Charl Willoughby

Quick Facts

Full Name	Charl Willoughby
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Dec 3, 1974(1974-12-03)
Age	50
Birthplace	Cape Town
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Western Cape
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Charl Willoughby Biography

Charl Willoughby is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on December 3, 1974 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Charl Myles Willoughby (born 3 December 1974) is a retired South African cricketer who played two Tests and three one Day Internationals in South Africa between 2000 and 2003. He was a player for Boland as well as Western Province before spending two seasons playing for the Cape Cobras. He been a part of English county cricket after a stint playing for Leicestershire at the end of 2005 he was a player for Somerset between 2006 and 2011, and Essex during 2012. He is a left-arm fast medium pace bowler, and an left-handed batsman. He attended Wynberg Boys High School, as well as Windsor (now Kenwyn) Primary School.

He also played in the county of Leicestershire in 2005 as well as for Somerset in the year 2006. In 2006, he was also the most prolific wicket-taker in the county of Somerset for first-class cricket. the team took 66 wickets for an average of 25 over the course of a season that included career-bests of 47 when batting against Worcestershire and 7/44 against Gloucestershire. He also played consistently throughout 2007, a season where Somerset made it into the 1st division of the County Championship as well as the Natwest Pro40. The news was released in November of 2011 that Willoughby is joining Essex for a two- year contract.

3 wickets in the match in the favour of South Africa A in each of the one-day games against “The Rest” in February 2003 resulted in his selection as a member of the One Day International (ODI) team during the 2003 TVS Cup in Bangladesh. He was involved in two games during the tournament, but didn’t take any wickets, and hasn’t been a part of South Africa in ODIs since. His debut in the Test format was during the same tour in one of the Tests with Bangladesh during the month of April in 2003. He scored a single wicket, the one from Mohammad Ashraful during the match. He was able to remain in the Test team during the trip to England and played in three matches as well as the opening Test at Edgbaston. In a draw the bowler bowled 20 runs in the first innings, but didn’t take any wickets, and was not the captain’s choice. Graeme Smith to bowl in the second.

Charl Willoughby Net Worth

Charl Willoughby is one of the richest Cricketer from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charl Willoughby 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Willoughby made his debut in one-day cricket for Boland in the month of October, 1994, against Orange Free State. In the opening innings of Boland’s Boland in the field, Willoughby ended the game with 1/44, scoring the future South Africa national team head coach Mickey Arthur as his first wicket. His debut in the first-class came less than two weeks later, against Transvaal. Willoughby scored three wickets during the first innings and then 2 more during the following innings, as the game was decided to be drawn. He ended his first season with 15 first-class wickets with a bowling rate of 35.73. In 1998-99, several good performances earned him the chance to represent South Africa A against the traveling West Indians. Even though his first game with international cricket was not a success, without him being declared a standout during the next match for Boland as well as against his fellow West Indians, Willoughby claimed his first five-wicket haul having a 5/60 score which included taking the wicket of Brian Lara. At the close in the year, he scored 36 first-class wickets more than double the number the previous season. that time. He made his debut for the international team in the season of 1999-2000, playing in the Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup match against Pakistan. As the bowler who started the match Willoughby took 2 wickets during a 65-run loss.

After a winter of playing cricket for club teams within England, Willoughby was selected to play in his home country of the West Indies with South Africa A. He played in two games with Barbados and four matches against West Indies A. He was signed to Western Province for the 2000-01 season, and stayed until the conclusion of the 2004-05 season after which his team joined Cape Cobras.

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Top Facts about Charl Willoughby

1. Charl Willoughby is a retired South African cricketer.
2. He was born on July 22, 1974 in Cape Town.
3. Willoughby was a left-arm fast-medium bowler.
4. He played for Western Province, Somerset and Dolphins teams.
5. In his first-class career, he took 571 wickets in 156 matches.
6. His best bowling figures were 8/24 in an innings and 12/108 in a match.
7. Willoughby played one Test match for South Africa against Bangladesh in 2003.
8. He also played three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for South Africa.
9. Willoughby retired from cricket in March 2014 at the age of 39.
10. After retirement, he became a coach and worked with various teams including Somerset and Hampshire County Cricket Clubs.