David Willey (cricketer)

David Willey

Personal information
Full name	David Jonathan Willey
Born	(1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 27) 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	22 January 2017 v India
ODI shirt no.	15
T20I debut (cap 72)	23 June 2015 v New Zealand
Last T20I	7 September 2016 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	15
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–2015	Northamptonshire (squad no. 15)
2015–2017	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 8)
2016–present	Yorkshire (squad no. 72)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 25 12 63 97 Runs scored 99 73 2,129 1,256 Batting average 14.14 14.60 27.29 22.42 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/14 2/3 Top score 13* 21 104* 167 Balls bowled 1,120 236 8,704 3,463 Wickets 32 18 159 98 Bowling average 32.75 18.05 30.16 33.09 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 1 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 4/34 3/20 5/29 5/62 Catches/stumpings 14/– 6/– 14/– 37/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 April 2017

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.

He married singer-songwriter Carolynne Poole in November 2016.

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.