sam billings Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
sam billings is a cricketer(sportsman) from England. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Samuel William Billings
Born
June 15, 1991, Pembury, Kent
Age
32 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 3 | 28 | 37 | 30 |
Inn | 3 | 23 | 33 | 27 |
Runs | 66 | 702 | 478 | 503 |
Avg | 22.0 | 33.43 | 17.07 | 19.35 |
SR | 57.89 | 91.05 | 129.89 | 129.64 |
HS | 36 | 118 | 87 | 56 |
NO | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
100s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
4s | 10 | 74 | 41 | 40 |
6s | 0 | 8 | 16 | 20 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 3 | 28 | 37 | 30 |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- England
- Bangla Tigers
- Brisbane Heat
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi Capitals
- Desert Vipers
- England A
- England Development Programme Under-19s
- England Under-19s
- ICC World XI
- Islamabad United
- Kandahar Knights
- Kent
- Kent 2nd XI
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Lahore Qalandars
- Loughborough Marylebone Cricket Club University (England)
- Loughborough MCCU 2nd XI
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Northern Warriors
- Oval Invincibles (Men)
- Rangpur Riders
- Sydney Sixers
- Sydney Thunder
- Team James Vince
- Team Morgan
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Billings' first-class numbers are underwhelming as he just isn't made for red-ball cricket. At least not yet. Branded as a future limited-overs superstar for England, he made his way up the ranks after having debuted in 2011 across all three forms in the county circuit. As mentioned earlier, Billings had a penchant for the shorter forms and that's where he started making a statement. The 2012 season was a fantastic one for him as he topped the charts in 40-over cricket and T20s across England. Later in 2014, he became the top run-scorer in the Royal London One-Day Cup - an achievement that forced his name into the minds of the national selectors.
England's 2015 World Cup disaster did result in a massive overhaul that has changed the dynamics of their white-ball fortunes ever since. The emphasis on fearless and attacking cricket saw Billings also getting a national call up. However, he had to mostly remain on the fringes due to the depth and performances of the new-look England side. Primarily a middle-order batsman who is equipped with finishing skills, Billings was forced to open the innings quite a few times to earn a spot in England's playing XI. His career for the Three Lions so far has been a mixed bag in terms of numbers but he is yet to get the long rope. Billings' 360-degree stroke play makes him a tempting option to have in the squad.
With Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler as competition, it's really tough for Billings to break into the XI as a wicket-keeper batsman. The challenge then for him will be to qualify as a pure batsman (which he certainly can) and then use his keeping skills as a backup. Unlike most England batsmen, Billings is a fine player of spin with excellent footwork. This quality holds him in good stead for the team's sub-continental challenges but he would surely want to be known as a player for all conditions. He has featured in popular T20 leagues like the IPL, BBL and PSL. His skill set and athletic frame make him a fine package for the shortest form.
IPL through the years
Sam Billings was picked up by Delhi Daredevils in 2016, for whom he played two seasons. However, he did not get many opportunities and scored a fifty in each season. He was released into the auction pool for 2018. CSK bought him for his base price of 1 crore and the England international immediately clicked for them as he won a game against KKR from a tough situation - he made 56 runs off just 23 balls - in a high-pressure run chase. Billings was a given a decent run, but he failed to convert starts and eventually lost his place to Faf du Plessis towards the business end of the tournament. He was retained for the 2019 edition by the franchise.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Sam Billings, an energetic and inventive wicketkeeper-batter with a penchant for the white-ball game, slots into a long line of illustrious Kent keepers including Les Ames, Godfrey Evans, Alan Knott and Geraint Jones. Billings is an all-round sportsman who turned down a football trial with Tottenham Hotspur to go on a cricket tour at county level, once woke up in an infirmary after being spear tackled in a rugby union game, achieved county junior level in tennis, and is highly adept at squash and racquets.
An innings of 143 off 113 balls against Derbyshire in Canterbury was the highlight of a promising 2012 season. Billings had also scored a century, for Loughborough MCCU, on his first-class debut, against Northants in 2011. As Kent's leading run-maker in T20 as well as the CB40 in 2012, he went on an ECB scholarship to Australia over the winter of 2012-13.
He replaced Geraint Jones as keeper at the start of Kent's 2014 Championship season and emphasised his 50-over potential in the Royal London One-Day Cup, becoming the leading run-scorer in the competition.
Billings made his international debut in the series against New Zealand in 2015 and played five ODIs and two T20Is without making a fifty but fit the design of a more high-energy England side under Eoin Morgan. His first international 50 came in a T20I against Pakistan in Dubai in November that year. It took him another seven years to make his Test debut, though.
In 2018, after the potentially disruptive departure of Sam Northeast, Billings led a rejuvenated Kent squad to their first promotion in 11 years and a Lord's final in the Royal London Cup. He also produced his first international century, in an ODI against Australia at Old Trafford. Injury kept him out of the squad for the World Cup the following year, though he had just made 87 in a T20I in the Caribbean and was in the running to replace Alex Hales in the national team. The year ended more encouragingly when he was named vice-captain of a new-look England T20I side for the tour of New Zealand - though he failed with the bat on that assignment, which meant he was left out of the side that went to South Africa at Christmas time.