Tonito Willett
Encyclopedia
Tonito Akanni Willett, born 6 February 1983 in Nevis
, is a West Indian
cricket
er who plays first-class
and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands
. He is the son of Elquemedo Willett
, brother of Akito Willett and the cousin of Stuart Williams.
Nevis
Nevis is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located near the northern end of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, about 350 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 80 km west of Antigua. The 93 km² island is part of the inner arc of the Leeward Islands chain of the West Indies...
, is a West Indian
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who plays first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and List A cricket for the Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not...
. He is the son of Elquemedo Willett
Elquemedo Willett
Elquemedo Tonito Willett is a former West Indian cricketer who played in five Tests from 1973 to 1974.During New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in 1972, Willet was considered the best of the many left-arm finger-spinners the New Zealanders faced.Willett's nephew Stuart Williams has played many...
, brother of Akito Willett and the cousin of Stuart Williams.