David Wigley
English county cricketer (born 1981)
David Harry Wigley (born 26 October 1981, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English former first-class cricketer. He latterly played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, his third county after previously playing for Yorkshire and then Worcestershire, until his early retirement from the game in 2010. He was a right arm fast medium bowler and right-handed batsman.
Yorkshire
After a number of matches for Yorkshire's Second XI, he made his first senior appearance for the county in a List A game against West Indies A at Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, in July 2002, but conceded 38 runs in seven wicketless overs. Wigley made his first-class debut later that month against Surrey at Guildford, but again struggled, conceding 116 runs from 20.4 overs for the solitary wicket of Saqlain Mushtaq.
Worcestershire
In 2003, after a single game for Loughborough UCCE, he was signed by Worcestershire, making a couple of first-team appearances late in the season. He played for both Loughborough and Worcestershire in 2004, captaining the university side, and then spent the winter playing club cricket in Perth, Western Australia.
In 2005, Wigley played three County Championship games in April, but was unfortunate to suffer injury against Lancashire at the end of the month, when his hand was broken by a beamer sent down by Jimmy Anderson. He was sidelined for more than a month, and though he played one-day matches against the Bangladeshis and Essex he was unable to force his way back into the first team.
Northamptonshire
That winter, Wigley moved to Northamptonshire, and in 2006 he was given more opportunities than he had had at Worcestershire, playing in eight first-class and five one-day games.
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