David Willey first foreign PSL signee; will he join Multan again?

LAHORE: The Pakistan Super League (PSL) got its first international sign up on Tuesday and it was England’s David Willey.

The PSL, which kicks off its tenth iteration on April 8, 2025, found its first international player in David Willey. The 34-year-old England player is a bowling allrounder who was competed in 314 T20s, in which he took 319 wickets and scored nearly 4200 runs, and 43 T2OIs in which he took 51 wickets and scored nearly 230 runs.

Willey’s best performance in T2Os came against the West Indies in 2019, when he took four wickets in the first three overs he bowled, while only conceding seven runs.

Willey has previously played two seasons of the PSL, in 2022 and 2024, both with the Multan Sultans. During his tenure in Pakistan, he has taken 28 wickets. His best bowling performance came against the Quetta Gladiators on March 12, 2024, when he took three wickets, while conceding 22 runs in four overs.

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Willey has had four games, two in 2022, and two in 2024, in which he took three wickets. He also has two games from each season, in which he took two wickets. His highest batting score is 28, which he made off 32 deliveries in a match against Islamabad United in 2022.

Earlier, the PCB announced the pick order for the player draft, announcing that the Lahore Qalandars will get the first pick, while the Karachi Kings take second, and the Quetta Gladiators take third. Peshawar Zalmi will take fourth, while Willey’s former team, the Sultans will take fifth. The reigning champions, Islamabad United, will take the sixth pick. The order will be reversed for the second round of the platinum category.

In 2024, Willey was in the platinum category and was the first pick of the draft. With Multan having the second last pick in the first round, Willey may join a different team for the first time.

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