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Matches (19)
IND v AUS (W) (1)
BBL 2023 (1)
Super Smash (1)
Logan Cup (2)
NPCC (2)
AUS v PAK (1)
CSA 4-Day DIV1 (3)
CSA 4-Day DIV2 (1)
SA v IND (1)
WI v ENG (1)
PM Cup (4)
Super Smash [W] (1)

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Live • Only TEST •  Wankhede


AUS-W

219

IND-W

(108.3 ov) 348/7

Day 2 - Session 3: India (W) lead by 129 runs.

ScheduleReportSeries
Drinks • 11th Match • BBL 2023 •  T20 •  Sydney


SS

155/7

AS

(9.5/20 ov, T:156) 83/3

Strikers need 73 runs in 61 balls.

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RESULT • 3rd Match • Super Smash •  T20 •  Hamilton


ND

196/9

CD

(19.5/20 ov, T:197) 141

Northern Dis won by 55 runs

ScheduleTableSeries
Match delayed - Wet Outfield • 5th Match • Logan Cup •  FC •  Harare


ROCKS

76

EAGLE

(70.1 ov) 348/3

Day 3 - Eagles lead by 272 runs.

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Stumps • 6th Match • Logan Cup •  FC •  Harare


MOUNT

RHINO

null

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RESULT • 3rd Match • NPCC •  Birgunj


WCN

99/8

NAC

(13.1/20 ov, T:100) 103/4

Army Club won by 9 wickets (with 41 balls remaining)

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Live • 4th Match • NPCC •  Birgunj


APFC

101

UP-XI

(19.3/20 ov, T:102) 93/2

UP Club XI need 9 runs in 3 balls.

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Not covered Live • Tour Match •  Melbourne


PAK

323

VicXI

(11 ov) 47/1

Day 1 - Victoria XI trail by 276 runs.

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Not covered Live • 19th Match • CSA 4-Day DIV1 •  FC •  Potchefstroom (Uni)


TITNS

265

NWEST

(17 ov) 48/3

Day 1 - North West trail by 217 runs.

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Not covered Live • 17th Match • CSA 4-Day DIV1 •  FC •  Durban


WAR

267

DOLPH

(41 ov) 158/1

Day 2 - Dolphins trail by 109 runs.

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Not covered Live • 18th Match • CSA 4-Day DIV1 •  FC •  Johannesburg


KZNIN

345

LIONS

(30 ov) 125/3

Day 2 - LIONS trail by 220 runs.

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Not covered Live • 12th Match • CSA 4-Day DIV2 •  FC •  Polokwane


Limpo

475

SWD

(61 ov) 200/5

Day 2 - S West D trail by 275 runs.

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RESULT • 3rd ODI •  Paarl


IND

296/8

SA

(45.5/50 ov, T:297) 218

India won by 78 runs

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RESULT • 5th T20I •  Tarouba


ENG

132

WI

(19.2/20 ov, T:133) 133/6

West Indies won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

ScheduleReportSeries
RESULT • 5th Match • PM Cup •  Kirtipur


BP-W

87/8

KP-W

(18.1/20 ov, T:88) 92/2

Koshi WMN won by 8 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

ScheduleTableSeries
RESULT • 6th Match • PM Cup •  Mulpani


GP-W

141/6

KP-W

(20 ov, T:142) 97/6

Gandaki WMN won by 44 runs

ScheduleTableSeries
RESULT • 7th Match • PM Cup •  Kirtipur


MDH-W

40

APF-W

(5.5/20 ov, T:41) 41/0

APF Women won by 10 wickets (with 85 balls remaining)

ScheduleTableSeries
RESULT • 8th Match • PM Cup •  Mulpani


LP-W

71/7

SPP-W

(9.5/20 ov, T:72) 72/1

Sudur P Wmn won by 9 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)

ScheduleTableSeries
RESULT • 3rd Match • Super Smash [W] •  WT20 •  Hamilton


ND-W

119/6

CD-W

(19.3/20 ov, T:120) 120/4

CD-W won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

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Full Name

Reece James William Topley

Born

February 21, 1994, Ipswich, Suffolk

Age

29y 304d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Fast medium

Playing Role

Bowler

Height

6ft 7in

RELATIONS

PA Topley

(uncle),

TD Topley

(father)

TEAMS

EnglandDubai CapitalsDurban's Super GiantsEngland Development Programme
Under-19sEngland LionsEngland Under-17sEngland Under-19sEssexEssex 2nd
XIHampshireHampshire 2nd XIIslamabad UnitedMelbourne RenegadesMultan
SultansNorthern Superchargers (Men)Oval Invincibles (Men)Royal Challengers
BangaloreSurreySussexSussex 2nd XITeam James VinceTeam Moeen

A left-arm seamer with a fearsome yorker but a chequered injury history, Reece
Topley's career was in peril before his 25th birthday as he suffered a series of
stress fractures that left him wondering whether he would ever be able to play
again.

That four years on Topley is regarded as a vital part of England's white ball
plans, as a left-armer who deliveries from a great height, speaks of his mental
fortitude. In 2022, he grew in both white ball codes at international level,
registering the best ODI figures for an Englishman with 6 for 34 against India
at Lord's. A sucker-punch came on the eve of that year's T20 World Cup when he
rolled his left ankle, rupturing the ligaments, after stepping on a boundary
sponge during a fielding drill ahead of England's final warm-up match. He was
subsequently ruled out of the tournament.

At a skyscraper height of 6ft 7ins, Topley has always towered above his
team-mates. An early developer, he first hit the headlines in 2009 when, as a
15-year-old net bowler, his favourite player Kevin Pietersen drilled a drive
into the side of his head. He needed stitches but Pietersen left him a signed
bat as a more welcome memento.

It wasn't until 2011 that Topley started making his own headlines. As a gangly
17-year-old left-arm seamer with huge potential he took 14 wickets for Essex in
his three opening Championship matches - including five-wicket hauls in each of
his first two games against Kent and Middlesex. That season was interrupted as
Topley had to return to Royal Hospital School in Suffolk to start revising for
the summer exams. His father, the former Essex player Don, was his school
teacher and cricket mentor so slacking in any department was not an option.

Topley seemed admirably unaffected by the early hype. At the Under-19 World Cup
in Australia in 2012, he stood out as a professional in a boys' game: no one
claimed more than his 19 wickets, which came at nine apiece, and Topley relished
his status as a senior bowler in England's side. Further recognition - before he
had even turned 19 - arrived with an England Lions call-up for the 2013 tour
Down Under.

The ECB and Essex have been careful to manage his workload, the county rotating
him with their other talented quicks. He was a key member of the team in 2013,
taking more than 80 wickets in all formats to earn a place on England's
Performance Programme trip to Australia. However, a back injury ruled him out of
going to Sri Lanka with the Lions, a reminder of how young fast bowlers need
protecting.

Topley had played for Essex representative sides since the age of nine, but
immediately after his England debut in a T20I against Australia in 2015 he
announced he was on his way, citing a lack of ambition. Instead, he headed for
Hampshire, whose success in the limited-overs game was undeniable. He impressed
in the white-ball series against Pakistan and South Africa in the 2015-16, and
kept his spot for the World T20 in India despite a chastening outing against AB
de Villiers in a T20I immediately before it. But he leaked runs in a
high-scoring game against the same opposition in the tournament itself, and was
left out for the rest of England's run to the final.

But injury struck again, this time in more freakish fashion, in his first season
with Hampshire. He failed to bowl a ball after being ruled out for the season
during his debut when his left hand was broken when he was hit by a bouncer
while batting against Warwickshire's Boyd Rankin. Shoulder surgery followed in
the close season and then he suffered another back stress fracture in August
2017 in a season in which he had managed only 112 overs in all competitions.

Topley signed a white-ball only deal in 2018 and won an England Lions call-up
against India A as a show of faith, allowing him to show some neatly-timed form
just ahead of the Royal London Cup final, but he was not selected, and soon
needed a pin in his back after a fifth stress fracture. He signalled his wish to
move on and was released in September.

Sussex took a gamble on him during the 2018-19 winter, allowing him to train and
recover at Hove, and he recovered to take 17 wickets in their T20 campaign and
play his first Championship games for two years at the end of the season. They
were unsurprisingly keen to tie him to a new contract, but were gazumped by
Surrey, who became his fourth county when he signed at the end of the season.


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REECE TOPLEY CAREER STATS

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10wODIs292913381202466/246/2426.135.3929.0210T20Is2525538735283/223/2226.258.1919.2000FC4676793243821636/2911/8526.883.3148.6582List
A7474343331581236/246/2425.675.5127.91010T20s151147308142121984/204/2021.278.2015.5500

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtStODIs2914113515*11.667050.00003170T20Is25861396.501681.25001060FC465422132164.1264220.560014080List
A742618821910.2514357.340072180T20s15133259814*12.259998.9800112340

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DEBUT/LAST MATCHES OF REECE TOPLEY

ODI Matches

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Debut
England vs Australia at Manchester - September 13, 2015
Last
South Africa vs England at Wankhede - October 21, 2023

T20I Matches

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Debut
England vs Australia at Cardiff - August 31, 2015
Last
West Indies vs England at Tarouba - December 21, 2023

FC Matches

Debut
Essex vs Cambs MCCU at Cambridge - April 02 - 04, 2011
Last
Surrey vs Gloucs at Bristol - April 28 - May 01, 2022

List A Matches

Debut
Unicorns vs Essex at Chelmsford - May 22, 2011
Last
South Africa vs England at Wankhede - October 21, 2023

T20 Matches

Debut
Essex vs Kent at Chelmsford - June 20, 2012
Last
West Indies vs England at Tarouba - December 21, 2023
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RECENT MATCHES OF REECE TOPLEY

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormatEngland vs West Indies0*2/1721-Dec-2023TaroubaT20I #
2415England vs West Indies--3/3719-Dec-2023TaroubaT20I # 2414England vs West
Indies--1/3216-Dec-2023St George'sT20I # 2407England vs South
Africa--3/8821-Oct-2023WankhedeODI # 4677England vs
Afghanistan15*1/5215-Oct-2023DelhiODI # 4670

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VIDEOS OF REECE TOPLEY

5:43
Match Day


WHAT ENGLAND DID RIGHT, WHAT BANGLADESH DID WRONG

Oct 10, 2023
3:02
IPL 2023 Auction


HESSON: 'GETTING REECE TOPLEY CHEAPLY ALLOWED FLEXIBILITY FOR WILL JACKS'

Dec 23, 2022
1:15
Press Conference


HOW INJURY SETBACKS HELP TOPLEY PERFORM FOR ENGLAND

Jan 24, 2022
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NEWS AND FEATURES ABOUT REECE TOPLEY


CARSE REPLACES INJURED TOPLEY IN ENGLAND'S WORLD CUP SQUAD



"He almost feels like a junior Plunkett," Root says of the seamer, who will join
the team ahead of Sri Lanka game on Thursday



23-Oct-2023•Matt Roller


ENGLAND LOOK FOR 'X-FACTOR' TOPLEY REPLACEMENT



England are yet to determine which player will replace Topley but confirmed on
Saturday night that Archer would not be considered for selection



22-Oct-2023•Matt Roller


NO WORLD CUP SOS FOR JOFRA ARCHER, AS REECE TOPLEY FACES CRUEL EXIT WITH BROKEN
FINGER



Injury jinx strikes left-armer once more, as coach Mott admits 2019 veteran
isn't ready



21-Oct-2023•Andrew Miller
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PHOTOS OF REECE TOPLEY


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