
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 2nd 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, 9th 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 | – |