BBL playerAustralia2012-13 to 2018-19
SR Watson
Right-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
SR Watson, a batter, played five BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
SR Watson's first BBL season was 2012-13, with Brisbane Heat.
That first season brought 1 match and 17 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2018-19, for Sydney Thunder: 344 runs at an average of 26.5, striking at 127.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 121.1, with 1 hundred and 1 fifty, and a highest score of 100. There were two seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2017-18 and 2018-19).
With the ball, the best season was 2016-17, for Sydney Thunder: 7 wickets at 6.41 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.65.
Club by club
2012-13, Brisbane Heat. 1 match and 17 runs.
2015-16 to 2018-19, Sydney Thunder. 38 matches, 997 runs and 15 wickets.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2015-16 to 2018-19. 2013-14 and 2014-15 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, SR Watson struck at 131.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.4, so SR Watson scored about 7 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 65% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 86 fours and 53 sixes.
With the ball, 15 wickets in 390 deliveries, at 7.54 runs an over against a league rate of 7.50 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
The legacy
SR Watson made 39 BBL appearances, the last for Sydney Thunder in 2018-19.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Brisbane Heat | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.0 | 113.3 | 0/0 | 0 | 4.80 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 218 | 66 | 27.3 | 130.5 | 2/0 | 5 | 7.56 | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 104 | 55 | 17.3 | 135.1 | 1/0 | 7 | 6.41 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 331 | 77 | 36.8 | 137.3 | 2/0 | 3 | 9.22 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 344 | 100 | 26.5 | 127.4 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Brisbane Heat: 2012-13
- Sydney Thunder: 2015-16 to 2018-19
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics