News about David Willey

What a year makes. Sam Curran became the highest-paid cricketer in the Indian Premier League a year ago by signing a £1.85 million-per-season contract with Punjab Kings. Now references to being expensive are purely for his bowling figures. It's worth noting that Curran's bid for a record IPL auction price was not made on a whim. Six franchises face off for a player who was pivotal in England winning their second Twenty20 championship and double world champion status just weeks earlier. Here was a man in need after being named player of the tournament in Australia, mainly for his ability with the ball. It has been a remarkable turnaround from a player whose 13 World Cup wickets fell at 11.38 runs apiece, according to pure statistics. His unemployment rate was as low as 6.52% when he first appeared as a canny death bowler. He saved his best until last, bringing his best to top the lot in the final, a return of three for 12 completely befuddling Pakistan.

Josh Hazlewood has dropped out of the 2024 Indian Premier League for the right cause. He and his partner, Cherina Murphy-Christian (pictured together, left and right), had kept their big news under wraps, but his team, Bangalore's Royal Challengers, announced it.

Despite being the team's top run-scorer at the World Cup, Dawid Malan's international career seems to be over. He was left out of both white-ball squads for England's trip to the Caribbean. Malan, 36, who ran in 404 runs straight over Ben Stokes at the top of England's charts, was recently given a one-year central contract by the ECB. And although his departure from the ODI leg of the West Indies tour was no surprise, it's also difficult to see how he will defend his T20 position ahead of the 20-over World Cup in the United States and the Caribbean next year.

BOOTH OF LAKOLKATA: It was the decision that captured England's disconnection with reality, the low point of a World Cup that has become a quick case study in how to mess up. In the afternoon of October 21, Mumbai was sweltering in heat at 40 degrees rather than 30. Rob Key, the team's highly air-conditioned Taj Mahal hotel, began to sweat, despite its sumptuous air-conditioned home. Both literal and metaphorical, the perforation would be both literal and metaphorical.

IN KOLKATA: Jos Buttler, England's captain, was adamant that there will not be a "significant clearout" on the England ODI team after losing to Pakistan in Kolkata to secure qualifying for the Champions Trophy. 'It's not going to be a drastic change in playing style like 2015,' Buttler said. We know where we need to go.' That doesn't mean a lot more clear out. It's just going to keep from here,' he said. When England announced their white-ball squads for their tour to West Indies next month on Sunday, major shifts are expected, but head coach Matthew Mott said that those changes were bound to happen, regardless of how the World Cup turned out, with the selectors seeing it as a chance to bring younger and inexperienced players a chance. 'That was going to be the way - win, lose, or draw.' With a lot of cricket coming up for the red ball players too, it's a possibility to look a little differently. David Willey, who made his final England appearance by taking three for 56 and revealing his'mixed' emotions after announcing his retirement while 'playing the best cricket of his career,' is one player who will not be on the trip.'

BOOTH, COLKATA: After England recovered from their humiliating World Cup debut with a consolation victory over Pakistan at Eden Gardens, head coach Matthew Mott insisted he was 'comfortable in my skin.' The result secured qualification for the Champions Trophy in 2025, but it was unable to conceal a gruesome few weeks in which their title defense led to one win out of seven, despite the fact that a semi-final spot was at stake. Despite this, Mott said that captain Jos Buttler, who averaged 15 and repeatedly failed to move his side, had a 'bleak future' as England's limited-overs captain.

Exclusive BY PAUL NEWMAN: After England's humiliating exit from a tournament that started as one of the favorites was sealed by old enemy Australia in Ahmedabad, they's exhilarating. It meant they've lost six of their seven matches in India so far, most by large margins, and they still need to win in their final two games against the Netherlands and Pakistan to prevent the ignomination of failing to qualify for the next Champions Trophy in 2025.

LAWRENCE BOOTH IN LUCKNOW: Ben Stokes arrived in India in the hopes of improving England's title defense, but they didn't succeed in the shot that defined their fall from grace. Stokes was suspended for nine wickets after England defeated Zimbabwe and maintain a mathematical interest in the World Cup, but then missed an ugly hack at Mohammed Shami with England 30 for two. England's talisman trudged off as a partisan crowd approaching 50,000 stood on a berserk. He had just played perhaps the worst stroke of the tournament, a failed act of surrender that spoke on behalf of a demoralized team.

LAYING OUT bANGALORE: As Ben Stokes returned to the dressing room, muttering sarcastic thoughts, shaking his head, it seemed not so much like the end of England's World Cup as it did not seem to be the end of an entire period. Stokes had just pulled Lahiru Kumara to deep midwicket after completing a miserable 43 from 73 runs in an England innings that was eventually dismissed for 156, a loss of two wickets that Sri Lanka has ignored for. The entire match lasted 59 overs. This was a result that was both England's worst nightmare and utterly in keeping with their title defense's shambolic nature. It raises serious concerns about head coach Matthew Mott and captain Jos Buttler's ability to get the most out of a talented but aging group of cricketers. As England was today, no one has been stocked exclusively by 30-somethings. A few fifty-plus careers have just come to an end. Even the T20 triumph in Australia last year seems to have come a long way.

Following yet another poor showing with the bat that saw them lose by eight wickets to Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup, England's cricketers have been chastised on social media by supporters. Jos Buttler's men arrived in their fifth game in the tournament, knowing they needed a victory after losing three of their previous four games, but they fell short and now look likely to leave the group stage. England flopped in Bangalore after a dramatic batting performance against Afghanistan and South Africa, defeating them out for 156 runs.

IN BANGALORE, LAWRENCE BOOTH believes England has 'underthought' their tactics following a disastrous start to their World Cup defense in India. Jos Buttler, after losing to New Zealand and Bangladesh, chose to bowl first against both Afghanistan and South Africa in Mumbai, losing badly twice. They now need to win all five remaining group matches to have a chance of qualifying for the semi-finals, starting with Sri Lanka in Bangalore on Thursday.

BANGALORE, Harry Brook, Joe Root, and Mark Wood are the first winners of the ECB's first batch of multi-year central contracts, in an attempt to regain greater authority over their cricketers in the T20 era. The three players have all signed three-year contracts, the first time the board has had to approve contracts since the contracts system was introduced in 2000. However, Ben Stokes is one of eight players to sign a one-year deal, reflecting less so much the condition of his left knee as well as his ability to dictate new terms to the administrators on a yearly basis. If you include Brydon Carse, who has replaced the injured Reece Topley, David Willey is the only member of England's 15-man World Cup squad - not on the list.

LAS BUFF: England's World Cup defense is in pieces after only four games. But where has it gone wrong? Mail Sport investigates the anatomy of a shambles... Jos Buttler was one of the few people to bowl first in Delhi, where he placed all his chips on the dew that never arrived. It was another attempt to repeat the mistake made against South Africa in Mumbai, where the heat and humidity caused England to fielded in the worst of the weather.

MUMBAI: LAWRENCE BOOTH: Last night, England's World Cup defence plumbed new depths after losing the largest one-day total in their history against a tumultuous South Africa, which then collapsed to their humiliating defeat. They were out for 170 in 22 overs when they collapsed by a jaw-dropping 229 runs, eight more than any previous humiliation. Jos Buttler begged his staff to tell the world that they had not lost their one-day mojo, he could not have imagined a show that simply announced it. This was an absolute stinker of a show, exacerbated by Reece Topley's alleged broken finger. And with a third decimal point, England is now at the bottom of the 10-team table, much less than Afghanistan.

MUMBAI BOOTH: England says all the right things about unleashing the beast in a month ahead of the World Cup final are highlighted. England simply cannot afford a third defeat now, especially because India, Australia, and Pakistan are still to come. With that in mind, Jos Buttler became the camp's new senior figure, emphasizing the benefits of returning to the old ways.

BOOTH IN MUMBAI: England's one-day team faces a lot of shame after two losses in their first three World Cup games, including Sunday's humiliating loss to Afghanistan. They need answers right away. Forget loyalty, be ruthless. Even after Afghanistan's 69-run loss, Jos Buttler was supporting Chris Woakes, who had only used for four (expensive) overs. Buttler was correct in remarking how important Woakes has been to England's white-ball squad. However, loyalty must not be based on blind faith.

Ben Stokes is likely to be kept out of the England squad for Sunday's ODI World Cup match against Afghanistan in favour of returning from injury in the following game against South Africa. Stokes attended training at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in India's capital on Friday night, and he's making good strides from the niggle that barred him from playing against New Zealand and Bangladesh. A return that has not been planned cannot be completely ruled out.

BOOTH, LA: England should consider upgrading their fastbowling rankings for Sunday's game against Afghanistan in order to spread the load throughout this grueling World Cup. With the victory over Bangladesh in Dharamshala, Jos Buttler's side will have some breathing space after their opening-night hammering by New Zealand, they will face either Gus Atkinson or David Willey - and possibly both - against an Afghan side that has defeated in all five of their white-ball matches. With such a diverse itinerary - they have to fly between locations after every game - and Reece Topley's injuries, the 15-man squad was selected with this sort of game in mind. It's fair to wonder why Atkinson or Willey are here at all, if they don't play against Afghanistan, thrashed by India here on Wednesday.

STUART BROAD: If England manages to win their World Cup title, it will be a thrilling effort, but my overriding feeling is that if India plays their flawless tournament, they will be extremely difficult to beat. Jos Buttler has the team to face, one with the capabilities to post high numbers, but I do not believe India, as hosts and the top-ranked ODI world, will be a daunting challenge to get past. Home teams tend to prosper in 50-over-World Cups, as it was in India in 2011, and India gained; the final was in Australia in 2015, and England defeated England in 2019. So, India would have to be one of the major favourites on that basis alone.

Jos Buttler named a provisional 15-man World Cup squad last month, but the England captain admits that his mind hasn't been made up on this decision yet, with an official announcement expected in the coming days. Jason Roy and Harry Brooks are effectively a shootout now, with the tough decision being a shootout. Experience and youth are linked. Between a proven matchwinner in the style and England cricket's next generational talent.

bOSTON BREATH: David Willey has pleaded with England's selectors to invite him to the World Cup, insisting they will need a reliable 'donkey' during India's nine-match group stage tour. When asked whether England would change their provisional squad now, with less than a month to go before they kick off the World Cup against New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Willey replied: "It's a professional sport, things change." However, we hope not. Well, me, that would be a difficult one to take.'

PAUL NEXMAN AT THE AGENES BOWL: They may have started off badly, but England eventually looked more like World Cup participants by defeating New Zealand convincingly and leveling the one-day series. Trent Boult was swiggling the ball around corners on his 100th one-day international appearance after rain had reduced the second game of this series at the Age of Bowl to 34-overs, a side. But firstly, Liam Livingstone led them to a more than satisfactory 226 for seven wickets, and then two of their trio of left-armers in Reece Topley and David Willey took three wickets apiece, leaving England victors victors by 79 runs.

Ben Stokes' return to one-day international cricket is also uncertain that he will be able to play the all-rounder he so badly misses with England. Stokes plays as a specialist batsman in the first of four 50-over games against New Zealand on Friday, as part of England's World Cup pre-season preparations admitting to avoiding any further surgery for the persistent knee injury that will not go away. Bowling is still out of the question, at least until after last month's tournament in India, when Stokes promised to return to the dual role that requires so much to both him and the balance of any England team.

England has yet to decide whether or not to bring their three reserves to this fall's World Cup championship defense, potentially leaving Harry Brook grounded at home. Brook, a Yorkshire batting player, has been named as one of three replacements in the case of sickness and injury during the seven-week tournament, but extra staff will need to be paid by individual boards. This is not only a cost issue for the ECB, but a matter of logistics, with England playing their group matches in eight separate cities in India but never in the same venue repeatedly.