Stewart Walters
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Stewart John Walters is an Australia
n cricket
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
competition. He played under-age and second XI cricket for Western Australia
before concentrating on county cricket in England.
, though he averaged just 7 runs through the competition. He also played three games in the 2006 County Championship
, debuting with a sturdy innings of 41, comprising ten boundaries and one single, from third in the batting order.
Since the opening of the 2007 season, Walters has played several non-Championship matches for the Surrey team, including various Second XI fixtures.
He played in the County Championship game against Essex
in July 2009, making his highest first-class
score of 111*
. Walters is a middle-order batsman and occasional bowler. When Mark Butcher
had to miss games because of his knee injury, and then announced his retirement with immediate effect in August 2009, Walters took over the captaincy.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.
Early career
Walters played his early cricket for Midland-Guildford in the Western Australian Grade CricketWestern Australian Grade Cricket
Grade Cricket in Western Australia refers to the semi-professional cricket league played at a level below the first-class Western Warriors and colts teams. The competition is administered by the Western Australian Cricket Association...
competition. He played under-age and second XI cricket for Western Australia
Western Warriors
The Western Australia cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia...
before concentrating on county cricket in England.
Surrey
Walters played in the 2006 Twenty20 Cup competition for his team, SurreySurrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
, though he averaged just 7 runs through the competition. He also played three games in the 2006 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, debuting with a sturdy innings of 41, comprising ten boundaries and one single, from third in the batting order.
Since the opening of the 2007 season, Walters has played several non-Championship matches for the Surrey team, including various Second XI fixtures.
He played in the County Championship game against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
in July 2009, making his highest first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
score of 111*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. Walters is a middle-order batsman and occasional bowler. When Mark Butcher
Mark Butcher
Mark Alan Butcher is a former English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement from the sport in 2009. He was a left-handed batsman, and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler....
had to miss games because of his knee injury, and then announced his retirement with immediate effect in August 2009, Walters took over the captaincy.