Helen Watson (cricketer)

Helen Watson
Personal information
Full name
Helen Maree Watson
Born 17 February 1972
Ashburton, New Zealand
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut 21 February 1999 v Australia
Last ODI 16 March 2008 v Australia
T20I debut 5 August 2004 v England
Last T20I 6 March 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1996/97–1999/00 Canterbury
2000/01–2005/06 Auckland
2006/07–2008/09 Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 66 8 211 14
Runs scored 580 16 3,265 55
Batting average 15.26 16.00 28.14 27.50
100s/50s 1/0 0/0 2/9 0/0
Top score 115* 9* 115* 15*
Balls bowled 2,487 168 8,512 312
Wickets 54 7 210 8
Bowling average 23.83 21.71 21.13 30.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/14 3/13 5/18 3/13
Catches/stumpings 21/– 2/– 61/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 July 2021

Helen Maree Watson (born 17 February 1972) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed. She appeared in 66 One Day Internationals and 8 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 1999 and 2008. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury and Auckland. Following her playing career, Watson became a financial officer.