David Willey says best is yet to come after sparkling return to England 倍の
David Willey 示唆するd his best years are still ahead of him as he revelled in the feeling of 存在 支援する in an England jersey after starring in a six-wicket 勝利，勝つ over Ireland in the 王室の London series opener.
Willey was jettisoned in favour of the newly-qualified Jofra Archer in England’s World Cup squad last year, but the left-armer 示すd his international return at the Ageas Bowl with five for 30 as Ireland つまずくd to 172 all out.
It was his first five-wicket 運ぶ／漁獲高 for England, who lurched to 78 for four in reply but Sam Billings ? another who 行方不明になるd out on a World Cup squad place, 支配するd out of 論争 予定 to a dislocated shoulder ? 棒 to the 救助（する）.
Billings’ ODI best 67 not out helped the hosts to their 的 with more than 22 overs to spare as they drew first 血 in this three-match series which 示すs the start of a qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Cup.
“It was just special to be playing for England again,” Willey said. “My main 優先 was to enjoy it, so the (five wickets) were just the icing on the cake.
“I’ve been working やめる hard to try to get 支援する to my best and if not better than I have been 以前. It’s been a roller coaster but I was just out there enjoying my cricket.
“I’m moving in the 権利 direction and I feel like my best cricket is still to come. But it’s just 広大な／多数の／重要な to be 支援する out there wearing this shirt with the Three Lions on, so I just want to enjoy it.”
Willey had been a 正規の／正選手 in the England 味方する that rose from the shambles of the 2015 World Cup to topping the ODI 最高位のs as part of a remarkable 変形 under Eoin Morgan over the next four years.
But after England went on to 勝利，勝つ the World Cup without him, Willey has 以前 said he started to come to 条件 with the idea his international career might be coming to an end after 存在 overlooked for 限られた／立憲的な-overs assignments in New Zealand and South Africa last winter.
Willey, though, 最高潮の場面d England’s strength in depth in the white-ball 判型s, 強調d by some of the talents that have been left out of this 14-man squad which is 行方不明の several World Cup 星／主役にするs 予定 to their 実験（する） かかわり合いs.
“It is an unbelievable squad,” the 30-year-old said. “You just have to look at the guys who didn’t get a look in and some of the guys who have gone home from this （軍の）野営地，陣営 trying to find a way.
“It is credit to English cricket how many players there are trying to get in the 味方する.
“Circumstances have given me this 適切な時期. I didn’t get a look in over the winter, I 行方不明になるd out there. The 延長するd break has been really good for me.
“The タイミング for all of this has worked out perfectly for me and it was the icing on the cake for me.”
While Ireland managed to 原因（となる） a few jitters in the home dressing room, they were 最終的に left to rue an underwhelming 集団の／共同の 陳列する，発揮する from their batsmen after limping to 28 for five.
However, debutant Curtis Campher, a South African-born all-rounder who qualifies through his mother’s パスポート and who has never before even played in Ireland, helped his country 避ける 完全にする 当惑.
An innings of 59 not out from 118 balls may look 歩行者 by modern 基準s, but his comp osed and watchful knock 妨害するd England for a （一定の）期間 and made sure they were not 直面するd with a perfunctory chase.
Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie said: “I thought it was very impressive for a guy who has come in and he’s not even played a game in the country yet in Ireland.
“To come in as a 21-year-old and put in a 業績／成果 like that was 正確に／まさに what we needed. It was as good a debut as I’ve seen in an Irish shirt in the last number of years.”
