers’ tour of Sri Lanka also delayed. Bangladesh and The Black Caps were supposed to play in August and September 2020 but will no longer be doing so. The new dates ….
New Zealand Neutral Test Host Possibility
New Zealand Cricket has apparently raised its hand to the question of becoming a neutral space for Test matches to take place in. Thanks to there being no active cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and lockdown restrictions being a thing of the past, our country offers a safe haven. ….
Former Black Caps Spinner Vettori’s Grand Gesture
Daniel Vettori, one-time spinner for the Black Caps and current Spin Bowling Coach in Bangladesh, has donated his salary to the Cricket staff working for him there. The Kiwi, who many have described as having a heart of gold, donated a portion of his earnings to some of the staff ….