reece topley Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
reece topley is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Reece James William Topley
Born
February 21, 1994, Ipswich, Suffolk
Age
29 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Left arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
6ft 7in
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 29 | 22 | 1 |
Inn | - | 14 | 7 | - |
Runs | - | 35 | 13 | - |
Avg | - | 11.67 | 6.5 | - |
SR | - | 50.0 | 81.25 | - |
HS | - | 15 | 9 | - |
NO | - | 11 | 5 | - |
100s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | - | 3 | 1 | - |
6s | - | 1 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 29 | 22 | 1 |
Inn | - | 29 | 22 | 1 |
Balls | - | 1338 | 469 | 12 |
Runs | - | 1202 | 649 | 14 |
Wkt | - | 46 | 22 | 1 |
BBI | - | 24 / 6 | 22 / 3 | 14 / 3 |
BBM | - | 24 / 6 | 22 / 3 | 14 / 3 |
Eco | - | 5.39 | 8.3 | 7.0 |
Avg | - | 26.13 | 29.5 | 14.0 |
5W | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10W | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- PA Topley
- TD Topley
- England
- Dubai Capitals
- Durban's Super Giants
- England Development Programme Under-19s
- England Lions
- England Under-17s
- England Under-19s
- Essex
- Essex 2nd XI
- Hampshire
- Hampshire 2nd XI
- Islamabad United
- Melbourne Renegades
- Northern Superchargers (Men)
- Oval Invincibles (Men)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Sussex 2nd XI
- Team James Vince
- Team Moeen
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Topley, at 6ft 7in, started his career with Essex like his father - Donald Topley. He picked up 14 wickets in his first three four-day games, including five wicket hauls against Middlesex and Kent. The youngster was then picked for the 2012 Under 19 World Cup in Australia and he returned as the highest wicket-taker - 19 wickets at an average of around 9.
The growing nature of his career earned him a place in the England Lions squad for the tour of Australia and when he picked 80 wickets across all formats for Essex in the 2013 season, Topley was included in England's Performance Programme, but the first injury struck during this time and he missed the tour to Sri Lanka.
Once fully fit and back in rhythm, Topley was selected for the England ODI and T20 squad against Australia in 2015. He made his debut in Manchester and only in his second game with Pakistan, he picked up 3 for 26. In his first full series in South Africa, Topley ended with 10 wickets in five games, but that was the last of his England games.
During this time, Essex could not afford the injury-prone bowler and he too wanted more recognition which he was not getting at the county side. Both parted ways and he signed with Hampshire, who were a consistent side in the shorter formats of the game.
However, another mishap at the start of the 2016 season ruled him out of the year - a bone in his right hand was broken by a Boyd Rankin bouncer while playing against Warwickshire. The next year it was a back stress fracture which limited his appearances for Hampshire as he bowled only 112 overs across the three formats.
At 24, questions were being asked about his fragile body and whether he would continue playing. Topley, however, battled through them and was picked for the Lions squad for the tri-series involving India A and Windies A. He picked up 8 wickets in the series on his way back to where he belonged, but another back problem curtailed his season.
In October 2018, Reece Topley left Hampshire after the club and the player agreed to part company. During the 2018-19 winter, Sussex took a punt on him. Having been allowed to train and recover at Hove, he progressed well and picked up 17 wickets in their T20 campaign. Sussex were keen to tie him to a new contract but Surrey gazumped them to get his services. Surrey became Topleys’ fourth county when he signed at the end of the season. In 2020, Topley was recalled into England’s ODI squad for a 3-match ODI series against Ireland and featured in an ODI match after more than 4 years.
In 2022, Topley showcased his skills in both white ball formats at the international level. He recorded the best ODI figures for an Englishman with 6/34 against India at Lord’s. Another injury mishap came just before the T20 World Cup that year. He stepped on a boundary sponge during a fielding drill before England’s final warm-up match. As a consequence, he rolled his left ankle and his ligaments ruptured. Eventually, he was ruled out of the marquee event.
Topley got picked up by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 IPL auctions for INR 1.9 Crore. He made his debut against Mumbai Indians. However, he dislocated his left shoulder while fielding in that match and was ruled out of the rest of the season.
Topley made it to England’s ODI 2023 World Cup squad. A last-minute injury meant that he missed out a shot at last year’s T20 World Cup but this time around, he made it through the ODI World Cup warm-up games unscathed,
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A left-arm seamer with a fearsome yorker but a chequered injury history, Reece Topley's career was in peril before his 25th birthday as he suffered a series of stress fractures that left him wondering whether he would ever be able to play again.
That four years on Topley is regarded as a vital part of England's white ball plans, as a left-armer who deliveries from a great height, speaks of his mental fortitude. In 2022, he grew in both white ball codes at international level, registering the best ODI figures for an Englishman with 6 for 34 against India at Lord's. A sucker-punch came on the eve of that year's T20 World Cup when he rolled his left ankle, rupturing the ligaments, after stepping on a boundary sponge during a fielding drill ahead of England's final warm-up match. He was subsequently ruled out of the tournament.
At a skyscraper height of 6ft 7ins, Topley has always towered above his team-mates. An early developer, he first hit the headlines in 2009 when, as a 15-year-old net bowler, his favourite player Kevin Pietersen drilled a drive into the side of his head. He needed stitches but Pietersen left him a signed bat as a more welcome memento.
It wasn't until 2011 that Topley started making his own headlines. As a gangly 17-year-old left-arm seamer with huge potential he took 14 wickets for Essex in his three opening Championship matches - including five-wicket hauls in each of his first two games against Kent and Middlesex. That season was interrupted as Topley had to return to Royal Hospital School in Suffolk to start revising for the summer exams. His father, the former Essex player Don, was his school teacher and cricket mentor so slacking in any department was not an option.
Topley seemed admirably unaffected by the early hype. At the Under-19 World Cup in Australia in 2012, he stood out as a professional in a boys' game: no one claimed more than his 19 wickets, which came at nine apiece, and Topley relished his status as a senior bowler in England's side. Further recognition - before he had even turned 19 - arrived with an England Lions call-up for the 2013 tour Down Under.
The ECB and Essex have been careful to manage his workload, the county rotating him with their other talented quicks. He was a key member of the team in 2013, taking more than 80 wickets in all formats to earn a place on England's Performance Programme trip to Australia. However, a back injury ruled him out of going to Sri Lanka with the Lions, a reminder of how young fast bowlers need protecting.
Topley had played for Essex representative sides since the age of nine, but immediately after his England debut in a T20I against Australia in 2015 he announced he was on his way, citing a lack of ambition. Instead, he headed for Hampshire, whose success in the limited-overs game was undeniable. He impressed in the white-ball series against Pakistan and South Africa in the 2015-16, and kept his spot for the World T20 in India despite a chastening outing against AB de Villiers in a T20I immediately before it. But he leaked runs in a high-scoring game against the same opposition in the tournament itself, and was left out for the rest of England's run to the final.
But injury struck again, this time in more freakish fashion, in his first season with Hampshire. He failed to bowl a ball after being ruled out for the season during his debut when his left hand was broken when he was hit by a bouncer while batting against Warwickshire's Boyd Rankin. Shoulder surgery followed in the close season and then he suffered another back stress fracture in August 2017 in a season in which he had managed only 112 overs in all competitions.
Topley signed a white-ball only deal in 2018 and won an England Lions call-up against India A as a show of faith, allowing him to show some neatly-timed form just ahead of the Royal London Cup final, but he was not selected, and soon needed a pin in his back after a fifth stress fracture. He signalled his wish to move on and was released in September.
Sussex took a gamble on him during the 2018-19 winter, allowing him to train and recover at Hove, and he recovered to take 17 wickets in their T20 campaign and play his first Championship games for two years at the end of the season. They were unsurprisingly keen to tie him to a new contract, but were gazumped by Surrey, who became his fourth county when he signed at the end of the season.
ESPNcricinfo staff