Billy Stelling

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Billy Stelling
Personal information
Full name
William Frederick Stelling
Born (1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 (age 54)
Johannesburg, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  29)4 July 2006 v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI13 July 2007 v  Scotland
ODI shirt no.59
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches151963
Runs scored180508856
Batting average 30.0018.8134.24
100s/50s0/00/10/3
Top score445376*
Balls bowled5672,4192,806
Wickets 223374
Bowling average 25.7732.3627.55
5 wickets in innings 011
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling3/125/495/30
Catches/stumpings 7/–8/–25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2017

William Frederick Stelling (born 30 June 1969), better known as Billy Stelling, is a South African-born Dutch former cricketer who played fifteen ODIs. An allrounder born at Johannesburg, he bowled right arm fast medium and batted right-handed.

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Aside from cricket he is also an accomplished mountainbiker, taking part in over 50 mountain bike stage races. In 2016 he and partner Lourens Luus won the Trans Baviaans ultra marathon race of 231 km.

He has also finished 2nd and 4th in his age group at South African Marathon championships in 2012 and 2021 respectively and earned Western Province cycling colours.

Domestic career

He has been a much-traveled player, starting his career at Western Province in his native South Africa, before moving on to play for Boland. Three seasons were then spent in English county cricket from 1999 to 2001, where he played for Berkshire and Leicestershire.

International career

Stelling first played for The Netherlands in 1995 as an overseas player in the Nat West Trophy. He qualified to represent his adopted country in international competition in 2005, playing in the ICC Trophy that year. In an ODI against Canada in December 2006 he scored a match winning 34-ball 39 in a thrilling runchase.

At the 2007 Cricket World Cup, he took 3 of the first 4 wickets to fall against Scotland, finishing with 3 for 12 off 8 overs and the man of the match award.

Beyond cricket

In 2016, Stelling won the Trans Baviaans 230 km endurance MTB Race with his teammate Lourens Luus. [1]

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References

  1. "Luus and Stelling claim Trans Baviaans victory with a tactical masterstroke" . Retrieved 15 August 2016.