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Full name Darren Jude Wates
Born July 2, 1977, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 31 years 97 days
Major teams Western Australia
Nickname Watesy
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.87 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
15
20
6
491
99
35.07
1090
45.04
0
3
6
0
List A
50
31
16
323
44*
21.53
0
0
8
0
Twenty20
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
15
2235
1398
35
4/77
39.94
3.75
63.8
0
0
List A
50
2451
2001
52
3/27
3/27
38.48
4.89
47.1
0
0
0
Twenty20
1
1
12
23
0
-
-
-
11.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
1999/00
Last First-class
Tasmania v Western Australia at Hobart, Dec 3-6, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
1999/00
Last List A
Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Dec 19, 2007 scorecard
Only Twenty20
Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Jan 1, 2007 scorecard
Profile
A swing bowler and a lawyer, Darren Wates walked away from his cricketing career at the end of 2007-08 to devote his full attention to the legal profession. Four seasons earlier he had done the opposite as he aimed to make a successful transition to full-time cricketer. But hamstring injuries restricted him to four Pura Cup matches, seven ING Cup games and 19 wickets, and for the next two summers he was used almost exclusively in one-day matches. An allrounder, Wates found it difficult to become anything more than an occasional member of Western Australia's first XI. In 2007-08 he played two Pura Cup games for 68 runs and four wickets, as well as six one-day matches, and ultimately decided the law would be a better career path. The son of parents born in India, Wates made a spectacular entry to interstate ranks in 1999-2000. After figuring prominently in several matches along the way to the Warriors' Mercantile Mutual Cup victory, he won the competition's Best New Talent award. At first-class level, his impact was also immediate. He claimed the prize wicket of Martin Love with his first legal delivery and struck a defiant 62 to top score in the Western Australian second innings.
Cricinfo staff September 2008
