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Sam Billings’s Biography

Samuel William Billings is a cricket player who represents England. Sam Bilbo Billo and Rupert are the nicknames given to him by his family and teammates. Billings is a right-handed wicketkeeper who also bats. Since he was eight years old he has played for the Kent County Cricket Club. In 2011 he made his senior debut for the First XI. He took over for Sam Northeast as captain in January 2018 after being named the team's vice-captain in October 2017.

Billings is recognised as a talented cricket player who pays close attention to the game and possesses a wide variety of creative scoring strokes. He has played for the England cricket team primarily in limited-overs formats and in January 2022 he made his Test debut. He participated in Twenty20 professional cricket. 

In the first two seasons of The Hundred he captained the Oval Invincibles which is a Twenty20 franchise team. He has also played Twenty20 franchise cricket in the Pakistan Super League Indian Premier League and Australia's Big Bash League.

Sam Billings’s Age

Sam Billings was born on June 15 1991 in the Kent town of Pembury Kent a village in England. Sam Billings’s age is 31 years. Sam Billings’s Zodiac Sign is Cancer. 

Sam Billings Childhood

Billings was raised on his family's farm in the county's north after being born in Pembury Kent. He became a skilled all-around athlete playing tennis for Kent and receiving a trial offer from Tottenham Hotspur Football Club after recording a hat-trick while representing Corinthian under-14s against the club's academy team. Sam also engaged in rugby squash and racquetball.

Sam Billings Education

Billings attended the New Beacon School in Sevenoaks before transferring to Haileybury College in Hertfordshire. He played frequently for both schools' cricket teams the entire time he was a student there. At Loughborough University he pursued a degree in Sport and Exercise Science. Prior to attending university Billings said that he was not even close to being good enough to play professional cricket. He attributes this to the university for inspiring him to put in extra effort to hone his talent.

Sam Billings Family

Sam Billings’s mother’s name is Annie Billings. His father’s name remains Unknown. Sam Billings’s Sister’s name is Alice Billings. His cousin Tom Billings won the world championship in the sport and his grandfather Ron Billings was a successful racquet player.

Sam Billings Girlfriend

Sarah Cantlay

Sarah Cantlay is a Professional Tennis player and has received various honours throughout her career. She also holds a degree with a psychology emphasis. Sam Billings proposed to his longtime girlfriend Sarah Cantlay on November 20 2021.

Sam Billings’s Struggles

Sam Billings has stated that having the opportunity to learn from MS Dhoni while playing for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL this year made his forthcoming troubles with form worthwhile.

With a partnership from Dhoni Billings began his IPL season against Kolkata Knight Riders with a match-winning 56 off 23 balls. He was unable to match those heights again though as he ended a stop-start career with 108 runs at 13.50 in a total of ten innings.

Billings' shaky start to his home international season appeared to be a result of his lack of time in the middle; after failing in two innings against Scotland and Australia last month he was left out of England's T20 and ODI squads against India. But Billings is adamant and is not a quitter. 

Sam Billings Cricket Career

Debut Career (2011)

In 2011 Billings made his Loughborough MCCU first-class debut against Northamptonshire. He scored 321 runs at an average of 45.85 in his four first-class games for Loughborough MCCU with the best score of 131. He scored this goal against Northamptonshire in his first game.

However Billings thinks he has zero regrets about his time at CSK and claims that Dhoni is a role model whose involvement and counsel can only enhance his game. Dhoni is currently settling into his leadership role at Kent.

ODI Debut

At the age of 23 Sam Billings faced New Zealand on his ODI debut. In the five-match series he only managed 3 runs on his debut and left little to be desired.

T20 Debut

In the subsequent series he played his first T20 match and recorded a 21-point performance. After his debut he played little never more than twice in a row while being a consistent selection in the team for limited over formats.

Domestic Career (2016)

Sam Billings had a productive domestic season for Kent in 2016. He set a record by taking seven catches in one inning becoming the only the second Kent wicketkeeper to do so. In a game against Gloucestershire this season Billings also made 171 — a career-high.

ODI

Sam Billings recorded his best List-A score of 175 in a game against Pakistan at Canterbury in 2016. In the series against Bangladesh in October 2016 he demonstrated his ODI talent by scoring his first half-century in the decisive game and leading his squad to a 2-1 series victory.
Sam Billings started playing consecutive ODIs for the national squad in 2017 and was assigned the responsibility of vice-captaincy for his local team Kent.

IPL Career

Islamabad United purchased Sam Billings in the Pakistan Super League in 2016 and kept him for the 2017 season as well. He made his Indian Premier League debut in 2016 for Delhi Daredevils striking a half-century in the opening game.

The Delhi Daredevils retained him for the 2017 campaign as well. In Australia's 2016–17 Big Bash League he represented Sydney Sixers. He was purchased by Chennai Super Kings for his basic price of Rs. 1 crore during the 2018 IPL auctions.

Sam Billings’s International Career

Sam Billings travelled to India in January 2017 with the England ODI and T20 squad. Prior to playing back-to-back ODI matches for the first time since his debut series against the West Indies he participated in the first List A match of the tour against India A again as a specialist batsman making 93 runs and in an ODI and T20 match on the tour. 

Sam played matches against Ireland South Africa and the West Indies in the summer of 2017 despite not being included in the England team that competed in the 2017 Champions Trophy. He travelled to Australia with the England team in the early months of 2018 for the ODI portion of their tour but he did not play in any of the games. In February he participated in the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series T20 matches against Australia and New Zealand. He was once more left out of England's lineup for the ensuing ODI series against New Zealand.

Billings was chosen as the first-choice wicketkeeper and vice-captain of England's T20I team for their tour of New Zealand in October 2019.

Although he only managed to score 34 runs in his five innings he participated in all five of the T20I games on the tour and was not chosen for the limited-overs team that will play in South Africa in early 2020. 

Sam was included in a list of 55 players that started training behind closed doors in May 2020 in preparation for international matches that will start in England after the COVID-19 epidemic. Although he was not chosen for the Test team that would have faced the West Indies he was included in the squad for the ODI series against Ireland in July. 

Sam participated in the three T20I matches against the visiting Pakistanis after participating in all three of the matches against Ireland without being dismissed and posting scores of 67 and 46. Billings only participated in the final T20I of the three-match series against Australia after more seasoned players returned for the games at the end of the summer against Australia but he was chosen for the first ODI. 

After scoring 118 runs and going on to make his first senior international century he participated in both of the series' remaining games. He was the lone representative of the England side chosen for Wisden's ODI team of 2020.

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Sam Billings Controversy

Twitter Controversy (2022)

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The former obviously prevented Australian wicket-keeper Matthew Wade from taking a catch and barred him from reaching the ball after the English pacer's delivery was top-edged by Wade. Jos Buttler the captain of England did not however request the wicket.

After the incident former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra remembered Deepti Sharma and Charlotte Dean while making fun of the English cricket community. Are our English friends—the protectors of the game's spirit—quiet on this? tweeted Chopra.

Sam Billing an English cricketer who publicly criticised Deepti claimed he received a lot of harassment and is reluctant to speak out again. Nope. Pretty clear. I didn't want to tweet again because of all the abuse I had previously received. 

Sam Billings Networth

Sam Billings's Networth is estimated to be $ 5 million. ( Approx 37 Crores INR)

Sam Billings Social Work

In 2020 Sam Billings shaved his head to raise funds for the shave donate and nominate a fundraising scheme.

Sam Billings Records

• In his four first-class matches for Loughborough MCCU he scored 321 runs at an average of 45.85 with a high score of 131.
• Sam Billings scored a 175-run List A score against Sri Lanka A occurred on his home field.
• In Billings's first ODI against Australia at Old Trafford Cricket Ground he scored a hundred.
• Sam Billings credited Delhi's coach Rahul Dravid for his influence and described his IPL experience as phenomenal.
• Sam Billings is the second player to score a half-century on IPL Debut after Richard Levi. 

4 Unknown Facts about Sam Billings

• Sam Billings is fondly known as Bilbo Billo and Rupert.
• Sam Billings has a keen interest in other sports such as Tennis racquets squash and rugby.
• Sam Billings was offered a trial for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club for under-14s
• Sam Billings is very close to MS Dhoni and he considers him his idol.

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