David Willey (cricketer)

David Willey

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Personal information
Full name	David Jonathan Willey
Born	(1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 Northampton, England
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Peter Willey (father)
International information
National side	England
ODI debut (cap 240)	8 May 2015 v Ireland
Last ODI	9 February 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	36
T20I debut (cap 72)	23 June 2015 v New Zealand
Last T20I	3 April 2016 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.	15
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–2015	Northamptonshire (squad no. 15)
2015–present	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 8)
2016–present	Yorkshire (squad no. 72)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 13 11 59 75 Runs scored 58 61 2,075 1,092 Batting average 14.50 15.25 28.04 23.23 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/14 2/3 Top score 13* 21 104* 167 Balls bowled 576 224 8,158 2,482 Wickets 19 18 150 72 Bowling average 28.36 17.16 30.15 32.19 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 1 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 3/25 3/20 5/29 5/62 Catches/stumpings 5/– 6/– 14/– 26/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 May 2016

David Jonathan Willey (born 28 February 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire), is an English cricketer playing for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. He is the son of former England cricketer and international umpire Peter Willey.

Domestic career

Northamptonshire

Willey started his career playing for his home county Northamptonshire in the County Championship division two. Having come through the ranks at Northampton playing for O.N's and Northants Academy, he got his chance in the 2009 season aged 19 after a good pre season. His first game came against Leicestershire, the first game of the season against one of his father's old clubs. He scored 60 on debut after a good partnership with Andrew Hall, but did not continue this in the televised game against Essex in his first one day game getting out for a duck with a poor shot. His first wicket came in his second first class against Kent when he had Phil Edwards out LBW. On 8 May he was rewarded with a two year professional contract after impressing during the start of the season. It was in the Twenty20 that he excelled in, but this time with his bowling taking 3/9 in his first spell against Worcestershire and finished the 2009 competition with an average of 11.30. He appeared alongside Northants team mate Jack Brooks on Cricket AM feature, Brain vs Brawn, in 2010.

In 2013, he helped Northamptonshire to a 102-run victory in a rain-shortened Friends Life Twenty20 Final against Surrey where he made 60 with the bat, then had figures of 4/9, including a match-ending hat-trick to clean up the tail.

Yorkshire

On 19 August 2015, it was announced that Willey would be joining Yorkshire on a three year contract at the start of the 2016 season. He made his Yorkshire debut against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on 1 May 2016.

International career

Willey was selected in the England U19 cricket squad for the Tests against Bangladesh. Although he did not play in the first Test, he scored 65 in the first innings of the second Test. He made his One Day International debut for England against Ireland on 8 May 2015 and took his first wicket in a rain affected match.

He was also called up to the England ODI team on 14 June 2015 against New Zealand, and played in the third match of the series. He took a wicket with his 2nd ball and finished with figures of 3-69. In the fourth match of the series he took figures of 2-89, and although he was expensive, England went on to win the game comfortably. He took 2-50 in the final game of the series as England won the series 3-2. He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015. He took figures of 3-22 and scored six runs to help England win the match.

External links

• Cricinfo Profile
• Cricket Archive Stats
• Northants Cricket page