Willie Watson (New Zealand cricketer)

William Watson (born 31 August 1965) played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1986 and 1994. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler.[1][2]

Willie Watson
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Watson
Born (1965-08-31) 31 August 1965
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 159)24 July 1986 v England
Last Test12 November 1993 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 54)5 April 1986 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI19 January 1994 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984/85–1994/95Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 15 61 93 125
Runs scored 60 86 472 173
Batting average 5.00 7.81 8.90 9.10
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 11 21 38* 21
Balls bowled 3,486 3,251 17,968 6,403
Wickets 40 74 272 159
Bowling average 34.67 30.36 27.51 26.05
5 wickets in innings 1 0 8 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/78 4/27 7/60 7/23
Catches/stumpings 4/– 9/– 23/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2017

Watson played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1984-85 to 1994-95.[2] He took his best first-class figures of 7 for 60 in Auckland's innings victory over Central Districts in 1989-90.[3]

Since retiring from cricket, Watson has worked for Lion, Cadbury and DB Breweries and is now National Business Manager for Bic.[4]

References
  1. Willie Watson at ESPNcricinfo
  2. "Willie Watson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. "Auckland v Central Districts 1989-90". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. "Of '92: Where are they now". Sunday News. PressReader. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2021.


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