| Chris Tooley | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Christopher Donald Michael Tooley |
| Birth Date: | 19 April 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Bromley, Kent |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club3: | Kent Cricket Board |
| Year3: | 1999 |
| Club2: | Combined Universities |
| Year2: | 1986–1987 |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 667 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.61 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/3 |
| Top Score1: | 66 |
| Deliveries1: | 45 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 18.50 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/16 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 8 |
| Runs2: | 130 |
| Bat Avg2: | 18.57 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 62 |
| Deliveries2: | 6 |
| Wickets2: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 13 November |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21556.html Cricinfo |
Christopher Donald Michael Tooley (born 19 April 1964) is an English former cricketer and a business executive, formerly the Group CEO of Lycamobile. Tooley was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Bromley, Kent.
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.
Tooley made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Somerset in 1985. From 1985 to 1987, he represented the university in 25 first-class matches, the last of which came in the 1987 University Match against Cambridge University; he won Blues for cricket in each of his three years in the team.[5] In his 25 first-class matches, he scored 667 runs at a batting average of 19.61, with 3 half centuries and a high score of 66. In the field he took 9 catches. With the ball he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 18.50, with best figures of 1/16.[6]
In 1986, it was for a Combined Universities team that he made his debut in List A cricket against Hampshire in the 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.[7] 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.[8]
Tooley later represented the Kent Cricket Board in a single List A match against the Worcestershire Cricket Board in the 1999 NatWest Trophy.[9]