Billy Ashley Godleman was born on 11 February 1989 and is an English first-class cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire.
23 Facts About Billy Godleman
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Billy Godleman is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm leg-spin bowler who played for Middlesex and Essex before joining Derbyshire in 2013.
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Billy Godleman served as the club captain for seven seasons before he was replaced by Leus du Plooy.
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David English rated him as the best English Under-15 batsman for at least 10 years, and said that he would put money on Billy Godleman playing Test cricket for the England cricket team.
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Billy Godleman went on to play in England's Under-16 tour to South Africa.
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Billy Godleman played for the Middlesex second XI in 2003 and 2004.
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Billy Godleman made his first-class debut for Middlesex on 1 June 2005, playing against Cambridge UCCE at Fenner's.
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Finn and Billy Godleman became the two youngest first-class debutants for the county, beating the record set by 16-year-old Fred Titmus in June 1949.
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Billy Godleman did not bat in the first innings, but opened the batting in the second innings, scoring an unbeaten 69.
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Billy Godleman continued to play for the Middlesex second XI in 2005 and 2006, and played for Middlesex in four Twenty20 matches in 2006.
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Billy Godleman played in three Under-19 Test matches against the Indian side that toured England in 2006, and in five Under-19 ODIs in Malaysia in early 2007.
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Billy Godleman played his second first-class match for Middlesex against Oxford UCCE at the Parks in April 2007, scoring 55 after opening both innings.
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Billy Godleman played his third first-class match in Middlesex's first match of the 2007 County Championship, against Somerset in Taunton.
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Billy Godleman's form dropped slightly as he continued to make 40s and 30s but failed to convert to 50s and larger scores.
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Billy Godleman was given a chance to regain this lost form when Pakistan U-19 toured England in August 2007.
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Billy Godleman opened the innings with Alex Wakely and the two shared a relatively slow but prolific opening partnership which ended at 198 when Wakely departed for 112.
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Billy Godleman fell soon after for 71 but England went on to amass 532 all out.
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The second test saw another good opening partnership of 95 and this time Billy Godleman went on to make a U-19 Test Match century, eventually being caught out on 115.
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At the start of the 2012 season Billy Godleman made 130 against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, but then was dropped from the first XI in May after failing to reach 30 in eight championship innings.
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Whilst playing for Essex, Billy Godleman played his club cricket for Wivenhoe Town CC and helped coach at Colne Cricket Academy.
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Billy Godleman made centuries in three successive innings as well as impressed with his stand-in captaincy in three games.
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Billy Godleman was replaced as captain by Leus du Plooy for the 2023 season.
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Billy Godleman left the club at the end of the 2023 season in which he made three appearances.