Ryan Watson (cricketer)

Ryan Watson

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Robert Watson
Born	(1976-11-12) 12 November 1976 (age 47) Salisbury, Rhodesia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Scotland (2006–2009)
ODI debut (cap 21)	27 June 2006 v Pakistan
Last ODI	28 August 2009 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 9)	12 September 2007 v Pakistan
Last T20I	7 June 2009 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 35 10 15 143 Runs scored 956 159 843 3,371 Batting average 30.83 17.66 38.31 26.33 100s/50s 1/6 0/1 2/4 3/18 Top score 123* 54 167 123* Balls bowled 570 60 842 3,527 Wickets 12 3 19 81 Bowling average 44.00 30.66 23.94 38.44 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/18 1/4 5/74 4/24 Catches/stumpings 11/– 4/– 19/– 56/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 October 2017

Ryan Robert Watson (born 12 November 1976) is a Zimbabwean-born Scottish cricketer who played limited over internationals and captained Scotland. He currently plays club cricket with Forfarshire CC. Watson is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and is able to bowl both medium-fast and off-break deliveries. He hit the headlines in 2003 when he hit a century off just 43 balls in a game against Somerset at The Grange, Edinburgh. In 2008, he became one of the first three players to be awarded a contract with Cricket Scotland.