Tonito Akanni Willett (born 6 February 1983) is a West Indian cricketer who played 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 name
Tonito Akanni Willett
Born (1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 (age 41)
Nevis
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Nevis
2001–2016Leeward Islands
2014St Lucia Zouks
Career statistics
Competition FC LA 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/– 11/– 2/–
Source: CricInfo, 25 April 2017

Playing career

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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

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  1. ^ "Tonito Willett". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  2. ^ a b "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.