BJ Watling Full Biography, Records, Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Family, & More

March 24, 2020

BJ Watling Biography

BJ Watling biography: Bradley-John Watling popularly known as BJ Watling is a New Zealand international cricketer. He was born on July 9, 1985, in South Africa. Watling is a successful cricketer when he was in school. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 2010 and scored an impressive 55 runs. After that, he was in and out many times from the New Zealand team squad.

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BJ Watling Zealand Cricketer – Basic Information

Name: Bradley-John Watling
Nickname: Watling, BJ
Role: Batsman And Wicket Keeper
Batting Style: Right-Handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm Off-break

BJ Watling Physical Appearance

Height (approx.):6 feet
Weight (approx.):75 kg
Eye Colour: Black
Hair Colour: Brown

Personal Life Of BJ Watling

Date of Birth:9 July 1985
Age: 35(as of 2020)
Birth Place: Durban, New Zealand
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Nationality: New Zealand
School: Hamilton Boy’s High School
College: NA
Educational Qualifications: NA

BJ Watling Family & Religion

Father: NA
Mother: NA
Brother: NA
Sister: NA
Coach/Mentor: Crish Kuggeleijn
Religion: NA
Address: Durban, New Zealand

Cricket Career Of BJ Watling

Test: 11 December 2009 v Pakistan
ODI: 13 August 2010 v Sri Lanka
T20: 12 November 2009 v Pakistan
Jersey Number: #47 New Zealand
Domestic/State Teams: New Zealand, New Zealand U19, Northern Knights, New Zealand A, Durham, Lancashire
Nature on the field: Calm

Batting Career

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	70	110	15	3658	205	38.51	8637	42.35	8	1	18	411	8
ODI	28	25	2	573	96	24.91	838	68.38	0	0	5	58	3
T20I	5	4	0	38	22	9.5	58	65.52	0	0	0	3	0

Bowling Career

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	70	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ODI	28	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0
T20I	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: Cricbuzz

Highlighted Records of BJ Watling

Watling is the first wicket-keeper batsman to score a double hundred for New Zealand in Test.

He is also a part of the highest 6th and 7th wicket partnership of New Zealand in Test cricket.
He holds the record of Most dismissals by a Wicket-keeper for New Zealand.

BJ Watling Preferences & Hobbies

Hobbies: Playing Golf
Favorite Cricketers: NA
Most Favorite Sportspersons: NA
Favorite Food: NA
Favourite Color: NA

Relationship Status BJ Watling

Marital Status: Married
Wife: N/A
Marriage Date: N/A
Children: N/A

Awards and Recognitions

While representing Hamilton Boy’s High School 1st Xl, he won the Gillette Cup two times.

Controversies did by BJ Watling

He is having a neat and clean career no controversies till now.

Social Media Links

Twitter: @B_Jwatling
Instagram:@b_jwatling
Facebook: NA

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