Chris Tooley

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Chris Tooley
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Donald Michael Tooley
Born (1964-04-19) 19 April 1964 (age 60)
Bromley, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1985–1987Oxford University
1986–1987Combined Universities
1999Kent Cricket Board
Career statistics
Competition First-class
List A
Matches 25 8
Runs scored 667 130
Batting average 19.61 18.57
100s/50s 0/3 0/1
Top score 66 62
Balls bowled 45 6
Wickets 2 0
Bowling average 18.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/16
Catches/stumpings 9/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2010

Christopher Donald Michael Tooley (born 19 April 1964) is an English former

batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromley
, Kent.

Business career

Tooley held senior positions at Lycamobile, a London-based provider of international calling services with operations in several countries. He was described as a "company veteran" when he was appointed as CEO of Lycamobile Group in 2014.[1][2] He left the role in 2023,[3] and later that year was removed as a director of Lycamobile UK Ltd.[4]

In October 2023, along with other Lycamobile executives, Tooley was sentenced in France to a three-year jail term, suspended, and fined 250,000 euros for complicity in VAT tax fraud and money laundering involving the Lycamobile companies.[5][6]

Cricket career

Tooley made his

catches. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 18.50, with best figures of 1/16.[8]

In 1986, it was for a

Benson and Hedges Cup. He represented the team in a further 6 List A matches from 1986 to 1987, the last of which came against Middlesex.[9] In his 7 List A matches for the team, he scored 106 runs at an average of 17.66, with a single half century high score of 62, while in the field he took a single catch.[10]

Tooley later represented the Kent Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Kangle leaves Lycamobile". Connectivity Business News. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Lycamobile Group announces executive appointments". Lyca Group. 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ^ Jackson, Mark (21 June 2023). "Lyca Mobile UK Appoints New CEO Richard Schäfer". ISPreview UK. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Termination of appointment of Christopher Donald Michael Tooley as a director". Companies House. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Lycamobile's French company bosses fined and jailed for money laundering", The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, 29 October 2023, archived from the original on 30 October 2023, retrieved 12 December 2023
  6. ^ Lucy Fisher, Jim Pickard and Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu in London and Leila Abboud and Sarah White in Paris (3 November 2023), "Tories under pressure to return Lycamobile donation after fraud ruling", Financial Times, retrieved 12 December 2023
  7. ^ First-Class Matches played by Chris Tooley
  8. ^ First-class Bowling For Each Team by Chris Tooley
  9. ^ List A Matches played by Chris Tooley
  10. ^ List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Chris Tooley
  11. ^ Kent Cricket Board v Worcestershire Cricket Board, 1999 NatWest Trophy

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