Background
He is the son of former England cricketer and current international umpire Peter Willey. His first game came against Leicestershire, the first game of the season against one of his father"s old clubs.
He is the son of former England cricketer and current international umpire Peter Willey. His first game came against Leicestershire, the first game of the season against one of his father"s old clubs.
He is a left-handed batsman and bowler. Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire Academy, he got his chance in the 2009 season aged 19 after a good pre season.
His first wicket came in his second first class against Kent when he had Philosophy Edwards out LBW. On 8 May he was rewarded with a two year professional contract after impressing during the start of the season.
lieutenant 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 Northamptonshire team mate Jack Brooks on Cricket Department of Administration and Management feature, Brain vs Brawn, in 2010.
In 2013, he helped Northamptonshire to a 102-run victory in a rain-shortened Friends Life Twenty20 Final against Surrey where he made 60 with the bat, then had figures of 4/9, including a match-ending hat-trick to clean up the tail. Yorkshire
On 19 August 2015, it was announced that Willey would be joining Yorkshire on a three year contract at the start of the 2016 season.
David was selected in the England U19 cricket squad for the Tests against Bangladesh.
Although he did not play in the first Test, he scored 65 in the first innings of the second Test. He made his One Day International debut for England against Ireland on 8 May 2015 and took his first wicket in a rain affected match. He was also called up to the England ODI team on 14 June 2015 against New Zealand, and played in the third match of the series.
He took a wicket with his 2nd ball and finished with figures of 3-69.
He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015.