David Jonathan Willey is a former cricketer who played for England at the international level. He was born on February 28th, 1990. Batting and bowling are both done with the left hand by him. This individual is the offspring of Peter Willey, a former cricketer for England and an international umpire. A part of the England side that triumphed in the Twenty20 World Cup in 2022, Willey was a competitor. Following the conclusion of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, he announced that he would be retiring from international cricket on November 1st, 2023.
When Willey first began his professional career, he was playing for Northamptonshire, his native county, in the second flight of the County Championship. Although he had worked his way up through the ranks at Northampton, playing for O.N’s and Northants Academy, he did not get his opportunity until the 2009 season, when he was 19 years old and had a successful pre-season. It was the opening game of the season, and it was against Leicestershire, which was one of his father’s previous teams. His first game was against Leicestershire.
Following a successful partnership with Andrew Hall, he scored sixty runs in his first outing. However, he was unable to maintain this level of performance in the televised game against Essex, which was his first one-day game. He was out for a duck with a weak shot. When he was playing his second first-class match against Kent, he took his first wicket by putting Phil Edwards out leg before wicket. As a result of his outstanding performance at the beginning of the season, he was awarded a professional contract for two years on May 8th.
It was in the Twenty20 that he distinguished himself, but this time it was with his bowling that he took three wickets and nine wickets in his first period against Worcestershire. He concluded the 2009 tournament with an average of 11.30. In the year 2010, he made an appearance on the Cricket AM segment titled “Brain vs. Brawn” with his Northants colleague Jack Brooks 2013 was the year.
David Willey Biography
| Name | David Willey |
| Full Name | David Jonathan Willey |
| Date of Birth | 28 February 1990 |
| Place of Birth | Northampton, United Kingdom |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | British |
| Father’s Name | Peter Willey |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | NA |
| Spouse | Carolynne Poole |
| Marriage Date | November 2016 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Left arm Fast medium |
| ODI Debut | 8 May 2015 vs. Ireland |
| Test Debut | NA |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Black |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
During the rain-shortened Friends Life Twenty20 Final between Northamptonshire and Surrey, Willey hit 60 runs with the bat, then had figures of 4/9, including a match-ending hat-trick to clear out the tail. This helped Northamptonshire win by 102 runs. The Perth Scorchers purchased Willey’s services for the 2015–16 Big Bash League season. We decided to keep him on for the 2016–17 season after he had a fantastic first season.
His performance with the ball was impressive, as he took two wickets in the opening match against the Adelaide Strikers. However, his performance with the bat was not as impressive, as he only got two runs off of five balls. He did not take a wicket and only managed to score one run in the second match of the Scorchers’ series against the Sydney Sixers, which resulted in a significant loss for the Scorchers. His bowling performance in the third match against Melbourne was impressive, as he was able to take two wickets with the ball. However, Ashton Agar struck a six to win the match in the last over.
During the 2017–18 season, the Scorchers decided to keep him since he was the only player from outside the country that they had. Willey was recruited by Chennai Super Kings for the 2018 Indian Premier League season. He was brought in to replace Kedar Jadhav, who suffered an injury during the opening match of the league. Additionally, Willey was sought out as a substitute for Mitchell Santner, who was hurt while playing for New Zealand. David Willey was playing county cricket matches for Yorkshire before to choosing to play for CSK. This was about the time that he received his late invitation to play in the Indian Premier League.
In addition, he became the 12th English player to be called up to compete in the Indian Premier League that was played in 2018. In addition, he was one of three England cricketers who obtained late IPL call-ups for the 2018 season of the Indian Premier League. The other two were Liam Plunkett (for DD) and Alex Hales (for SRH). The Chennai Super Kings have decided to keep David Willey for the next Indian Premier League season. Ahead of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Chennai Super Kings decided to release him.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 3 | 53 | 20* | 26.50 | 62 | 85.48 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 20* | – | 32 | 109.38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 9.00 | 30 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 216 | 272 | 6 | 2/16 | 45.33 | 7.56 | 36.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 90 | 105 | 3 | 2/16 | 35.00 | 7.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 66 | 72 | 1 | 1/29 | 72.00 | 6.55 | 66.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 60 | 95 | 2 | 1/24 | 47.50 | 9.50 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
In February of 2022, the Royal Challengers Bangalore won the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition and purchased him as a player. In addition, Willey was called up to the England one-day international squad on June 14, 2015, when they were playing New Zealand. He participated in the third match of the series. During his last innings, he ended with figures of 3–69 and grabbed a wicket with his second delivery. In the fourth match of the series, he recorded numbers of 2–89, and England went on to win the game with relative ease after his performance.
With a score of 2–50 in the last game of the series, England was able to win the series with a score of 3–2. While playing in the same series on June 23, 2015, Willey made his debut in the Twenty20 International format. He had a performance of 3–22 and scored six runs, which contributed to England’s victory in the match. Willey participated in the first three matches that England played against South Africa. In the first match, England won the match by 39 runs using the DL Method, and Willey recorded a score of 1–30.
Unfortunately, he was unable to take a wicket in either the second or third match, and he did not participate in any of the remaining two games. The final score of the series was 3–2 in favor of England. Willey participated in the inaugural Twenty20 International match against South Africa, where he recorded stats of 0–15 and scored an unbeaten seven with the bat. Despite this, England still ended up losing the match by three wickets. In England’s World Twenty20 campaign in 2016, Willey participated in every game. Against the West Indies, he had a score of 1–33, while against South Africa, he scored a score of 1–40.
