Shane Watson

For other people named Shane Watson, see Shane Watson (disambiguation).

Shane Watson

Personal information
Full name	Shane Robert Watson
Born	(1981-06-17) 17 June 1981 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	watto
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-hand
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder, Captain of Sydney Thunder
International information
National side	Australia (2002–2016)
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 (squad no. 33)
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 six such awards in three formats, 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.

Early career

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.

International career

2002-2009

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. Australian captain at the time Steve Waugh stated that Watson would possibly be Australia's first genuine all rounder since Keith Miller and Alan Davidson in the 1950s. Watson expressed joy at being selected in an Australian team with Waugh, whom he cited as his idol. Watson scored an unbeaten century on his debut in a tour match, but did not play in the Tests as the selectors retained the same XI that had swept South Africa 3–0 in the Australian season. Watson did make his ODI debut on tour, ironically replacing 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.

Watson's injury sidelined him until the 2003–04 Australian season, and during his rehabilitation he played most of the season as a batsman, allowing himself to improve his batting skills while his back was still healing. During this time he smashed an unbeaten 300* for his club side, Lindisfarne.

Watson returned to regular ODI duty in the 2004–05 season, as a bowling all rounder. He also played in the Third Test against Pakistan as the fifth bowler, in order to allow Australia to play two spinners and three pace bowlers on a dry Sydney Cricket Ground pitch.

Following England's Ashes victory over Australia in 2005 with a five bowler strategy, Australia responded by including Watson as the fifth bowler and all rounder in all Test matches. Watson played against the ICC World XI in the role, but he dislocated his shoulder in just his second Test in that designated role against the West Indies, after diving to field a ball. Watson was again replaced by Symonds and was unable to represent Australia for the remainder of the summer.

He was recalled for the one day squad for the 2006 tour of South Africa but was dropped when all-rounder Andrew Symonds returned from injury. Watson was looking to establish a place in the Test side when he got injured, and Andrew Symonds stepped in to fill the gap.

Shane Watson walks to the crease.

This changed when Watson opened the batting for Australia at the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, alongside wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, instead of Simon Katich. After failing in the first two matches against the West Indies and England, Watson made a 50 in Australia's victory over India, which sealed their place in the semi-finals, he then took 2 wickets and scored 57 not out in the finals to seal the win. In the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy held in South Africa, Watson again played a prominent role, making two consecutive 100s against England and New-Zealand in semi-final and final, helping Australia to defend their title.

Ponting suggested that Watson would bat at the number 6 position in the Ashes series against England in 2006–07, and he was named in the squad. However, he came off the ground in a one-day domestic game the week before the first Test with a suspected hamstring tear, which ruled him out for the first three Tests. Michael Clarke was called up in Watson's place, and responded with a half-century, and then a century to cement Clarke's place in the team.

Watson was expected to be fit for the fourth Test on Boxing Day and the MCG in Melbourne, and because of Damien Martyn's unexpected retirement, it looked likely that Watson would be included in the side. However, another injury setback in a match for Queensland ruled Watson out for the rest of the Ashes series. Watson eventually returned in February to the ODI side, replacing Cameron White in the all rounder position, However he again broke down with injury during the 29th match of 2007 Cricket World Cup and missed two matches of the Super 8's before returning in fine style smashing an unbeaten 65 off 32 balls against New Zealand. Injury again struck Watson in the early stages of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 as he missed most of the tournament due to hamstring strain. He was then out of action for the 2007–08 Australian season.

After Symonds was omitted from the Australian team for disciplinary reasons, and Watson took the all rounder's position for the tour of India in late 2008, batting at No. 6. During the Third Test in Delhi, he was involved in a series of confrontations with Indian opener Gautam Gambhir, who scored a double century and reached his century by lofting Watson over midwicket for six. During the innings, Gambhir elbowed Watson while going for a run, and claimed that the incident was not intentional at a press conference, and claiming that Watson had no capacity to dismiss him. He later pleaded guilty and was banned for one match.

After returning to Australia, Symonds was recalled to the Test team and both all rounders played in the First Test against New Zealand in Brisbane. As the pitch was a green, rain-affected moist surface expected to favour seamers, spinner Jason Krejza was dropped to accommodate two seam bowling all rounders. After the match, which Australia won, Watson was dropped as spinner Nathan Hauritz was included and Symonds retained. Symonds continued to perform poorly, and there were calls for Watson to take his place, but both men then fell injured at the end of the year, Watson with a stress fracture. Watson returned to international duty in the ODI series against Pakistan in the UAE, scoring a century.

Shane Watson plays a cut shot

He returned to the Australian Test side for the 3rd Ashes Test match at Edgbaston on 30 July 2009 as an opener. In a rain interrupted match he made 62 and 53 batting alongside Simon Katich. He scored his second highest Test score of 96 against the West Indies in the Second Test in Adelaide in December 2009. He and Katich put on a century stand and he had reached 96 at stumps, only to inside edge his first ball of the next morning onto his stumps while attempting to hit a boundary to reach his century. In the Third Test, he made 89 in another century stand with Katich. In the second innings, he removed opposition captain Chris Gayle and then charged towards him, screaming in celebration directly in front of him. This earned him a fine from the match referee, and considerable criticism from much of the Australian public.

File:Shane Watson straight drive.jpg

Shane Watson plays a straight drive

In the First Test against Pakistan, he made 93 runs on Boxing Day and featured in his third century stand in as many matches with Katich, but was run out after a mix-up with Katich in which both players ended up running towards the same end, again falling short of his debut Test hundred. On Day four, Watson finally made his first Test hundred, which came in interesting style, by hitting the ball hard to the fielder at point who put the catch down. When Ponting declared, he remained not out on 120. Watson was awarded man of the match on 30 December for his role in Australia's Test victory.

In the second innings of the Second Test at the SCG, Watson fell short of another century, dismissed for 97. During this Test, the Australian Cricket Media Association presented Watson with Australian Cricketer of the Year Award.

2010-2016

In the first test of Australia's 2010 tour of India, Watson opened his account with his second test century – an attritional 126 runs off 338 balls on a slow, low Mohali pitch. The innings capped an excellent start to the tour, as he also scored a century in each innings of the warm-up match, albeit at a much brisker pace. He topscored again in the second innings with a run-a-ball 56, which proved vital in setting a competitive target as Australia's middle order again collapsed in spectacular fashion following his dismissal.

During this period as an opener, he had the highest Australian Test batting average (50.40) for 2 calendar years (2009-2010).

Shane Watson's record as captain
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result	Win %
ODI	9	5	3	0	1	0	61.11%
Test	1	0	1	0	0	–	–
T20I	1	0	1	0	0	–	–
Date last Updated:		31 January 2016

On 30 March 2011, Watson was named test and ODI vice-captain. On 11 April 2011 he made 185 not out off 96 balls against Bangladesh. Watson made several records in this match, which include most sixes, highest score by an Australian batsman, fastest 150 and most runs from boundaries. Due to injuries in the home series against South Africa and Sri Lanka, he decided to become a top order batsman instead of an allrounder.

During 2010-2013, he won a series of Australian "Player of the Year" awards, including Allan Border Medal in 2010 and 2011.

Before the start of 2012 ICC World Twenty20, there were no expectations on Australia as it was ranked only 10th in the world. After two stages of the tournament, Australia were placed at sixth, moving up four places and became one of the favourites to win the tournament. This is the only time a team's place in the rankings has changed so drastically in a short time, due to four straight wins against top-ranked teams. Much of this success was due to an in-form Shane Watson.

In the first match against Ireland at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Watson opened the bowling and took 3-26 (the wickets of opener-captain William Porterfield, keeper-batsman Niall O'Brien and all-rounder Kevin O'Brien); he then scored 51 from 30 balls to help his side win the match in 15.1 overs. He was subsequently named as Man of the Match. In the next match against the West Indies he again opened the bowling and batting, taking 2-29 from 4 overs (the wickets of Chris Gayle & Kieron Pollard). He then scored 41 not out from 24 balls to win the Man of the Match award as his side won by 17 runs (by the Duckworth-Lewis method). Against India, he was used as second change bowler and took 3-34. It was he who had changed the game by taking the wickets of Yuvraj Singh and opener Irfan Pathan in the 11th over. He also dismissed Suresh Raina in the last over. He followed it up with 72 from 42 balls (7 sixes and 2 fours) making a mockery of the target 141. Against South Africa he took 2-29 (the wickets of Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers), following it up with 70 from 47 balls to win his fourth consecutive Man of the Match award. At the completion of the group stages and Super Eight stages, Watson had the most runs, wickets and sixes. His dominance with both bat and ball made him the unanimous choice of the experts to be named Player of the Tournament.

Shane Watson at the 2015 Cricket World Cup

Before the 3rd Test against India in March 2013, the team management of Michael Clarke, who was also a selector at the time, and coach Mickey Arthur, dropped four players from the 3rd test, which included vice-captain Shane Watson, along with James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja for failing to make a presentation on team performance. Watson had subsequently flown back to Australia due to the birth of his first child. Michael Clarke and coach Mickey Arthur were severely criticized and ridiculed by the public, media and former players for such a silly decision. After the tour, Watson resigned as vice-captain, while Cricket Australia sacked Mickey Arthur as coach and stripped Michael Clarke as a selector in the following weeks.

In 2015 World Cup, he helped Australia reaching the finals scoring 67 against Sri Lanka, and 64 against Pakistan, as Australia went on to win the tournament. He was particularly praised for his performance against Pakistan in the quarter final, as he stuck through the fierce spell of the bowler Wahab Riaz. Although Watson has been successful against much more fierce spells throughout his career, as with the 2009 and 2010 tours, where he was the most successful Australian batsman against Pakistani bowler Mohammad Amir, this garnered widespread media appreciation being a World Cup.

On 31 January 2016, Watson was named T20I captain and became one of the few Australians to captain in all formats, he opened the innings after a long gap and scored 124*, which made several records.

He retired from international cricket in 2016 and became the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of early 2000s.

T20 Leagues

See also: List of Rajasthan Royals records

Watson is the only player to lead most runs, most wickets, highest score, highest batting average, most sixes, for a team in T20. Also the only player to win man of the tournament IPL twice.

Watson played in the Indian Premier League for the Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural IPL season in 2008. Signed for US $125,000, he performed well with both the bat and the ball scoring four half-centuries to anchor his team to victory in three matches of the tournament and in the semi-finals. He picked up 17 wickets, won four Man of the Match awards in his first twelve games and also the Man of the Series award.

On the back of his IPL performance, Watson was subsequently selected to replace Matthew Hayden in the one day series as part of Australia's tour to the West Indies, after Hayden was injured during the IPL season. Watson went on to establish himself as an ODI opener in the series.

Watson missed the second IPL season due to national duty and injury, and Rajasthan failed to reach the top four in the qualifying rounds. For the 2011 season, Rajasthan Royals successfully retained Shane Watson along with the skipper Shane Warne.

On 22 April 2013 Watson scored his first century in Twenty20 cricket, playing in the IPL against the Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. He scored 101 runs off 61 balls, hitting six fours and six sixes. His strong performances continued and he subsequently went on to win the 2013 Man of the Tournament award.

For the 2014 IPL season, a fresh player auction was held; Watson was again retained by the Royals for US $2 million, making him the highest paid overseas player and one of a few international cricketers to play for the same IPL franchise from the inception of the tournament. He was also appointed captain of the team for the 2014 season.

After the suspension of Rajasthan Royals for two years in 2016, Royal Challengers Bangalore signed him for US $1.4 million.

Shane Watson signed with BBL franchise Sydney Thunder to play for 2015–16 season. He is elected as captain from 2016-17 season.

Shane Watson is the first foreign player to be picked in 2016 PSL draft. He was the Icon Player of his team.

In 2016, CPL announced Shane Watson as the first marquee player of the six overseas marquee players. He was selected to play for the franchise Zouks.

Records

Twenty20 International

• Held world No. 1 position for a record 150 weeks, including a record 120 consecutive weeks (13 Oct 2011 - 30 Jan 2014; and 31 Jan 2016 - 26 August 2016) in Twenty20 International (T20I) all-rounder rankings.
• Only player to have held number 1 ranking for both batting and all-rounder rankings in T20I.
• Highest rating for T20I All-Rounder Rankings with a rating of 557, which is 116 points higher than the second best.
• Only player in history to have topped runs, wickets and sixes charts after 24 games of a tournament. At the completion of the Group and Super Eight stages of 2012 World T20, watson had the most runs, wickets and sixes.
• Only player to post a half-century and take three wickets in the same match three times in T20I.
• Only player to score a century and have taken four wickets in an innings in T20I.
• Highest T20I strike rate of all opening batsmen who have played over 30 matches.
• Only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ICC event history.
• First and only player to score a hundred and take a wicket in the same T20I, Highest score by a captain, Only Player to score a ton on T20I captaincy debut.
• Most wickets, sixes by an Australian in T20I. Most runs, wickets, sixes by an Australian at World T20.

One Day International

• Highest One Day International (ODI) batting average of all Australian opening batsmen who have scored over 1000 runs.
• Highest ODI score in a run-chase. Highest percentage of runs in an ODI innings for a team score of at least 100 runs.
• Highest ODI score, most sixes in an innings, by an Australian.

Other

• Only player to score a century and have taken four wickets in an innings in all forms of cricket.
• First and only Australian to score international centuries in all three formats.
• Only player to lead most runs, most wickets, highest score, highest batting average, most sixes, for a team in T20. Also the only player to win man of the tournament IPL twice.
• Second-fastest five-wicket haul (in 21 balls) from the start of a spell in Test history.
• Played 12 ICC events, which is the most by an Australian (6 ICC World T20s, 3 ICC World Cups, 2 ICC Champion trophies, 1 ICC Super Series).
• Only player to win Australian "Player of the Year" award in all formats. Won six such awards in three formats, which is the most by any player.

Domestic T20 centuries

S No	Runs	Balls Played	Team	Against	Place	Year
1	101	61	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	2013
2	104*	59	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai, Brabourne stadium, Maharashtra	2015

International Centuries

Test centuries

Shane Watson's Test centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	120*	15	Pakistan	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2009	Won
2	126	21	India	Mohali, India	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	2010	Lost
3	176	46	England	London, England, United Kingdom	The Oval	2013	Drawn
4	103	49	England	Perth, Australia	WACA Ground	2014	Won

One Day International centuries

Shane Watson's One Day International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	126	69	West Indies	St. George's, Grenada	National Cricket Stadium	2008	Won
2	116*	77	Pakistan	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	2009	Lost
3	136*	89	England	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2009	Won
4	105*	90	New Zealand	Centurion, South Africa	SuperSport Park	2009	Won
5	161*	118	England	Melbourne, Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2011	Won
6	185*	97	Bangladesh	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	2011	Won
7	122	155	West Indies	Canberra, Australia	Manuka Oval	2013	Won
8	143	165	England	Southampton, England, United Kingdom	Rose Bowl	2013	Won
9	102	170	India	Nagpur, India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	2013	Lost

Twenty20 International centuries

Shane Watson's Twenty20 International centuries
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	124*	52	India	Sydney, Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2016	Lost

International 5-wicket hauls

Test five-wicket hauls

Shane Watson's Test five-wicket hauls
#	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year	Result
1	5/40	19	Pakistan	London, England, United Kingdom	Lord's Cricket Ground	2010	Won
2	6/33	20	Pakistan	Leeds, England, United Kingdom	Headingley Stadium	2010	Lost
3	5/17	31	South Africa	Cape Town, South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground	2011	Lost

International Recognition

• Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: 2002
• Australian ODI Player of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012
• Australian Test Player of the Year: 2011
• Australian Twenty20 Player of the Year: 2012, 2013
• Allan Border Medal: 2010, 2011
• McGilvray Medal 2010
• Player of the series ODI vs. West indies 2008 (away), India 2009–10 (away), England 2010–11, Bangladesh 2011 (away)
• Player of the series Tests vs. Pakistan 2009–10
• Player of the series T20 vs. West Indies 2011–12 (away), World T20 2012–13
• Player of the series IPL 2008, 2013

International Awards

Test Cricket

Player of the Series awards

S No	Series	Season	Series Performance	Result
1	Pakistan in Australia	2009/10	Runs: 346 (650 balls: 38×4, 4x6), Ave – 69.20, SR – 53.23 Field: 54–13–125–5, Ave – 25.00, SR – 64.80, 6 catches	Australia won the series 3-0.

Man of the Match awards

S No	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	1st Test – Pakistan in Australia Test Series	2009/10	1st Innings: 93 (191 balls: 11×4); 13–3–30–1, 1 catch 2nd Innings: 120* (220 balls: 10×4, 1×6); DNB, 1 catch	Australia won by 170 runs.
2	2nd Test – Pakistan vs Australia in England Test Series	2010	1st Innings: 5 (19 balls: 1×4); 11–3–33–6 2nd Innings: 24 (48 balls: 4×4); 5–1–18–0	Pakistan won by 3 wickets.
3	5th Test – The Ashes 2013 Test Series	2013	1st Innings: 176 (247 balls: 25×4, 1x6); DNB, 2 catches 2nd Innings: 26 (32 balls: 2x4, 1x6); 5–0–22–0	Drawn.

One Day International Cricket

Player of the Series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Australia in West Indies	2008	Runs: 206 (214 balls: 27×4, 2x6), Ave – 41.20, SR – 96.26 Field: 27–1–119–6, Ave – 19.83, Eco – 4.41, 2 catches	Australia Won the series 5-0.
2	Australia in India	2009/10	Runs: 256 (281 balls: 34×4, 3x6), Ave – 42.67, SR – 91.10 Field: 39.2–1–220–10, Ave – 22.00, Eco – 5.59, 4 catches	Australia Won the series 4-2.
3	England in Australia	2010/11	Runs: 306 (299 balls: 30×4, 5x6), Ave – 61.20, SR – 102.34 Field: 38.3–1–187–6, Ave – 31.17, Eco – 4.86, 4 catches, 1 run-out	Australia Won the series 6-1.
4	Australia in Bangladesh	2011	Runs: 294 (168 balls: 29×4, 20x6), Ave – 147.00, SR – 175.00 Field: 24–0–119–3, Ave – 39.67, Eco – 4.96, 5 catches	Australia Won the series 3-0.

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	ICC World XI	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	5 October 2005	8 (15 balls); 10–0–43–3, 1 run out	Australia won by 93 runs.
2	ICC World XI	Docklands Stadium, Melbourne	9 October 2005	66* (66 balls: 4x4); 7.5–0–39–4, 1 run out	Australia won by 156 runs.
3	West Indies	Kinrara Academy Oval, Puchong	12 September 2006	2 (15 balls); 8–0–43–4	Australia won by 78 runs.
4	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	5 November 2006	57* (88 balls: 4x4); 3–0–11–2	Australia won by 8 wickets (D/L).
5	West Indies	National Cricket Stadium, St. George's	29 June 2008	126 (122 balls: 15x4, 2x6); 5–0–23–1	Australia won by 7 wickets.
6	England	SuperSport Park, Centurion	2 October 2009	136* (132 balls: 10x4, 7x6); 8.4–1–35–2	Australia won by 9 wickets.
7	New Zealand	SuperSport Park, Centurion	5 October 2009	105* (129 balls: 10x4, 4x6); 10–0–50–0, 1 run out	Australia won by 6 wickets.
8	India	PCA Stadium, Mohali	2 November 2009	49 (52 balls: 6x4); 7.4–1–29–3, 2 catches	Australia won by 24 runs.
9	Pakistan	SCG, Sydney	24 January 2010	69 (74 balls: 9x4, 1x6); 3–0–10–1, 1 catch	Australia won by 140 runs.
10	West Indies	MCG, Melbourne	7 February 2010	59 (74 balls: 3x4); 6–0–31–1, 1 catch	Australia won by 113 runs.
11	England	MCG, Melbourne	16 January 2011	161* (150 balls: 12x4, 4x6); 8–0–44–0	Australia won by 6 wickets.
12	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera	21 February 2011	79 (92 balls: 8x4, 1x6); 3–0–7–0, 2 catches	Australia won by 91 runs.
13	Canada	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	16 March 2011	94 (90 balls: 9x4, 4x6); 6–0–22–1	Australia won by 7 wickets.
14	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	11 April 2011	185* (96 balls: 15x4, 15x6); 7–0–35–1, 2 catches	Australia won by 9 wickets.
15	South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	28 October 2011	49 (46 balls: 6x4, 1x6); 10–0–42–0	Australia won by 3 wickets.
16	West Indies	Manuka Oval, Canberra	6 February 2013	122 (111 balls: 12x4, 2x6); DNB	Australia won by 39 runs.
17	England	The Rose Bowl, Southampton	16 September 2013	143 (107 balls: 12x4, 6x6); 9–0–52–1	Australia won by 49 runs.

Twenty20 International Cricket

Player of the Series awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	Australia vs West Indies in West Indies	2011/12	Runs: 69 (45 balls: 5×4, 6x6); Ave – 34.50; SR – 153.33 Field: 8–0–42–3; Ave – 14.00; Eco – 5.25; 1 run-out	Drawn.
2	2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka	2012	Runs: 249 (166 balls: 19×4, 15x6); Ave – 49.80; SR – 150.00 Field: 24–0–176–11; Ave – 16.00; Eco – 7.33; 3 catches	West Indies beat Sri Lanka in the Final.

Man of the Match awards

#	Series	Season	Match Performance	Result
1	2010 ICC World Twenty20 6th match (AUS vs PAK) in England	2010	81 (49 balls: 7x4, 4x6); 3–0–24–0	Australia won by 24 runs.
2	Australia vs England in Australia	2010/11	59 (31 balls: 6x4, 3x6); 4–0–15–4	England won by 1 wicket.
3	Australia vs South Africa in South Africa	2011/12	4–0–26–1; 1 catch; 52 (39 balls: 6x4, 2x6)	Australia won by 5 wickets.
4	Australia vs West Indies in West Indies	2011/12	4–0–16–1; 1 run out; 69 (43 balls: 5x4, 6x6)	Australia won by 8 wickets.
5	2012 ICC World Twenty20 2nd match (AUS vs IRE) in Sri Lanka	2012	4–0–26–3; 1 catch; 51 (30 balls: 5x4, 3x6)	Australia won by 7 wickets.
6	2012 ICC World Twenty20 8th match (AUS vs WIN) in Sri Lanka	2012	4–0–29–2; 1 catch; 41* (24 balls: 2x4, 3x6)	Australia won by 17 runs (D/L).
7	2012 ICC World Twenty20 16th match (AUS vs IND) in Sri Lanka	2012	4–0–34–3; 72 (42 balls: 2x4, 7x6)	Australia won by 9 wickets.
8	2012 ICC World Twenty20 19th match (AUS vs RSA) in Sri Lanka	2012	4–0–29–2; 70 (47 balls: 8x4, 2x6)	Australia won by 8 wickets.
9	Australia vs India in Australia	2015/16	124* (71 balls: 10x4, 6x6); 4-0-30-1 ; 1 ct.	India won by 7 wickets.

Career Best Performances

	Batting
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	176	Australia v England	Kennington Oval, London	2013
ODI	185*	Australia v Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	2011
T20I	124*	Australia v India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2016
FC	203*	Hampshire v Warwickshire	Rose Bowl, Hampshire	2005
LA	185*	Australia v Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	2011
T20	124*	Australia v India	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	2016

	Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
Test	6/33	Australia v Pakistan	Headingley, Leeds	2010
ODI	4/36	Australia v Pakistan	Gabba, Brisbane	2009/10
T20I	4/15	Australia v England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2010/11
FC	7/69	Queensland v South Australia	Gabba, Brisbane	2008/09
LA	4/36	Australia v Pakistan	Gabba, Brisbane	2009/10
T20	4/15	Australia v England	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	2010/11

External links

• Official website
• Player profile: Shane Watson from RoyalChallengers
• Shane Watson at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Shane Watson at ESPNcricinfo