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Steve Watkin

England

Player profile

Full name Steven Llewellyn Watkin
Born September 15, 1964, Duffryn Rhondda, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales
Current age 44 years 80 days
Major teams England, Glamorgan
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Coach

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	3	5	0	25	13	5.00	82	30.48	0	3	0	1
ODIs	4	2	0	4	4	2.00	23	17.39	0	0	0	0
First-class	266	297	109	2037	51	10.83			1			71
List A	252	107	40	427	31*	6.37			0			39

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	3	5	534	305	11	4/65	6/152	27.72	3.42	48.5	1	0	0
ODIs	4	4	221	193	7	4/49	4/49	27.57	5.23	31.5	1	0	0
First-class	266		52035	25191	902	8/59		27.92	2.90	57.6		31	4
List A	252		12424	8290	309	5/23	5/23	26.82	4.00	40.2	7	1	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 6-10, 1991 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 19-23, 1993 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Feb 16, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 6, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1986 - 2001
List A span	1986 - 2001

Profile

Wisden overview
As Welsh as Tom Jones, Watkin has been an integral member of Glamorgan's seam attack since 1986. He runs in with ten-to-two feet and an action that culminates in both arms reaching heavenwards, but he's accurate, gets the ball to seam and bounce, and often takes important wickets early in the order; on greentops he can be lethal. A classic horses-for-courses selection for Headingley in 1991, Watkin chipped in to help England beat West Indies, but he won just two more Test caps, despite going on the 1993-94 tour to the Caribbean, where he was restricted to a handful of one-day appearances. He formed part of Glamorgan's gloriously inept tail in the late 1980s, but in 2000 hit his maiden first-class 50. In 2001, shortly after taking his 900th wicket, he announced his retirement to take up a role as academy director for the new Welsh Cricket Academy.
Lawrence Booth

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1994