- Steve Watkin
Infobox Cricketer
nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Steve Watkin
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-handed batsman (RHB)
bowling style = Right-arm medium-fast (RMF)
tests = 3
test runs = 25
test bat avg = 5.00
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 13
test overs = 89
test wickets = 11
test bowl avg = 27.72
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 4-65
test catches/stumpings = 1/0
ODIs = 4
ODI runs = 4
ODI bat avg = 2.00
ODI 100s/50s = 0/0
ODI top score = 2
ODI overs = 36.5
ODI wickets = 7
ODI bowl avg = 27.57
ODI 5s = 0
ODI best bowling = 4-49
ODI catches/stumpings = 0/0
date = 14 June
year = 2005
source = http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/22333.htmlSteven Llewellyn Watkin (born
15 September 1964 inDuffryn Rhondda ,Maesteg ,Glamorgan ,Wales ) is a formercricket er withGlamorgan County Cricket Club and England. A reliable seamer who never suffered serious injury despite several lesser niggles, he played three Test matches in1991 and1993 , and fourOne Day International s in1993 /94. He was aWisden Cricketer of the Year in1994 , the only one of that year's five who was not Australian.Watkin made his first-class debut against Worcestershire in
1986 , taking the wickets ofGraeme Hick andPhil Neale , and also played two Sunday League games, but had to wait until1988 for a second chance. That year he established himself as an important member of the Glamorgan first team, taking 8-59 (which was to remain his career best) against Warwickshire and claiming 46 scalps in all that season. His best year in terms of wickets was1989 , when he took 94, and in his career he took 902 wickets in all.In
1998 , Watkin was given a benefit by Glamorgan, which raised £133,000. Normally a poor batsman, he managed to average a startling 35.66 that year, despite a top score of just 25, thanks to no fewer than 13 not-outs in his 16 innings. (By contrast, his career average was 10.83 ( [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22333.html] )) In2000 he scored 51 against Gloucestershire, the only half-century of his career.After retirement in
2001 , Watkin became Director of the new Welsh Cricket Academy.
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