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November 8, 2023 England

David Willey: six and out from a selfless, dutiful player who England always seemed to take for granted

2 minute readDavid Willey had two balls to face today and he tried to make full use of both of them. It was typically selfless stuff from a committed player who rarely seems to have got much love or respect from England, even when he’s been one of their top performers. Willey

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March 8, 2023 England

Joe Root? Dawid Malan? Harry Brook? Which batter isn’t in England’s first choice World Cup XI

5 minute readDo you know England’s first-choice XI for the upcoming 50-over World Cup? Do England? There’s a lot of job sharing in the various England teams these days. Players flit in and flit out to the extent that it’s actually pretty hard to identify the first choice XI. That’s mostly okay

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July 31, 2020 England / Ireland

David Willey is out of step with the world

< 1 minute readTwo 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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  1. King Cricket on A black standard poodle being conspicuously indifferent to a very good cricket book that you should definitely buyApril 13, 2026

    Have you seen the photo of him on the Beeb? Not the most flattering. He looks like Albert Steptoe.

  2. A P Webster on A black standard poodle being conspicuously indifferent to a very good cricket book that you should definitely buyApril 13, 2026

    Was unbeaten with the bat in both innings as well. An up-and-coming all-rounder

  3. Sam on A black standard poodle being conspicuously indifferent to a very good cricket book that you should definitely buyApril 13, 2026

    Decent performance from Lancashire's skipper. Looks a good prospect. Shame second division doesn't count.

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    Clearly someone once said told Peter Svidler en passant [did you see what I did there] that cricket is like…

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    Ah the weak shower head of time. Doesn't wash away everything, but probably leaves everyone with different memories/ingrained stains from…

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