Full name Keith James Wheatley Name Keith Wheatley | Batting style Right-handed Role Cricket Player | |
Bowling style Right-arm off break | ||
Keith James Wheatley (born 20 January 1946 in Guildford, Surrey) is a retired English cricketer. Wheatley was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler.
Wheatley represented Hampshire, making his first-class debut for the county in the 1965 County Championship season against Leicestershire. Three seasons later Wheatley made his List-A debut against Glamorgan in 1967.
Wheatley's final first-class match for the club came in 1970 against Somerset and his final one-day game coming in the same year against local rivals Sussex. At the end of the 1970 season Wheatley left Hampshire.
In total Wheatley represented the club in 67 first-class matches, scoring 1,781 runs at an average of 18.55. He also took 69 wickets at an average of 28.31 with his Off breaks, including brilliant best figures of 4/1 against Glamorgan in 1968. In one-day cricket Wheatley fared less well, playing just 10 matches and scoring 53 runs at an average of 5.30.