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Shane Watson
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Personal information
Full name Shane Robert Watson
Born (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 36)
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Nickname watto
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder, Captain of Sydney Thunder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 391) 2 January 2005 v Pakistan
Last Test 8 July 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 148) 24 March 2002 v South Africa
Last ODI 3 September 2015 v England
ODI shirt no. 33
T20I debut (cap 19) 24 February 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 27 March 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001–2004 Tasmania
2004–2009 Queensland
2005 Hampshire
2008–2015 Rajasthan Royals
2009–2016 New South Wales
2011–2012 Sydney Sixers
2012–2015 Brisbane Heat
2015–present Sydney Thunder
2016–present Islamabad United
2016–present Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016–present Lucia Zouks
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 59 190 58 137
Runs scored 3,731 5,718 1462 9,451
Batting average 35.20 40.54 29.24 42.57
100s/50s 4/24 9/33 1/10 20/54
Top score 176 185* 124* 203*
Balls bowled 5,495 6,406 930 12,164
Wickets 75 168 48 210
Bowling average 33.68 31.79 24.72 29.97
5 wickets in innings 3 0 0 7
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 6/33 4/36 4/15 7/69
Catches/stumpings 45/– 64/– 20/– 109/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 11 February 2016

Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is a former Australian professional cricketer and captain. He played as a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler. He debuted in 2002 in a One Day International and retired in 2016 as world No. 1 T20I all-rounder. He is the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of early 2000s.

Watson holds several records in T20Is. He held the world No. 1 position for a record 150 weeks, including a record 120 consecutive weeks (13 October 2011 – 30 January 2014; and 31 January 2016 – 26 August 2016) in T20I all-rounder rankings. He is the only player to win Australian "Player of the Year" award in all formats and won 7 such awards in three formats(3 T20I, 3 ODI, 1 Test), which is the most by any player

He was declared man of the series in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 for scoring a total of 249 with an average of 49.80, while taking 11 wickets with the ball. He is the only player to win four consecutive Player of the Match Awards in ICC event history. He has also been voted the man of the tournament in the IPL a record two times, and, according to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015.

Shane Watson was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 2000. He started his first-class cricketing career for Tasmania after leaving his home state of Queensland, but returned to play for his native Queensland as his international career was beginning. He has also played for Hampshire in the English County Championship in 2005. He regards Terry Alderman as one of his mentors.

Watson was selected for his first Australian team in early 2002, being selected to tour South Africa with the Test team after topping the Pura Cup wicket-taking charts for Tasmania, as well as steady middle-order batting performances. Watson did make his ODI debut on tour, replacing Steve Waugh, who was sacked after the team failed to make the ODI finals in the preceding Australian summer. Watson continued as a regular member of the ODI team until he suffered three stress fractures in his back, at the start of 2003, missing the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was replaced by his Queensland teammate Andrew Symonds, who proceeded to establish his position as the all rounder after scoring 143* and 91* during the tournament.


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