Two’s company – Series 2

Welcome back to the second post of the Two’s Company Series. The cricketers of this week are Luke Wright and Shane Watson.

Luke Wright plays for Sussex and the English cricket team. Shane Watson plays for Queensland and the Australian cricket team.

Both players are limited over specialists. They look quite similar in their athletic build too.

Both have had their fair share of successes in the micro-mini T20 version of cricket. Luke Wright, especially, shot into prominence during the ICC T20 world cup following his T20 exploits for Sussex. Shane Watson had a great time with Rajasthan Royals in the IPL.

Lets compare their limited over statistics (tables provided below).

Watson averages 34.51 while Wright averages 30.25. Not much of a difference.

Both are all rounders, Watson being the better bowler of the two. Wright has 44 first class wickets to his credit while Watson has 103 first class wickets.

Both can hit the ball to some distance, which is why they form an ideal part of their respective T20 teams.

Both of them haven’t still quite managed to cement their places in their respective national T20 sides.

Shane Watson – Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	List A
Matches	3	65	57	125
Runs scored	81	1,001	3,953	2,771
Batting average	20.25	34.51	47.05	35.07
100s/50s	0/0	0/7	11/19	2/18
Top score	31	79	203*	132
Balls bowled	186	2,593	5,226	4,326
Wickets	2	62	103	101
Bowling average	61.50	34.11	30.15	36.31
5 wickets in innings	0	0	2	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	1	n/a
Best bowling	1/25	4/39	6/32	4/39
Catches/stumpings	0/–	15/–	40/–	32/–

Luke Wright – Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	-	5	33	74
Runs scored	-	121	1085	885
Batting average	-	30.25	30.25	20.11
100s/50s	-	0/1	2/6	1/2
Top score	-	50	155*	125
Balls bowled	-	36	3172	2390
Wickets	-	0	44	52
Bowling average	-	-	40.11	40.03
5 wickets in innings	-	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	-	-/-	3/33	4/12
Catches/stumpings	-	1/-	16/–	20/–