Seren Waters

Seren Robert Waters (born 11 April 1990 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a former Kenyan cricketer who plays for Surrey and Kenya.[2] He is a skillful and bold opening batsman, who loves to face the first ball. He is strong off his legs and through the covers and his favourite shot is the pull shot.

Seren Waters
Personal information
Full name
Seren Robert Waters
Born (1990-04-11) 11 April 1990
Nairobi, Kenya
NicknameBurundi[1]
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm Legbreak
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 38)18 October 2008 v Ireland
Last ODI13 September 2011 v Netherlands
ODI shirt no.5
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010Durham MCCU
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 20 9 22
Runs scored 419 484 484
Batting average 20.95 32.26 23.04
100s/50s 0/2 1/2 0/3
Top score 74 157* 74
Balls bowled 18 102 18
Wickets 0 2 0
Bowling average 34.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling - 1/18 -
Catches/stumpings 5/0 5/0 6/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

School times

He was born and lives in Kenya but has British nationality. Since Kenya is only an associate member of the ICC, Waters is also eligible to play for England. He was educated at Cranleigh School, England and captained the first XI cricket side for two years, playing alongside Stuart Meaker. In his last season at Cranleigh School, he finished with almost 900 runs.

He is a very able leg spinner and in his last season at Cranleigh School was second highest wicket taker.

Domestic career

He scored a double century on debut for Surrey Under-17s in 2006, and in 2008 he made his Surrey second XI debut.

International career

In October 2008 he was called into the Kenyan Cricket team, and made an immediate impression, scoring 75 against Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup at the Gymkhana in Nairobi, and more recently 74 against South Africa at Kimberley in a full One Day International (ODI).[3]

Waters is also a very apt fielder and took two astonishing catches in the second ODI against South Africa, that belied his age and experience, to send Gibbs and then de Villiers back to the pavilion.[4]

Aside from playing for Surrey and Kenya, Waters also plays for the Old Cranleighan Cricket Club and for Weybridge Cricket Club. Waters went to Durham University and was named in the Kenyan squad for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.

References

  1. "Seren Waters". ESPN:Cricinfo. 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  2. "Seren Waters". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Kallis and Amla too much for Kenya". Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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