Mark Watt
Scotland
Personal Information
Born
Jul 29, 1996 (26 years)
Birth Place
Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh
Height
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Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Left Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Left-arm orthodox
ICC Rankings
Test
ODI
T20
Batting
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Bowling
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Career Information
Teams
Scotland, Scotland U19, Marylebone Cricket Club, Lancashire, Derbyshire, Edinburgh Rocks, Northern Warriors, Desert Vipers
A cagey left-arm spinner who prefers to operate from a flatter trajectory, Mark Watt is more of a defensive option than a genuine wicket-taking bowler. He loves to fire them in, and cramp t...
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 61 | 40 | 13 | 522 | 47 | 19.33 | 631 | 82.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 7 |
| T20I | 51 | 21 | 8 | 134 | 22 | 10.31 | 112 | 119.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 61 | 60 | 3190 | 2193 | 89 | 5/33 | 5/33 | 4.12 | 24.64 | 35.84 | 1 | 0 |
| T20I | 51 | 50 | 1116 | 1303 | 62 | 5/27 | 5/27 | 7.01 | 21.02 | 18.0 | 1 | 0 |
Career Information
ODI debut
Last ODI
T20 debut
Last T20
Profile
A cagey left-arm spinner who prefers to operate from a flatter trajectory, Mark Watt is more of a defensive option than a genuine wicket-taking bowler. He loves to fire them in, and cramp the batsmen for room and length, thereby inducing mishits. Watt played a crucial part in Scotland's biggest cricketing moment till date, an ODI win over the top ranked England side in 2018 in a high-scoring game. He is also a handy lower-order batsman but it's as a pure bowler that he is picked in the playing XI. Watt has had County stints with Derbyshire and Lancashire. He has played a handful of First-class games but his bowling for now is best suited for white-ball cricket, particularly T20 cricket where the need for batsmen to attack him from the outset actually plays into his hands.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
