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| Full name | Christopher Donald Michael Tooley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1964 Bromley, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985–1987 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Combined Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Kent Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,31 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher Donald Michael Tooley (born 19 April 1964) is an English former cricketer and a business executive,formerly the Group CEO of Lycamobile. Tooley played cricket as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
Born at Bromley in Kent and educated at St Dunstan's College in Catford and Magdalen College,Oxford, [1] [2] Tooley made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Somerset in 1985. He played 25 first-class matches,23 for the university and two for combined Oxford and Cambridge University sides,between 1985 and 1987,the last of which came in the 1987 University Match against Cambridge. [1] He won Blues for cricket in each of his three years at university and captained the Oxford side in his final year. [2] In his 25 first-class matches,he scored 667 runs at a batting average of 19.61,with three half centuries and a highest score of 66. He took two wickets at a bowling average of 18.50,with best figures of one wicket for 16 runs. [1] [3]
Tooley also played in eight List A matches. In 1986 and 1987 he played seven times for Combined Universities,making his debut against Hampshire in the 1986 Benson &Hedges Cup. He later played a single List A match for the Kent Cricket Board against the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy. [1] He played club cricket for Bromley Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League as well as playing for a variety of club sids,including Harlequins,The Stoics,and MCC. [1]
Tooley held senior positions at Lycamobile,a London-based provider of international calling services with operations in several countries. He was described as a "company veteran" when he was appointed as CEO of Lycamobile Group in 2014. [4] [5] He left the role in 2023, [6] and later that year was removed as a director of Lycamobile UK Ltd. [7]
In October 2023,along with other Lycamobile executives,Tooley was sentenced in France to a three-year jail term,part suspended,and fined 250,000 euros for complicity in VAT tax fraud and money laundering involving Lycamobile and associated companies. He was also banned from managing a company in France for a period of five years. [8] [9] [10]