sean williams Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
sean williams is a cricketer(sportsman) from Zimbabwe. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Sean Colin Williams
Born
September 26, 1986, Bulawayo
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Slow Left arm Orthodox
Playing Role
Middle order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 156 | 68 | - |
Inn | 27 | 151 | 68 | - |
Runs | 1034 | 4986 | 1482 | - |
Avg | 41.36 | 38.06 | 24.3 | - |
SR | 55.86 | 86.7 | 125.38 | - |
HS | 151 | 174 | 66 | - |
NO | 2 | 20 | 7 | - |
100s | 4 | 8 | 0 | - |
50s | 3 | 35 | 10 | - |
4s | 117 | 447 | 140 | - |
6s | 7 | 57 | 36 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 14 | 156 | 68 | - |
Inn | 22 | 128 | 64 | - |
Balls | 2025 | 4792 | 1098 | - |
Runs | 1072 | 3946 | 1270 | - |
Wkt | 21 | 83 | 43 | - |
BBI | 20 / 3 | 43 / 4 | 15 / 3 | - |
BBM | 111 / 6 | 43 / 4 | 15 / 3 | - |
Eco | 3.18 | 4.94 | 6.94 | - |
Avg | 51.05 | 47.54 | 29.53 | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- CR Williams
- ML Williams
- Zimbabwe
- Brothers Union
- Comilla Victorians
- Matabeleland
- Matabeleland Tuskers
- Sharjah Warriors
- St Lucia Zouks
- Zimbabwe A
- Zimbabwe Board XI
- Zimbabwe Provinces
- Zimbabwe Select XI
- Zimbabwe Under-19s
- Zimbabwe XI
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He made his debut in 2005 when Zimbabwe toured South Africa, making only 12 in a losing cause. He was also selected and made captain of the Under-19 side for the World Cup, where he led his team to a surprise win over England. There were rumours that Williams had differences with the board and the rumours were confirmed soon as he rejected a central contract.
He was part of the Zimbabwe squad for the World Cup in the subcontinent in 2011 but was forced to fly home for recovery due to a fractured thumb. He made his Test debut against West Indies in March 2013.
Williams was recalled to the Test side when Zimbabwe took on South Africa in the one-off Test. He didn't do much in the game, scoring only 24 and three. However, he was back to his best in the subsequent tri-series which featured South Africa and Australia. He scored a couple of crucial fifties against the Proteas and took seven wickets, he was also part of the team that pulled off an upset win over Australia.
Williams had a dispute with the-then head coach, Stephen Mangongo, and was dropped from the tour of Bangladesh in October-November 2014. However, with Dav Whatmore being named as the head coach, Williams was recalled to the side and was part of the 2015 World Cup squad. Williams starred in Zimbabwe’s World Cup 2015 Pool B game against UAE. He scored an unbeaten 76 to help his side get over the line by 4 wickets. Later in the tournament, in a do-or-die game against Ireland, Williams made a solid 96 but got out at a crunch situation when Zimbabwe needed 32 runs off 19 deliveries. Eventually, Zimbabwe failed to win that game as they fell short by 5 runs and their World Cup hopes ended in a devastating way.
Williams showed what he is capable of in his comeback Test match against New Zealand in Bulawayo in July 2016. He was battling through a flu but he showed great character and resolve to carry on and scored his maiden Test ton. It was only his third Test match and Williams notched up the quickest Test ton by a Zimbabwean off only 106 balls. Although Zimbabwe slumped to an innings defeat, William’s stoic knock proved that a positive mindset and grit can do wonders for you.
Williams has also scored the fasted ODI ton by a Zimbabwean batter and it came off only 75 deliveries. That knock came in a match against UAE in Harare in April, 2019. Over the years, Williams has grown into an efficient all-rounder for Zimbabwe in all three formats of the game. The reverse-sweep is one of his favourite shots and he employs it to great effect. He also bowls probing lines and lengths and his changes of pace are not easy to deal with for the batters.
In September 2019, Williams was handed over the T20I captaincy for Zimbabwe. He captained Zimbabwe for the first time in T20Is in a tri-series involving Nepal and hosts Singapore in September-October 2019. Although Zimbabwe lost a game against Singapore, they eventually went on to win the tri-series. Willliams won the Player of the Match award in two of their four games. Soon after that, Williams was named the Test captain in January, 2020 and his first assignment involved leading Zimbabwe in a 2-match home Test series against Sri Lanka. Williams scored his second Test ton on the first day of the second Harare Test.
In March 2021, Zimbabwe squared off against Afghanistan in a 2-match away Test series. Williams led from the front with the bat in that series and scored two centuries and a half century in three innings. Williams was awarded the Player of the Series for his gutsy performances with the bat. He certainly thrived with the bat under pressure and seemed to enjoy the responsibility.
Sean Williams has seen a number of highs and lows in his ongoing international career. He has battled through injuries and has had issues with the Zimbabwe cricket board on and off. Williams has captained Zimbabwe in all three formats and that is an appreciable achievement. He has produced numerous special knocks and some match-defining performances with the ball as well. Although Williams no longer leads Zimbabwe in any format, the hunger to do something special for his country as a player is still there. The 2023 ODI World Cup Qualifiers might be the perfect stage for Williams to produce something memorable for his country.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Sean Williams is a bold, dynamic left-hand batsman, and one of the most striking features about his batting is his proficiency at the reverse-sweep. That shot has occupied a proud position in the repertoire of some of Zimbabwe's finest batsmen: legend has it that Dave Houghton brought up both his hundred and his double with reverse-sweeps in the course of his 266 against Sri Lanka, and Andy Flower used the stroke in an almost profligate manner in many of his memorable innings. Williams is as adept at the stroke as either of these two elder statesmen of Zimbabwean cricket, which he proved during the course of his maiden Test century against New Zealand in Bulawayo in July 2016. Equally astounding was his resolve to overcome sickness and high fever to battle on for over three hours during the course of that knock, in a game in which Zimbabwe were floundering.
Reverse-sweeps aside, Williams has other shots too, and plays them often. His precocious talent was apparent while he was still a teenager. He was expected to be called up at the time of the players' strike in April 2004, but his father Collin, a former first-class player and national hockey coach, refused to release him and insisted his son should concentrate more on his studies. Almost a year later, and with just one first-class match under his belt, he was drafted into the Zimbabwe squad to tour South Africa. Although he led the U-19 side in the World Cup in Sri Lanka in February 2006 - the highlight being a win over England - there were rumours both before and after the tournament that he was not happy with the board. This turned out to be true when he turned down a central contract the following month, opting to look for a more settled career overseas. He changed his mind three months later, however, returning to play for Zimbabwe. The on-off farrago resurfaced in 2008 when he again quit for a contract in South Africa, only to return weeks later.
One feels that disciplinary issues, whether perceived or actual, are never far away with Williams, who often speaks in as forthright a manner as he bats. He is one of Zimbabwe's best players of spin but was was not considered for selection for Zimbabwe's tour of Bangladesh in late 2014 after interruptions in his involvement in a training camp and an aborted disciplinary hearing. Williams responded to his omission with two centuries, a 96 and 10 wickets for Tuskers while Zimbabwe were away, underlining just what they were missing. If he is managed well Williams has the potential to be an all-round match-winner for Zimbabwe. He has a more-than-useful second string as a left-arm spinner and a keen cricketing brain, having captained Zimbabwe Under-19 and Matabeleland Tuskers on occasion.
Liam Brickhill