Tonito Akanni Willett (born 6 February 1983) is a West Indian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played for the

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. He is the son of

Elquemedo Willett Elquemedo Tonito Willett (born 1 May 1953) is a former West Indian international cricketer who played in five Test matches in 1973 and 1974. He made his first-class debut for Leeward Islands in 1970–71 at the age of 17, and played his last ...

, brother of Akito Willett and the cousin of Stuart Williams. He is a right handed

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and bowls at a right-arm

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pace.

Playing career

Willett was a member of the

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in 2001 and was included in the squad for the 2002 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in

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, where he played alongside future

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cricket stars

Dwayne Bravo Dwayne John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a Trinidadian cricketer and a former captain of the West Indies cricket team. A genuine right arm seam bowling all-rounder, Bravo is well known for his aggressive lower-order batting and for his bowl ...

Darren Sammy Daren Julius Garvey Sammy (born 20 December 1983) is a Saint Lucian cricketer who played international cricket for the West Indies. He is a two time T20 World Cup winning captain. On making his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Banglad ...

and

Ravi Rampaul Ravindranath Rampaul (born 15 October 1984) is a Trinidadian cricketer. Rampaul has played for Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, Trinidad and Tobago in domestic cricket, in the Indian Premier League for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and in Englis ...

. He made his first-class debut during the 2000–01 Busta Cup for the West Indies B cricket team. His first appearance for the

first class team came in the same competition one year later against the

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. Willett also played domestic one day cricket for the Rest of Leeward Islands in the

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. Willett also competes for his home island of

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in both the LICA three day and one day competitions. He was a part of the

t20 team that competed at the 2006 and 2007/08 Stanford 20/20 tournaments.

References

1983 births Living people Leeward Islands cricketers Nevis representative cricketers Nevisian cricketers West Indies B cricketers Saint Lucia Kings cricketers {{SaintKittsNevis-cricket-bio-stub