Ryan Watkins spent six years on the Glamorgan staff during which time he became the Club’s first bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.

The left-handed batsman and right-arm seamer had made his first-class debut for Glamorgan in 2005 after several useful all-round performances for Newport CC, Blackwood CC, as well as Glamorgan’s youth and 2^nd  XI for whom he first-played in 2001. During his first couple of years on the Glamorgan staff, Ryan had a spell as an opening batsman, and it was whilst he was at the top of the order that Ryan made a career-best 87 against Essex at Cardiff in 2002.

However, Ryan failed to win a regular place in the four-day team, and instead he became a handy performer in white-ball cricket . Indeed, in 2009 – his final year on the staff – he returned figures of 5/16 against Gloucestershire at Cardiff.

After being released from the county’s staff, Ryan has subsequently became a policeman.

WATKINS, Ryan Edward         

Born – Abergavenny, 9^th June 1983.                               

Best performances for Glamorgan:

In First-class cricket – 87 v Essex at Sophia Gardens, 2006; 4/40 v Worcestershire at New Road, 2005.

In List A cricket – 39 v Derbyshire at Derby, 2007; 2/25 v Warwickshire at Colwyn Bay, 2006.

In T20 cricket – 18 v Northamptonshire at SWALEC Stadium, 2009; 5/16 v Gloucestershire at SWALEC Stadium, 2009.

	M	I	NO	RUNS	AV	100	50	CT	ST
First-class	33	56	4	951	18.29	–	2	18	–
List A	24	20	4	269	16.81	–	–	2	–
T20	27	13	3	93	9.30	–	–	10	–

	Balls	M	R	W	AV	5wI	10wM
First-class	2932	76	1927	39	49.41	–	–
List A	676	2	745	16	46.56	–	–
T20	456	0	603	31	19.45	1	–