A solidly-built right-arm fast bowler, all of his matches at international level came during the 1997–98 season, with his single Test coming during Australia's tour of India.
Wilson remained active at the domestic level until the early 2000s, switching to Western Australia for the 2002–03 season.
Retiring at the end of the 2003–04 season, for a time he served as the coach of the Western Fury in the Women's National Cricket League.
Wilson left a trainee accountant job in Newcastle to travel to Adelaide, where he requested a place at the Australian Cricket Academy.
He played one Test Match, against India, in Kolkata, in March 1998, but had the unfortunate record of having scored neither a run, nor taken a wicket,[3] after he limped off injured in the early stages of the game.