November 12, 1976, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia
Scotland v Surrey at Edinburgh, May 29, 2002
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Ryan Watson represented South Africa Schools in 1995 and then went on to captain Transvaal Under 24 in 1996. He then came to Scotland as a professional player, playing as a club professional for Meigle, Falkland and Forfarshire and qualified by residence to play for Scotland. His prolific run-scoring made him the most effective batsman of his era in the Scotland team and he ended his career with a record 4967 runs for Scotland.
Watson was also a tidy bowler both at medium pace and with off-spin and a competitive fielder with excellent hands. His best remembered innings was when he recorded the third fastest hundred in one-day cricket at the time, against Somerset in May 2003, 103* off 43 balls.
Ryan was a member of the squad that won the Intercontinental Cup in 2004 and the ICC Trophy in 2005, in which he won the Man of the Match Award in the final.