Billy Stelling

Billy Stelling

Personal information
Full name	William Frederick Stelling
Born	(1969-06-30) 30 June 1969 Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Netherlands (2006–2007)
ODI debut (cap 29)	4 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	13 July 2007 v Scotland
ODI shirt no.	59
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 15 19 63 Runs scored 180 508 856 Batting average 30.00 18.81 34.24 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/3 Top score 44 53 76* Balls bowled 567 2,419 2,806 Wickets 22 33 74 Bowling average 25.77 32.36 27.55 5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/12 5/49 5/30 Catches/stumpings 7/– 8/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2017

William Frederick Stelling (born 30 June 1969), better known as Billy Stelling, is a South African-born Dutch former cricketer who played fifteen ODIs. An allrounder born at Johannesburg, he bowled right arm fast medium and batted right-handed.

Aside from cricket he is also an accomplished mountainbiker, taking part in over 50 mountain bike stage races. In 2016 he and partner Lourens Luus won the Trans Baviaans ultra marathon race of 231 km.

He has also finished 2nd and 4th in his age group at South African Marathon championships in 2012 and 2021 respectively and earned Western Province cycling colours.

Domestic career

He has been a much-traveled player, starting his career at Western Province in his native South Africa, before moving on to play for Boland. Three seasons were then spent in English county cricket from 1999 to 2001, where he played for Berkshire and Leicestershire.

International career

Stelling first played for The Netherlands in 1995 as an overseas player in the Nat West Trophy. He qualified to represent his adopted country in international competition in 2005, playing in the ICC Trophy that year. In an ODI against Canada in December 2006 he scored a match winning 34-ball 39 in a thrilling runchase.

At the 2007 Cricket World Cup, he took 3 of the first 4 wickets to fall against Scotland, finishing with 3 for 12 off 8 overs and the man of the match award.

Beyond cricket

In 2016, Stelling won the Trans Baviaans 230 km endurance MTB Race with his teammate Lourens Luus.