

Sam Billings
Player Info | |
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Date of Birth | 15 June 1991 |
Place of Birth | Kent, England |
Career | June 2015 - Active |
Role | Batsman |
Batting & Fielding Statistics
Mat | Inns | No | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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Career | 24 | 18 | 2 | 586 | 118 | 36.62 | 627 | 93.46 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | WKTS | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | |
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Career | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
1. Adept at multiple sports – achieved county junior level in lawn tennis, played racquets, squash and rugby, and even turned down a football trial with Tottenham Hotspur in favour of cricket
2. One of England's finest players of spin bowling on the evidence of his Indian Premier League performances
3. Playing in his first ICC CT
4. ODI debut against New Zealand at Birmingham in 2015
5. Coming from a long line of illustrious Kent wicket-keepers, he was also offered football trials with Tottenham Hotspur
6. He was first called into England's 30-man provisional squad for the ICC CWC 2015 when Craig Kieswetter withdraw with eye problems
7. He has experience from playing overseas in the Pakistan Super League, the Indian Premier League and he averaged 31.25 for the Sydney Sixers in the 2016/17 Big Bash League
8. Is variously called Bilbo, Billo and Rupert by friends and family