Willie Watson (New Zealand cricketer)

William Watson (born 31 August 1965) is a former New Zealand cricketer.

Willie Watson

Personal information
Full name	William Watson
Born	(1965-08-31) 31 August 1965 (age 59) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	New Zealand (1986–1994)
Test debut (cap 159)	24 July 1986 v England
Last Test	12 November 1993 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 54)	5 April 1986 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	19 January 1994 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984/85–1994/95	Auckland
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

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Watson played 15 Tests and 61 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1986 and 1994.^[1][2] He took his best Test bowling figures of 6 for 78 against Pakistan in Lahore in October 1990.^[3]

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.^[4]

Since retiring from cricket, Watson has worked for Lion, Cadbury and DB Breweries and is now National Business Manager for Bic.^[5]