Reece Topley

Reece Topley
Personal information
Full name Reece James William Topley
Born (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Relations Don Topley (father)
Peter Topley (uncle)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 243) 13 September 2015 v Australia
Last ODI 14 February 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 23
T20I debut (cap 74) 31 August 2015 v Australia
Last T20I 18 March 2016 v South Africa
T20I shirt no. 23
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–2015 Essex (squad no. 6)
2016–present Hampshire (squad no. 6)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 10 6 32 40
Runs scored 7 1 71 41
Batting average 7.00 – 3.38 6.83
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 1* 15 19
Balls bowled 463 103 5,700 1,801
Wickets 16 5 125 69
Bowling average 25.62 34.60 25.78 23.72
5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 4/50 3/24 6/29 4/26
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 8/– 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 April 2016

Reece James William Topley (born 21 February 1994)[1] is an English cricketer. Topley is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium-fast.

Background

He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and was educated at the Royal Hospital School. His father, Don Topley, was a first-class cricketer for Essex and Surrey. His father was also one of his teachers at Royal Hospital School, where he is a master of cricket.[2] His uncle, Peter Topley, was also a first-class cricketer.

Domestic career

In June 2009, aged 15, Topley made the headlines when he was injured bowling in the nets at Loughborough University to England batsman Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen flat drove a delivery, which ended up striking Topley on the side of the head, knocking him to the ground. He was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary where he required stitches to his ear and was kept in hospital overnight. Following the incident, Pietersen, whom Topley cited as his favourite player, gave the youngster his cricket bat with his signature on.[3]

A product of the Essex youth cricket system, Topley made his first-class debut for Essex against Cambridge MCCU in the 2011 season.[4] He impressed on County Championship debut against Kent, taking his maiden five wicket haul when he took figures of 5/46 in Kent's second-innings of the match.[5] In the following championship match against Middlesex he his second five wicket haul, with figures of 5/64 in Middlesex's first-innings.[6] In May 2011, he signed a one-year professional contract with Essex.[7] That month also saw Topley make his List A debut against the Unicorns in the Clydesdale Bank 40,[8] with Topley claiming his maiden wicket in that format, that of Robin Lett.[9]

Mid-season Topley took a break from county cricket to return to Royal Hospital School to revise for his summer exams.[7] However, during his break he was called up to play for England Under-19s for their Youth One Day International series against South Africa Under-19s.[10] He returned to action for Essex in August, to date he has played two List A matches[8] and nine first-class matches.[4] He has made a good start to his first-class career, taking to date 34 wickets at an average of 23.55. The start to his career drew praise from former England captain Michael Vaughan, who stated that Topley could become a future Test cricketer.

On 1 September 2015, Hampshire County Cricket Club confirmed the signing of Topley from Essex at the end of the 2015 season.[11]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut against Australia on 31 August 2015[12] and his One Day International debut, also against Australia, on 13 September 2015, taking figures of 0-33.[13]

He kept his place in the ODI side for the series against Pakistan and played in all four matches. He picked up his first international wickets in the first match and finished with figures of 3-26, although it wasn't enough to prevent an England defeat. He picked up one wicket in each of the next three matches, with England winning all three games. He played in the 1st T20 international between the two sides, and finished with figures of 3-24.

He continued his role in the ODI side for the tour of South Africa, and again played every game in the series. He took figures of 1-43 in the first game, as England won by 39 runs on the DL Method. In the next game he took figures of 4-50 to help England to back to back wins. England lost the next three games of the series, although Topley performed well, taking figures of 2-39 in the fourth match of the series and 3-41 in the final match, which South Africa won by 5 wickets. He played in both T20 internationals, although he didn't take a wicket in either game.

He kept his place in the England side for the T20 World Cup, but was expensive in the first game against the West Indies, taking figures of 1-22 in 2.1 overs. He was expensive in the next match against South Africa, bowling two overs for 33 runs. He was replaced in the side by Liam Plunkett and did not play in the tournament again.

References

  1. ↑ "Reece Topley – Team profile". Essex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Player profile: Reece Topley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Davies, Gareth A. (2 June 2009). "Don Topley's son hospitalised after being floored by Kevin Pietersen drive". The Daily Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Reece Topley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Essex v Kent, 2011 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Middlesex v Essex, 2011 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Reece Topley signs one-year Essex contract". ESPNcricinfo. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  8. 1 2 "List A Matches played by Reece Topley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Essex v Unicorns, 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Topley called up by England Under-19". ESPNcricinfo. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Fast-Bowler Reece Topley to Join Hampshire". Hampshire County Cricket Club. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "Australia tour of England and Ireland, Only T20I: England v Australia at Cardiff, Aug 31, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th ODI: England v Australia at Manchester, Sep 13, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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