David Willey
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David Jonathan Willey (born 28 February 1990) 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.
Personal life
Willey married singer-songwriter Carolynne Willey in November 2016.
Domestic career
Willey started his career in County Championship division two, Northamptonshire. After a good preseason, he came up through the ranks at Northampton playing for O.N. and Northants Academy. Leicestershire was his first game of the season against one of his father's old clubs. On his first day in a good relationship with Andrew Hall, he scored 60 points on his debut but didn't continue this in his first one-day game against Essex, losing a duck with a poor shot. In his second first-class match against Kent, he had Phil Edwards out LBW for his first wicket. After impressing during the start of the season, he was awarded a two-year professional contract on May 8. It was in the Twenty20s that he excelled, but it was not in the 1940s that he excelled in, with his bowling taking 3/9 in his first spell against Worcestershire and finishing the 2009 season with an average of 11.30. On Saturday AM's Cricket AM feature, Brain vs Brawn, he appeared alongside Northants teammate Jack Brooks.
Willey was a 102-run victory over Northamptonshire in the Friends Life Twenty20 Final against Surrey, where he made 60 runs with the bat and then had figures of 4/9, including a match-ending hat-trick to clear up the tail.
Willey will be joining Yorkshire on a three-year deal at the start of the 2016 season, according to the newspaper on August 19, 2015. He made his Yorkshire debut against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on May 1, 2016.
Willey was signed by Perth Scorchers in 2015-2016 BBL season. He was retained for the 2016-17 season after a fruitful first season. In the first match against the Adelaide Strikers, he did fine with the ball, taking 2 wickets, but with the bat he only scored two runs off five balls. In the Scorchers' second match against the Sydney Sixers, he scored one run but didn't take a wicket in a humiliating loss. He bowled well in the third match against Melbourne, taking two wickets with the ball before Ashton Agar beat them by scoring a six runs in the final over. He was retained by the Scorchers for the 2017-18 season as the club's sole overseas player.
Willey was signed by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural edition of The Hundred tournament. Faf du Plessis, the team's captain, had been suspended from the tournament's first season before being ruled out. Willey was sent by him as captain when du Plessis returned in 2022.
The Chennai Super Kings have signed Willey for the 2018 IPL season to replace Kedar Jadhav, who was hospitalized in the first match of the tournament, and he was also looking for a replacement for Mitchell Santner, the injured New Zealand spinner. David Willey was playing county cricket matches for Yorkshire before deciding to play for CSK at the time of his late IPL call. He was also the 12th English player to be called up to play in the 2018 IPL season. He was also one of three England cricketers to have received the late IPL call-ups, alongside Liam Plunkett (for DD) and Alex Hales (for SRH) during the 2018 IPL edition.
David Willey was retained by the Chennai Super Kings for the 2019 IPL season. He was released by the Chennai Super Kings ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In February 2022, he was purchased by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament's auction.
International career
Willey was chosen in the England U19 cricket squad for the Tests against Bangladesh. Despite the fact that he did not participate in the first Test, he scored 65 in the first innings of the second Test. On May 8, 2015, he made his One Day International debut for England against Ireland against Ireland and took his first wicket in a rain-prone match.
Willey was also called up to the England ODI team against New Zealand on June 14th, 2015, and the third match of the season. He took a wicket in his 2nd ball and ended with a record of 3–69. In the fourth match of the series, he took 289 as England went on to take the game comfortably. In the last game of the season, he went 2–50 as England took the series 3–2. Willey made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on June 23, 2015. England won the match thanks to his figures of 3–22 and six runs.
Willey competed in the only T20 against Australia, which England defeated by five runs by five runs, taking the total score of 2–32. In the fourth ODI, he appeared in the final two ODIs against Australia, taking figures of 3–51 in the fourth ODI as England defeated by 3 wickets. Willey was out for a duck but not 1–13 as England lost the match and the series 3–2.
Willey continued to play for England in the ODI series against Pakistan. He didn't take a wicket in the first game but came back with figures of 3–25 in the second game to help England win by 95 runs. He took 1–45 in his third game before taking 2–34 in the final game of the season to help Pakistan control 271 runs as England defeated Pakistan by 84 runs.
Willey was in the first three matches against South Africa and went 1–30 in the first match, with England winning by 39 runs on the DL Method. He failed to take a wicket in the second and third matches and did not participate in the final two games. England eventually lost the series 3–2. Willey took part in the first T20I against South Africa, taking 0–15 and scoring an unbeaten seven with the bat, though England lost the game by 3 wickets.
Willey appeared in every game in England's 2016 World T20 campaign. He took 1–33 against the West Indies and 1–40 against South Africa, while South Africa was 1–40. He was instrumental in England's victory over Afghanistan by making an unbeaten 20 to guide England to 141 before taking 2–23 with the ball. He set the record for the highest partnership for the 8th wicket in T20 World Cup history, 57 runs, partnering with Moeen Ali. Willey continued to impress against Sri Lanka, earning a 2–26 record. Willey was found guilty of using offensive words and for handing Sri Lankan batsman Milinda Siriwardana a ticket to the pavilion. As England advanced to the final, he took figures of 1–17 against New Zealand in the semi-finals. Although Willey bowled well, with figures of 3-20, England fell just short and ended the season as runners-up. The ICC has placed him in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup.
In the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Willey defeated Sri Lanka 2–56, which resulted in a tie. England took the second wicket and took a further wicket in the third ODI, despite rain. He took the figures of 2–58 to help restrict Sri Lanka to 305, and England went on to win by six wickets in the fourth match of the series. He took 4–34 to help England win the match by 122 runs and the series 3–0 in the final match of the season.
Willey was involved in the fourth ODI against Pakistan, but he didn't pick up a wicket or finished with a score of 0–40, although England won the match. With Willey's inability to pick up a wicket, England lost the final match of the season. The series was won by England 4–1. Willey was the only T20 between the two teams, making 12 with the bat and taking figures of 0–16 as England lost by nine wickets.
In the first ODI against Bangladesh, Willey did not take a wicket, which England won by 21 runs. In the second match, he ended with figures of 0–36 runs as England lost by 34 runs. He did not participate in the final match of the season, which England won.
Willey scored an unbeaten ten runs before taking the total number of 2–47 as England lost by three wickets in the first ODI. India won by 15 runs in the second ODI, with He taking 0–32. He had an expected 1-8 figure in the final ODI but was sick, but England had won by five runs.
Willey took the first match of the ODI series against West Indies in September by taking a figure of 1–39 as England defeated the match by seven wickets. He was selected for the next match, but he could not play because the match was postponed due to rain after only two balls were played Willey defeated West Indies again in the third round. He did not appear in the last two matches of the series, but England did win those matches and the series 4–0, despite his handicap.
Willey scored only three runs in the second T20 match of the tri-series, but then he took a figure of 3–28, which was not enough for England as they lost against Australia. As England were defeated again by Australia in the third match, Willey scored ten runs and took a figure of 1-30. England defeated New Zealand by twenty-one runs and didn't take any wicket in the next match. He scored ten runs but failed to take any wicket, but England was able to defeat New Zealand in their final match of the season.
As England defeated Australia in the first match of the ODI series, Willey made a figure of 1–41 runs and scored an unbeaten thirty-five runs. England defeated Australia once more in the next match as he scored eleven runs and took no wicket. England defeated Australia by a record-breaking 481 for 6 runs against Australia, as well as the most devastating loss in terms of runs ever incurred against Australia. Willey was a figure of 2–56. Willey's side won again against Australia in the fourth round after taking four wickets and conceding forty-three runs. He didn't attend the match of the series, but England won the match and the series 5–0.
England defeated Australia in the only T20 against Australia on a count of 1–31. Willey was rated 1–31.
Willey was named in England's provisional squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in April 2019. England selected their squad for the World Cup on May 21st, with Willey not included in the final fifteen-man squad.
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Willey was chosen in a 55-man group of players to begin training ahead of international fixtures in England starting in England on May 29th. Willey was brought into England's 24-man squad on July 9th, 2020, and the ODI series against Ireland will begin training behind closed doors. Willey was selected in England's squad for the ODI series on July 27, 2020. Willey's first five-wicket haul in an ODI match against Ireland on July 30, 2020, was 5/30 from 8.4 overs.
Willey played in his 50th ODI match on June 29th, 2021, in the first match against Sri Lanka. Willey was selected in England's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in September 2021.