Craig Williams
77Namibia · BAT · 2019 to 2022 · on scorecards: CG Williams
BATTING
- Matches
- 18
- Innings
- 18
- Runs
- 488
- Average
- 30.5
- Strike rate
- 75.07
- High score
- 129*
- 100s / 50s
- 1 / 1
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 3
- Average
- 74.66
- Economy
- 4.66
- Strike rate
- 96
- Best figures
- 1/37
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 6 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 0
CAREER IN BRIEF
Craig Williams played 18 ODIs for Namibia in CricArcade's archive, from 2019 to 2022. The first came against Oman at Wanderers Cricket Ground, with a score of 8, and the last against Nepal at Cambusdoon New Ground in 2022.
The most productive decade was the 2020s: 379 runs at 31.6 in 13 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 129 not out from 94 balls against Oman at null in 2020, in a match Namibia won. In all: 1 hundred, 1 fifty.
At home the average was 27.7 across 3 ODIs; away it was 50.6 across 6 ODIs, a player who travelled well. The most runs came against Oman: 241 runs at 40.2 in 7 ODIs. Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground was the most frequent ground, with 4 ODIs and 101 runs at 33.7. Namibia won 10 of the ODIs Craig Williams played and lost 8.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 18 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129* | 94 | Oman | 2020 | Won | |
| 79 | 84 | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 2022 | Lost |
| 38 | 48 | Oman | Wanderers Cricket Ground | 2021 | Lost |
| 37 | 45 | Oman | Wanderers Cricket Ground | 2021 | Won |
| 36* | 43 | Papua New Guinea | Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground | 2019 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/37 | 9 | Papua New Guinea | Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground | 2019 | Won |
| 1/49 | 9 | United Arab Emirates | 2020 | Lost | |
| 1/49 | 10 | Oman | 2020 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 7 | 241 | 40.17 | 1/0 | 1 | 60.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 119 | 29.75 | 0/1 | 1 | 57.00 |
| Nepal | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 68 | 68.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 50.00 |
| United States | 2 | 33 | 16.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Away | 6 | 253 | 50.60 | 1/1 | 1 | 86.00 |
| Neutral | 9 | 152 | 19.00 | 0/0 | 2 | 63.50 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 | 109 | 27.25 | 0/0 | 1 | 91.00 |
| 2020s | 13 | 379 | 31.58 | 1/1 | 2 | 66.50 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground | 4 | 101 | 33.67 | 0/0 | 1 | 80.00 |
| 3 | 158 | 79.00 | 1/0 | 2 | 53.00 | |
| Wanderers Cricket Ground | 3 | 83 | 27.67 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | 2 | 86 | 43.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Cambusdoon New Ground | 2 | 26 | 13.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| ICC Academy | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Oman, 2019 at Wanderers Cricket Ground
- Latest in the archive: v Nepal, 2022 at Cambusdoon New Ground
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 25 February 1984
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 650
- Ducks
- 1
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 3rd
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 55.6
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 72.4
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 166.0
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 46.6
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 37.6
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 541 balls faced in that period.
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