CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
Willie Watson
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
WW
76Internationals
146Career runs
0Centuries
114Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 15
- Innings
- 18
- Runs
- 60
- Average
- 5.00
- Strike rate
- 24.69
- Highest score
- 11
- Not outs
- 6
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- 7
- 6s
- 0
- Balls faced
- 243
Bowling
- Matches
- 15
- Innings
- 25
- Balls
- 3,486
- Maidens
- 182
- Runs conceded
- 1,387
- Wickets
- 40
- Average
- 34.67
- Economy
- 2.38
- Strike rate
- 87.15
- Best innings
- 6/78
- Best match
- 6/90
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 15
- Innings
- 26
- Catches
- 4
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 4
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 4
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.153
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 24
- Runs
- 86
- Average
- 7.81
- Strike rate
- 47.77
- Highest score
- 21
- Not outs
- 13
- 100s
- 0
- 50s
- 0
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- 6
- 6s
- 2
- Balls faced
- 180
Bowling
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 61
- Balls
- 3,251
- Maidens
- 49
- Runs conceded
- 2,247
- Wickets
- 74
- Average
- 30.36
- Economy
- 4.14
- Strike rate
- 43.93
- Best innings
- 4/27
- Best match
- 4/27
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 61
- Innings
- 61
- Catches
- 9
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 9
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 9
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.147
- Best innings
- 1 (1ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
77 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-01-19 | Australia v New Zealand | ODI | Australia won by 51 runs |
| 1993-11-12 | Australia v New Zealand | Test | Match drawn |
| 1993-03-19 | Australia v New Zealand | ODI | Australia won by 129 runs |
| 1993-03-12 | Australia v New Zealand | Test | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| 1993-03-04 | Australia v New Zealand | Test | Match drawn |
| 1992-12-30 | New Zealand v Pakistan | ODI | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| 1992-12-28 | New Zealand v Pakistan | ODI | New Zealand won by 6 wickets |
| 1992-12-26 | New Zealand v Pakistan | ODI | Pakistan won by 50 runs |
| 1992-11-08 | New Zealand v Zimbabwe | ODI | New Zealand won by 4 wickets |
| 1992-11-07 | New Zealand v Zimbabwe | Test | New Zealand won by 177 runs |
| 1992-11-01 | New Zealand v Zimbabwe | Test | Match drawn |
| 1992-10-31 | New Zealand v Zimbabwe | ODI | New Zealand won by 22 runs |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 25.25 | 2.21 | 68.25 |
| 1992 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5.00 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 37.00 | 2.01 | 110.40 |
| 1991 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 19.00 | 31.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 30.41 | 2.42 | 75.33 |
| 1990 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 3.00 | 20.54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 11 | 29.18 | 2.33 | 75.00 |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.18 | N/A |
| 1986 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9.00 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 49.00 | 2.69 | 109.25 |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.00 | 3.30 | 60.00 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 58.00 | 5.80 | 60.00 |
| 1992 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | N/A | 42.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 22.96 | 4.39 | 31.36 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 26.00 | 3.32 | 46.85 |
| 1990 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1.50 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 49.00 | 4.13 | 71.12 |
| 1989 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | N/A | 133.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 61.00 | 3.73 | 98.00 |
| 1988 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 6.00 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 14 | 19 | 25.21 | 4.25 | 35.57 |
| 1987 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 24.00 | 61.53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 38.57 | 5.09 | 45.42 |
| 1986 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25.33 | 2.81 | 54.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v Sri Lanka · Colombo (RPS)
- Best recorded bowling · 6/78
Test v Pakistan · Lahore
- Highest recorded innings · 21 runs
ODI v Australia · Dunedin
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v Australia · Melbourne