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July 31, 2020 England / Ireland

David Willey is out of step with the world

Two examples which highlight how unutterably dreadful David Willey’s timing is. Example one. In March 2019, Sky Sports commentator Ian Ward delivered the definitive expression of incredulity when David Willey opened the bowling against the West Indies in an Alice band. (You may have seen it.) In July 2020, almost

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October 26, 2019 Cricket computer games | reviews, previews and downloads | PC, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii

The Cricket 19 videogame probably isn’t going to make David Willey feel any better

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March 12, 2019 England

David Willey’s Alice band has given us an awful lot to think about this week

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