Shane Watson

Shane Watson
Watson in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Shane Robert Watson
Born (1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 (age 43)
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
NicknameWatto
Height1.83[1] m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 391)2 January 2005 v Pakistan
Last Test8 July 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 148)24 March 2002 v South Africa
Last ODI5 September 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.33
T20I debut (cap 19)24 February 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I27 March 2016 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01–2003/04Tasmania
2004–2005Hampshire
2004/05–2008/09Queensland
2008–2015Rajasthan Royals
2010/11–2015/16New South Wales
2011/12Sydney Sixers
2012/13Brisbane Heat
2015/16Canterbury
2015/16–2018/19Sydney Thunder
2016–2017Islamabad United
2016–2017Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016–2017St Lucia Stars
2018–2020Quetta Gladiators
2018–2020Chennai Super Kings
2019/20Rangpur Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 59 190 58 137
Runs scored 3,731 5,757 1,462 9,451
Batting average 35.19 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 6,466 930 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/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 2007 West Indies
Winner 2015 Australia and New Zealand
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2006 India
Winner 2009 South Africa
ICC T20 World Cup
Runner-up 2010 West Indies
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 January 2019

Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who played for and occasionally captained the Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016.[2] He was an all-rounder who played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.[3] He was ranked as the world's No. 1 all-rounder in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) for 150 weeks, including an all-time record of 120 consecutive weeks from 13 October 2011 to 30 January 2014.[4][5][6] He began playing during the Australian team's golden era in the early 2000s, and was the last player from this era to retire.[7][8][9] In his time playing for Australia, Watson was part of their winning squad in the Cricket World Cup two times in 2007, and 2015 along with the ICC Champions Trophy twice in 2006 and 2009, with Watson named as the player of the match in the final on both occasions, as he scored the winning run in the 2006 tournament, with the winning six in the 2009 tournament.

Watson also played Twenty20 cricket for a number of leagues around the world, including the Indian Premier League (IPL). He was named the player of the tournament in the IPL twice (in 2008 and 2013) and won the tournament twice (in 2008 and 2018). He continued to play in Twenty20 leagues after his retirement from international cricket in 2016, and retired from all forms of cricket in 2020.

  1. ^ Biography. shanewatson.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. ^ Ponsonby, Cameron (8 November 2021). "'The Best Thing About The T20 World Cup' - Shane Watson's Addition To The Commentary Box Gains Widespread Praise". Wisden.
  3. ^ Ferris, Sam (24 March 2016). "Watson retires from international cricket". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Watson finishes as No.1 T20 allrounder". cricket.com.au. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Kohli and Badree to enter knockout stage as top ranked batsman and bowler". ICC-cricket.com. 29 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "ICC Twenty20 Championship All-Rounder Rankings". relianceiccrankings.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Shane Watson announces international retirement at end of World Twenty20". ABC News. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ Ferris, Sam (24 March 2016). "Watson to retire at end of World T20". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ Coverdale, Brydon; Farrell, Melinda (24 March 2016). "Shane Watson retires from international cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.