 He was born in Chatham, Kent and educated at Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne.Piesley made his first-class debut for Kent against the touring Pakistanis, being dismissed for a duck in Kent's first-innings by Mohammad Amir, but he followed this up by making 43 runs in Kent's second-innings, before being dismissed by Shoaib Malik.He made two further first-class appearances in the 2011 season, against Loughborough MCCU and Gloucestershire in the County Championship.