Tonito Willett

Tonito Akanni Willett (born 6 February 1983) in Nevis, is a West Indian cricketer who plays first-class and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands.[1] He is the son of Elquemedo Willett, brother of Akito Willett and the cousin of Stuart Williams.[2] He is a right handed batsman and bowls at a right-arm medium pace. [2]

Tonito Willett
Personal information
Full nameTonito Akanni Willett
Born (1983-02-06) 6 February 1983
Nevis
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll Rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Nevis
2001–presentLeeward Islands
2014St Lucia Zouks
Career statistics
Competition FC List A T20
Matches 76 39 22
Runs scored 3,132 612 383
Batting average 25.05 19.74 22.52
100s/50s 0/20 0/4 0/2
Top score 93 61* 86*
Balls bowled 5,528 1,117 198
Wickets 86 28 8
Bowling average 33.66 32.28 30.87
5 wickets in innings 2 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/31 6/19 2/18
Catches/stumpings 30/0 11/0 2
Source: CricInfo, 25 April 2017

Playing career

Willett was a member of the West Indies Under-19 cricket team in 2001 and was included in the squad for the 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, where he played alongside future West Indies cricket stars Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy and Ravi Rampaul. [3]

He made his first-class debut during the 2000–01 Busta Cup for the West Indies B cricket team. His first appearance for the Leeward Islands first class team came in the same competition one year later against the Windward Islands. [4] Willett also played domestic one day cricket for the Rest of Leeward Islands in the 2001–02 Red Stripe Bowl. [5]

Willett also competes for his home island of Nevis in both the LICA three day and one day competitions. He was a part of the Nevis t20 team that competed at the 2006 and 2007/08 Stanford 20/20 tournaments. [6]

References
  1. "Tonito Willett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  2. "Tonito Willett player profile". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. "West Indies v Australia, U-19 World Cup, 2002". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. "Tonito Willett, First Class Matches". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. "Tonito Willett, List A Matches". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. "Tonito Willett, T20 Matches". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 March 2015.


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