Sam Billings Cricket English

Sam Billings

EnglishAll Rounder
IPL All Time Stats

Personal Information

Full Name Samuel William Billings
Date of Birth June 15, 1991
Age 31 Years
Nationality English
Birth Place Pembury, Kent
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Role Wicket-keeper, Batsman/Right-handed
Batting Style Right hand Bat
Bowling Style Wicketkeeper
Debut June 9, 2015
Jersey No. 7
Family Tom Billings (Cousin), Tom Billings (Grandfather)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
OVAL vs MAN 10 11 2 0 90.91 0 0 0 0
TRN vs OVAL 76 40 5 5 190.00 0 0 0 0
OVAL vs BRV 0 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
OVAL vs LON 2 1 0 0 200.00 0 0 0 0
BHM vs OVAL 14 8 1 1 175.00 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 28 23 702 771 2 33.42 91.05 1 5 118 74 8 19 1
TESTs 3 3 66 114 0 22.00 57.89 0 0 36 10 0 8 0
T20Is 37 33 478 368 5 17.07 129.89 0 2 87 41 16 17 2
T20s 283 269 5424 4124 41 23.78 131.52 0 28 95 450 178 170 24
LISTAs 104 91 3139 3042 15 41.30 103.18 7 21 175 325 53 88 9
FIRSTCLASS 88 128 3628 6213 12 31.27 58.39 6 15 171 509 15 219 12

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TESTs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20Is 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 283 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LISTAs 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 88 1 0.1 4 0 0 24.00 0 0 0

Sam Billings News

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The Hundred Men's 2023, Match 3, London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles: Probable XIs, Prediction, Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, Live Streaming Details

Sam Billings: A Brief Biography

Sam Billings Biography

Sam Billings is an English cricketer, born 15th June 1991 in Kent. A right-handed wicket-keeper batsman by nature, Billings is also known for his brilliant fielding antics. Such is his skill in the outfield, that he is sometimes seen abandoning the gloves to save some runs at the boundary for his side.


Billings is also known for his support towards developing cricket by charitable organizations worldwide. He has worked with disabilities cricket teams and is a patron of cricket in Rwanda in Africa.

Early Days


A brilliant all-round sportsman, Sam Billings juggled with football, rugby, tennis and squash before finally settling on cricket. Whilst at university, Billings played for Loughborough MCCU before playing for his home side, Kent in the English County.


Suited for the limited overs game, Billings shone bright in the ODI and T20 matches and was the top scorer for his team in the 40-over and T20 format in 2012.


In the year 2013, he replaced Geraint Jones in domestic T20 tournaments as well as county championship for Kent. He was the leading run scorer in Royal London One-Day cup in 2014.


He scored 693 runs at an average of 30 in the 2015 Championship County which prompted his selection 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup provisional squad.


Debut


Although a member of the provisional squad in the World Cup, Billings did not get to play for the national side. But when he annihilated Somerset bowlers in the process of scoring an unbeaten 135 from 58 balls, the English selectors could no longer ignore him.


He made his ODI debut against New Zealand in 2015 at the age of 23. He scored only 3 runs on his debut and did not impress much in the 5-match series.


He made his T20 debut in the series that followed and scored 21 in his first match. Although, he was a regular choice in the team for the limited over formats, he played infrequently and never more than two matches in a row after his debut.

Rise to Glory

When Sam Billings was given a chance to prove his worth behind the stumps, he did not disappoint. On his wicket keeping debut in a T20 match against Pakistan in 2015, Billings took two catches and completed one successful stumping. He also scored a blistering 50 at a strike rate of more than 200 and earned himself his first Man of the Match award.


In 2016, he played a prolific domestic season for Kent. He made the record of becoming the second Kent wicket-keeper to take seven catches in an innings. Billings also made his career best 171 during this season in a match against Gloucestershire.


The year 2016 also saw him scoring his highest List-A score of 175 in a match against Pakistan at Canterbury. He showed his ODI prowess in the series against Bangladesh in October 2016; where he scored his maiden half century in the final match and carried his team to a 2-1 series win.


In 2017, he began playing back to back ODIs for the national team and was given the onus of vice-captaincy for his domestic side, Kent.


Club Career


Sam billings was bought by Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League in 2016 and was retained for the 2017 as well. In the Indian Premier League, he debuted for Delhi Daredevils in 2016, scoring a half century in the very first match.


He was retained by Delhi Daredevils for the 2017 season too. He played for Sydney Sixers in 2016-17 Big Bash league in Australia.


At the 2018 IPL auctions, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for his base price of Rs. 1 crore.