David Wigley

English cricketer
the Welsh politician

David Harry Wigley (born 26 October 1981, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English former first class cricketer. He latterly played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club, his third county after previously playing for Yorkshire and in 2006 he was given more opportunities than he had had at Worcestershire, playing in eight first class and five one day games. His season was rather mixed: in first class cricket he took 18 wickets at 44.22, and claimed his first five wicket haul in taking 5 for 77 against the Pakistanis in July, but in the one day games he struggled, recording an aggregate analysis of 29–0–181–0. In the 2008 season he was loaned out by Northamptonshire for a single match to Gloucestershire. Early in the 2009 season he found some form in the longer format of the game, when he recorded his best figures with 6 for 42 against Gloucestershire.

Wigley took early retirement in 2010, after only competing for just over three weeks that summer. A long term injury, and then a failed epidural injection, meant he was admitted to hospital three times in as many weeks. A drastic loss of weight and strength, plus continued nausea and headaches, meant that Wigley was unable to play enough cricket to gain a new contract, and without further epidural's was not confident enough in his body to continue playing. Wigley now coaches at the Old Northamptonians Cricket Club in the Northants Premier League, and privately through his own company. He also works for Willis Towers Watson. He's a Divisional Director for the Real Estate Team in London, England. He also does work for Leadingedgesport. com, as a player representative. Wigley has also set up his own business providing employee wellbeing services to corporate companies.