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Full name Billy Ashley Godleman
Born February 11, 1989, Camden, London
Current age 19 years 158 days
Major teams England Under-19s,Middlesex,Middlesex 2nd XI
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height
6 ft 3 in
Education Islington Green School
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
26
42
3
1352
113*
34.66
3361
40.22
1
9
25
0
List A
5
5
1
119
43*
29.75
165
72.12
0
0
13
1
2
0
Twenty20
13
12
0
251
69
20.91
209
120.09
0
2
31
4
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
26
30
35
0
-
-
-
7.00
-
0
0
0
List A
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Twenty20
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
First-class debut
2005
Last First-class
Gloucestershire v Middlesex at Bristol, Jul 11-14, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
Hampshire v Middlesex at Southampton, Apr 22, 2007 scorecard
Last List A
Middlesex v Essex at Lord's, May 28, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Middlesex v Kent at Lord's, Jun 30, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Middlesex v Lancashire at The Oval, Jul 8, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Not many youngsters can boast a county contract at the age of 17 but Billy Godleman is an exception. In 2005, he became the second-youngest first-class debutant for Middlesex (behind his team-mate, ST Finn), whereupon he impressed with an unbeaten 69 against Cambridge at Fenners after previously making three hundreds for Middlesex 2nd XI and earning a 1st XI call-up. Having represented England schools at Under-15s, 16s, 17s and 18s level, Godleman trained with the Under-19 squad but unfortunately missed out on a place in their 2005-06 World Cup squad. But when he earned a place in the U-19 set-up he made his mark, in 2007 scoring an unbeaten 149 in an ODI against Pakistan, the highest individual innings for England at youth level. He was selected in England's Under-19 World Cup squad in 2008.
Godleman was identified by David English as a future England player when aged 15 at a Bunbury Festival, a testament to the hard work both he and his father put into his development. A left-hand batsman with a low grip who favours scoring square of the wicket, particularly on the leg, he is one of the game's fidgets who checks his grip and equipment before every delivery.
Cricinfo staff February 2008
Notes
NBC Denis Compton Award 2005
NBC Denis Compton Award 2007
