Ryan Watson

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	Tests	ODIs
Ryan Robert Watson Scotland (Sco)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium (RM)
Matches	0	15
Runs scored	0	512
Batting average	0.00	36.57
100s/50s	0/0	1/2
Top score	0	123*
Balls bowled	0	156
Wickets	0	3
Bowling average	0	63.00
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	0	3/18
Catches/stumpings	0/0	6/0
As of March 16, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Ryan Robert Watson born 12 November 1976, Salisbury (now Harare), Zimbabwe is a cricketer who plays for Scotland. Watson is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and is able to bowl both medium-fast and off-break deliveries.

In 2003 Watson hit a century from 43 balls in the Scotland v Somerset match at The Grange, Edinburgh. In January 2007 he hit a match-winning 117 not out against Canada as they successfully chased 293 in a One-day International at Mombasa. It was the first ever century for Scotland in ODI cricket. Watson on his ODI debut also had to step in at the last minute as captain for the ODI versus Pakistan and lead a recovery with 80 off 85 balls against a full strength Pakistani attack.He had a largely disappointing Cricket World Cup in 2007 although was captain for the game against South Africa who were captained by an ex-schoolmate Graeme Smith. His father Larry is an ex player for Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. In 1998 he along with Warren Carne a Zimbabwean cricketer / Wisden cricket writer were on the cricket coaching staff of Potchefstroom boys high in South Africa. His early career in Scotland was at Falkland cricket club in Fife and later moving to Forfarshire CC. He decided at age 23 to leave his native South Africa and qualify to play for Scotland under residency rules.

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	Scotland squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 C Wright \| 2 C Smith \| 3 Watson \| 4 Blain \| 5 Brown \| 6 Hamilton \| 7 Haq \| 8 Hoffman \| 9 Lockhart \| 10 Lyons \| 11 McCallum \| 12 D Nel \| 13 Poonia \| 14 G Rogers \| 15 F Watts