Peter Willey

Peter Willey
Personal information
Full name
Peter Willey
Born (1949-12-06) 6 December 1949 (age 74)
Sedgefield, County Durham, England
NicknameWill
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 468)22 July 1976 v West Indies
Last Test29 July 1986 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 39)2 June 1977 v Australia
Last ODI31 March 1986 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1966–1983Northamptonshire
1982/83–1984/85Eastern Province
1984–1991Leicestershire
1992Northumberland
Umpiring information
Tests umpired25 (1996–2003)
ODIs umpired34 (1996–2003)
FC umpired283 (1992–2015)
LA umpired298 (1993–2015)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 26 26 559 458
Runs scored 1,184 538 24,361 11,105
Batting average 26.90 23.39 30.56 28.25
100s/50s 2/5 0/5 44/101 10/67
Top score 102* 64 227 154
Balls bowled 1,091 1,031 58,635 18,520
Wickets 7 13 756 347
Bowling average 65.14 50.69 30.95 32.11
5 wickets in innings 0 0 26 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 3 0
Best bowling 2/73 3/33 7/37 4/17
Catches/stumpings 3/– 4/– 235/– 124/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 November 2008

Peter Willey (born 6 December 1949)[1] is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. In and out of the England team, he interrupted his international career for three years by taking part in the first of the England players' South African rebel tours in 1982. After his playing career ended, he became a Test umpire.[2]

  1. ^ Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 187. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
  2. ^ "International cricketers turned umpires". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 April 2018.