David Willey cricketer: Watch English seamer picks four wickets in as many overs on ODI comeback

Dixit Bhargav | 30/07/2020
David Willey cricketer: Watch English seamer picks four wickets in as many overs on ODI comeback

English seamer picks four wickets: England’s David Willey resumed his ODI career in the best way possible against Ireland.

Playing international cricket after 438 days, England seamer David Willey started on the same note where he left off as he picked four wickets in as many overs with the new ball in the first ODI of Ireland’s tour of England in Southampton.

It was in the first over itself that Willey made early inroads on the back of dismissing Ireland opening batsman Paul Stirling (2) after he mis-timed a harmless delivery to England captain Eoin Morgan at short mid-wicket.

On the first delivery of Willey’s next over, Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie (3) played a loose drive which saw him edging the ball to England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow. Willey had provided his team with the perfect start especially after Morgan won the toss and invited the visitors in to bat.

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Opening batsman Gareth Delany (22), who had scored five impressive boundaries during his brief stay, became the next Irish batsman to walk back to the pavilion after he drove a fuller delivery straight to Tom Banton at point.

On the next delivery, Willey found Ireland wicket-keeper batsman Lorcan Tucker (0) wanting in front of the stumps as Morgan’s call to review umpire’s decision reaped fruits for England. By the end of his fourth over, Willey had picked 4-12 to send Ireland on the back foot as they’ve eventually lost seven wickets even before the halfway mark.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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