Full name Peter Willey
Born December 6, 1949, Sedgefield, Co Durham
Current age 68 years 135 days
Major teams England, Eastern Province, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland
Nickname Will
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Umpire
Height 6 ft 1 in
Education Seaham Secondary School, Co Durham
Relation Son - DJ Willey
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
26 | 50 | 6 | 1184 | 102* | 26.90 | 2794 | 42.37 | 2 | 5 | 160 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
26 | 24 | 1 | 538 | 64 | 23.39 | 855 | 62.92 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
First-class | 559 | 918 | 121 | 24361 | 227 | 30.56 | 44 | 101 | 235 | 0 | ||||
List A | 458 | 436 | 43 | 11105 | 154 | 28.25 | 10 | 67 | 124 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
26 | 20 | 1091 | 456 | 7 | 2/73 | 2/73 | 65.14 | 2.50 | 155.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
26 | 22 | 1031 | 659 | 13 | 3/33 | 3/33 | 50.69 | 3.83 | 79.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 559 | 58635 | 23400 | 756 | 7/37 | 30.95 | 2.39 | 77.5 | 26 | 3 | |||
List A | 458 | 18520 | 11143 | 347 | 4/17 | 4/17 | 32.11 | 3.61 | 53.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | England v West Indies at Leeds, Jul 22-27, 1976 scorecard |
Last Test | England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jul 24-29, 1986 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v Australia at Manchester, Jun 2, 1977 scorecard |
Last ODI | West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 31, 1986 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1966 - 1991 |
List A span | 1967 - 1992 |
Test debut | West Indies v New Zealand at Bridgetown, Apr 19-23, 1996 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, Oct 9-13, 2003 scorecard |
Test matches | 25 |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v India at The Oval, May 23-24, 1996 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v Zimbabwe at Cardiff, Jul 5, 2003 scorecard |
ODI matches | 34 |
ODI statistics |
There was a time in the late seventies and early eighties when, if England were playing the West Indies at the peak of their dominance of world cricket, that Peter Willey could pack his bag ready for the call to the Test side. A hard, fearless man from the north-east, he made 15 of his 26 Test appearances against the West Indies and 13 of his 26 one-day internationals against the same opposition. The rest of his one-day internationals were against Australia, as were nine of his Tests. He did not have many easy opportunities to bolster his average.