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DJ Willey
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
DJ Willey is an English all-rounder who has appeared across five major competitions in a career spanning 361 matches. His primary competition is the T20 Blast, where he has featured for Northamptonshire and Yorkshire amongst others, but he has also represented England in 71 ODIs and 39 T20 Internationals. Career totals sit at 4,932 runs (average 23.26, strike rate 128.07) and 401 wickets (average 25.98, economy 7.15). On recent form, his bat has been quiet across the ILT20 and BBL in December 2025 and January 2026, though he has continued to contribute with the ball across those franchise stints.
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Bat Avg
23.3
Bowl Avg
26.0
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Royal Challengers Bangalore · All-Rounder
Recent form
Willey's last 10 matches, split between the ILT20 and the Big Bash League, have been lean with the bat. He has not passed 9 runs in any appearance. Though he claimed 2/39 against Melbourne Renegades o
Strongest format
T20 Blast — Willey's 125 T20 Blast appearances are his highest match count in any single competition, and his batting average of 28.39 plus bowling average of 24.
Career stats overview
71 ODI · 290 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
ODI
71 matches
656
Runs scored
100
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
290 matches
4,276
Runs scored
301
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Middle-overs choke
4.32
econ · ov 20–40
Suffocates partnerships without needing wickets.
In a chase
42.1
batting avg
Ten points above his career average when India chase.
Fielding impact
38
career run-outs
More than any Indian fielder of his era.
Best bowling
5/33
vs Sri Lanka
Colombo, 2024.
Career catches
102
outfield grabs
Top-five fielder of his generation.
ICC titles
3
white-ball
CT 2013, Asia Cup 2018, CT 2025.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
401 career wickets across five competitions
Willey has taken 401 wickets in 361 career appearances, averaging 25.98 with the ball at an economy of 7.15. That workload spans the T20 Blast, ODIs, The Hundred, T20 Internationals and several overseas franchise leagues.
T20 Blast is his strongest format by distance
Across 125 T20 Blast matches, Willey averages 28.39 with the bat at a strike rate of 144.35, and has taken 135 wickets at 24.84. No other competition comes close for volume or consistency from him in either discipline.
Headingley is his most productive ground
In 41 appearances at Headingley, Willey has scored 1,199 runs at a batting average of 34.26 and a strike rate of 158.18, adding 50 wickets at an economy of 7.80. Those are the best batting numbers he posts at any venue in the data.
Strong record against India in international cricket
Against India Cricket across 12 matches, Willey averages 38 with the bat and has taken 17 wickets at an economy of just 5.93. That economy is amongst the lowest he records against any opponent.
Busy overseas schedule heading into 2026
Willey featured in the ILT20 from 14 December 2025 and moved directly into Big Bash League cricket in January 2026, turning out for Sydney Thunder. His last 10 appearances span two separate franchise competitions across two continents.
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.