Who is Will Young? Know About His Relationships, Family, Career, Stats and More

William Alexander Young, known as Will Young, is a 32-year-old New Zealand cricketer who generally plays as the top-order batsman. He is known for his defence and attack in the game, which can be seen in all three formats of the game. He was the captain of the New Zealand U-19 team during the 2012 ICC U-19 World Cup, and helped the team reach in semi-finals of the tournament. He debuted in the test team of New Zealand two years after his maiden call-up into the test team. He has been a dependable opener, where he can play proper cricketing strokes as well as charge at the bowler from the start. He has scored his first-ever century in an ICC tournament against Pakistan in just 117 balls in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Young is now the fourth New Zealand international to score a hundred in the ICC Champions Trophy tournament.

Will Young Biography

Will Young Religion & Caste

There is no information available regarding Will Young's Religion and Caste. He has never disclosed any kind of similar information about his religious beliefs or social norms.

Will Young Family

Will Young’s family details are not publicly available, and not even shared by Will Young himself.

Will Young Father

There is no information available on Will Young's Father.

Will Young Mother

There is no information available on Will Young's Mother.

Will Young Brother

There is no information available on Will Young's Brother.

Will Young Sister

There is no information available on Will Young's Sister.

Will Young Instagram

Will Young has over 15.9k Followers on his Instagram Profile, and his Instagram username is @willyoung12.

Will Young Twitter

Will Young is not available on X ( formerly Twitter); he doesn’t have an official X account yet.

Will Young jersey Number

Will Young, who plays all three formats of cricket and has played a lot of domestic cricket back in New Zealand. He always chooses his jersey number to be 32 whenever he plays an international or domestic match.

Will Young Relationships

Will Young's relationship status is married. He tied the knot with Elsie Yule in the year 2024.

Will Young Wife

Will Young's wife is Elise Yule, who is a professional netball player and got recently married to him in 2024. They have been seen together at a lot of events. Both of them were recently blessed with a daughter a month ago. Their life can also be seen on social media.

Will Young Net Worth & Salary

As of 2025, Will Young's Net Worth is expected to be approximately $3 million (25 Crore INR). His net worth is an accumulation of his cricket salaries, brand endorsements, and other professional engagements, where he is the brand ambassador of brands like: ASICS New Zealand, GM, and many others, helping in the addition to his net worth. His net worth also includes his properties and car collection, and any other luxuries he owns. He went unsold in the IPL 2025 auction, where he had his base price of 1.25 crores INR. His total wealth is around, highlighting his standing as one of New Zealand’s wealthiest cricketers. Over the years, his earnings have grown consistently, supported by his solid performances in international and domestic cricket.

Will Young Career and Stats

Will Young has a very short career as of now, but has still shown his worth on the team. He got to play his first test match after two years where during which time incidents happened that made him get out of the game. He has an impressive play in domestic games and even captained the U-19 New Zealand team in the 2012 U-19 ICC World Cup, where Travis Head also played. He has been a three-format player, which suits his gameplay of both defensive and attacking at the same time, and he can adjust accordingly. He has never played any league cricket and was also unsold in the IPL 2025 auction. He has shown his hitting skills in a domestic setup, where in one of the T20 matches in 2023, he smashes consecutive five sixes against the spinner and gets out on the last ball in an attempt to hit a sixth one and achieving a record of six sixes in an over.

International Career

Will Young's breakthrough in international cricket was a roller coaster ride for him, where he got his maiden test call-up in 2018, but didn't get the chance to play even once. Another instance was when he was about to play his first match, then a day before, a terrorist attack happened, and the match was cancelled by the New Zealand Cricket board. Finally, he got his chance and made his international debut in 2020 against the West Indies in a Test match. Since then, he has played 20 test matches for New Zealand with scoring 1063 runs at an average of 31.26.

Moreover, he hasn't scored a century in test cricket till now, and holds an unwanted record for the same, where he is one of the players with the highest runs in test cricket without scoring a century. But, he was named Player of the Series in the test series against India, where NZ whitewashed India on Indian soil. In white ball cricket, he has shown his skillset where he had a decent run in T20Is with scoring 344 in 20 matches, but in the ODIs, he has a better game where he scored 1674 in 46 games at an average of 40.82, and also scored four centuries, where one of them came in ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Will Young Achievements & Awards

Will Young has a very short career as of now and hasn't achieved many achievements or awards in his cricket journey. In the season of 2021-2022 season, he won the ANZ Men's ODI Player of the Year for his brilliant performance in the ODI cricket in that season, where he scored a couple of centuries in a three-match series. This clearly shows that he proves his gaming skills if given proper chances and is most likely to create and break a lot of records in the future.