Place Of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Born
13 September 1988
Country
England
Role
Batting Allrounder
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Left Arm Medium
Full Name
Ross Andrew Whiteley
Ross Whiteley
Ross Whiteley
Ross Whiteley
Ross Whiteley is an English professional cricketer known for his explosive middle-order batting and left-arm medium-pace bowling. A highly decorated white-ball specialist, he made global headlines as only the second player in English domestic cricket history to hit six sixes in a single over.
Table of Content
Stats
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottinghamshire vs Derbyshire · Match 50 | T20 | June 7, 2026 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 141.18 |
| Essex vs Derbyshire · Match 33 | T20 | May 31, 2026 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
| Derbyshire vs Nottinghamshire · Match 21 | T20 | May 29, 2026 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 206.25 |
| Leicestershire vs Derbyshire · Match 19 | T20 | May 27, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yorkshire vs Derbyshire · Match 15 | T20 | May 24, 2026 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 229.41 |
| Derbyshire vs Durham · Match 2 | T20 | May 22, 2026 | 45 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 160.71 |
| Match | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire vs Durham · Match 2 | T20 | May 22, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27.00 |
| Derbyshire vs Nottinghamshire · Match 28 | T20 | June 6, 2025 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Derbyshire vs Yorkshire · 33rd Match | First Class | June 30, 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Derbyshire vs Northamptonshire · 21st Match | First Class | May 17, 2024 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Series | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitality Blast 2026 | T20 | May 22, 2026 - Jul 18, 2026 | 153 | 87 | 15 | 8 | 175.86 |
| Metro Bank One Day Cup 2025 | LISTA | Aug 5, 2025 - Sep 20, 2025 | 92 | 72 | 8 | 4 | 127.78 |
| The Hundred Mens 2025 | T100 | Aug 5, 2025 - Aug 31, 2025 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 155.56 |
| Vitality Blast 2025 | T20 | May 29, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025 | 270 | 202 | 15 | 14 | 133.66 |
| County Championship Division One 2025 | FIRSTCLASS | Apr 4, 2025 - Sep 27, 2025 | 25 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 56.82 |
| MAX60 League 2024 | T10 | Aug 18, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 121.74 |
| Series | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | BBi | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitality Blast 2024 | T20 | May 30, 2024 - Sep 14, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 3/23 | 7.83 |
| Vitality County Championship Division Two 2024 | FIRSTCLASS | Apr 5, 2024 - Sep 26, 2024 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1/23 | 4.00 |
| Big Bash League 2022 | T20 | Dec 13, 2022 - Feb 4, 2023 | 10 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 2/2 | 7.50 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | BF | HS | AVG | SR | Not Out | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | 241 | 211 | 3648 | 2674 | 91 | 23.0800 | 136.4200 | 53 | 231 | 200 | 7 | 0 |
| List A | 87 | 77 | 1819 | 1845 | 131 | 27.5600 | 98.5900 | 11 | 173 | 63 | 12 | 1 |
| First Class | 92 | 150 | 3738 | 7518 | 130 | 27.4800 | 49.7200 | 14 | 466 | 87 | 22 | 3 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Overs | Balls | Runs | Wkts | AVG | Econ | SR | Bbi | Bbm | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 | 241 | 21 | 35.00 | 210 | 331 | 10 | 33.1000 | 9.4500 | 21.0000 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 87 | 24 | 84.30 | 507 | 563 | 14 | 40.2100 | 6.6600 | 36.2000 | 4/58 | 4/58 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First Class | 92 | 86 | 512.10 | 3073 | 2143 | 42 | 51.0200 | 4.1800 | 73.1000 | 2/6 | 4/43 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Matches
Major Teams Represented
- Current Teams: Derbyshire (2024–Present)
- Past English Counties: Worcestershire (2013–2021), Hampshire (2022–2023)
- The Hundred Teams: Southern Brave, Oval Invincibles, Trent Rockets
- Global T20 Franchises: Brisbane Heat (Australia), Sylhet Sixers & Sylhet Strikers (Bangladesh), Multan Sultans (Pakistan), Pune Devils (UAE), MI London (USA), Chennai Brave Jaguars
- National Representation: England Lions
Career Debuts
- First-Class (FC) Debut: September 24, 2008 (Derbyshire vs. Leicestershire)
- List A (LA) Debut: September 8, 2008 (Derbyshire vs. Glamorgan)
- Twenty20 (T20) Debut: 2008
Trophies & Major Championships
- County Championship (Division 2): 2012 (Derbyshire)
- Vitality Blast (T20): 2018 (Worcestershire)
- The Hundred (Men's): 2021 (Southern Brave), 2023 (Oval Invincibles)
Records & Notable Achievements
- Six Sixes in an Over: He achieved this rare feat in professional cricket while playing for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in the NatWest T20 Blast in 2017.
- Strike Rate Prowess: Known as one of the most destructive hitters in T20 cricket, he helped sweep Worcestershire into the Blast quarter-finals in 2015 with an unbeaten 91 off just 35 deliveries.
