BJ

Watling

South Africa
Wicket Keeper

BJ

About BJ Watling

Name
BJ Watling
Born
Jul 09, 1985 (39 years)
Birth Place
South Africa
Role
Wicket Keeper
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
-

Born in South Africa, young Bradley Watling moved to New Zealand at the age of ten. The right-handed batsman and full-time keeper has an impressive temperament and an array of strokes in his arsenal. Former New Zealand players, including former keeper, Ian Smith, have rated Watling very highly, both as a batsman and as a glove-man and believe that he has a very bright future for New Zealand.

A representative of the Under-19 New Zealand team, the youngster made his debut for Northern Districts in 2004 but it was not until his third season with the outfit that he made a major impact and emerged as one of the team’s best players. A wonderful 2008-09 One-day State Shield competition earned him a place in the Black Caps' ODI squad to face Pakistan in UAE. But after being a spectator for the entire series, he made his much-anticipated debut in 2010 against Sri Lanka where, while opening the innings he scored a patient 55 against a strong attack. His Test debut, however, had come much earlier against Pakistan in 2009. Failing in the first innings, he redeemed himself in the 2nd innings with a neat half century.

It took time for Watling to settle in to the Kiwi outfit though and it was not until 2012-13 that he began featuring as a regular in the Test team as a wicket-keeper. Brendon McCullum's worries with his back and his decision to quit wicket-keeping in December 2013 opens up new opportunities for Watling to be a regular member in the shorter formats as well.

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ICC Ranking

# 30
Test
# 0
ODI
# 0
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
59
28
5
90
Innings
95
25
4
158
Runs
3057
573
38
5509
Highest Score
142
96
22
176
SR
43.00
68.00
65.00
45.00
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Team Played For

New Zealand
New Zealand
Northern Districts
Northern Districts
New Zealand A
New Zealand A
New Zealand Under-19
New Zealand Under-19
New Zealand XI
New Zealand XI