Shane Watson continued his impressive form with both bat and ball as Australia cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against South Africa in their Super Eight match in the World Twenty20 on Sunday.
Injury-plagued all-rounder Shane Watson is set to put his bowling duties on hold and concentrate on his batting when he makes his return to the Australia team, coach Mickey Arthur said on Monday.
Shane Watson, who will retire post the World T20, has picked the one Test match suspension on the 2013 tour of India as one of the lowest moments in what has otherwise been an illustrious career.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson will quit international cricket after the ongoing World Twenty20 in India, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Thursday.
Shane Watson has roared back to his classy best.
'I had a lot of luck through that phase, because I was able to stay in and win the match for my team.'
Bubba Watson withstood an inspired early challenge from playing partner Jordan Spieth to clinch the Masters for a second time in three years with a three-shot victory at Augusta National on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Harry Potter star was spotted wearing a simple white T-shirt, denim shorts, and trainers in her campus at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has played down his reported tiff with fellow pace bowler Brett Lee over his comments about Lee's fitness ahead of last month's Headingly Ashes Test.
Chennai Super Kings completed a fairy tale comeback from disgrace to glory, clinching their third Indian Premier League title after imposing all-rounder Shane Watson single-handedly hammered Sunrises Hyderabad into submission with a blazing hundred in the final, in Mumbai.
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Watson says having former India skipper Rahul Dravid as team mentor has helped him develop as a cricketer quickly.
Australian allrounder Shane Watson is unlikely to play the second Test against India next week as he returned home to continue rehab on his hamstring injury.
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who was dropped for the second Test against New Zealand, lashed out at Cricket Australia's selection policy, saying the 'horses for courses' approach will only create insecurity and undermine the confidence of the players. 'I do understand what they are saying, but, for me, if I'm a good enough player then I can adapt to whatever conditions are there,' he said.
Shane Watson has said a couple of commercials provided an opportunity to his improving relations with Chris Gayle.
Shane Warne, Shane Watson and Graeme Smith are considering quitting the IPL after the serial blasts in Jaipur.
Coach Mickey Arthur is hopeful of Shane Watson returning to the Australian One-day fold in the latter part of the ongoing tri-series, but he is hesitant to put a definitive time frame on the all-rounder's return to the national team.
Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has urged selectors to be patient with the rookies in Steven Smith's team as they battle to cement places in the wake of a string of retirements.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is looking forward to playing alongside Indian swashbuckler Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League and said he would be comfortable batting at any position for Royal Challengers Bangalore. Watson, who has recently retired from international cricket, said it is a "huge buzz" for him to play with Kohli, against whom he had a few battles on the field. "It is exciting to be playing leagues like Big Bash, Pakistan Super League, the IPL. I get the privilege to play with a number of players against whom I played international cricket. For example, I will get to play with Virat and that's a huge buzz for me. I have had had a few battles with him on the field and always had the utmost respect for him," he said. Watson said that he and Chris Gayle had few run-ins in the past, but have buried their differences for the sake of playing for RCB.
Shane Watson and Mike Hussey smashed half centuries to lead Australia to a convincing eight-wicket win over West Indies in the first Twenty20 international at St Lucia on Tuesday.
Injury-prone all-rounder Shane Watson has been ruled out of Australia's entire series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates with a calf injury, the country's cricket board said on Sunday.
Tom Watson shot a scintillating five-under-par 65 for a share of the US Open lead with qualifier Brett Quigley.
Losing Shane Watson early was the turning point of the match.
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has backed himself to be fit for the first Ashes Test in two weeks and dismissed an untimely hamstring injury as a "niggle".
Opener Shane Watson hit a world record 15 sixes in his innings of 185 not out as Australia beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the second ODI.
The obituaries had been written only three days earlier, Shane Watson's 13-year international cricket career declared dead and buried.
Beating India in their own backyard is the ultimate challenge and the boys are up for the knockout battle against the hosts in the ICC World Twenty20, in Mohali, on Sunday, said Australian all-rounder Shane Watson.
Australia's Shane Watson has become the top-ranked ODI all-rounder and also achieved a career-best ranking to date in the Reliance ICC ODI Rankings, at the end of Bangladesh and Australia series which finished on Wednesday.
Terming Shane Watson's 70-run knock off just 34 balls as "extraordinary", Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said that the Aussie all-rounder changed the complexion of the game in just four to five overs.
Captain Ricky Ponting believes Shane Watson could replace retired opening batsman Justin Langer in Australia's Test side.
Rajasthan Royals' Australian all-rounder Shane Watson says he is ready to take over the IPL franchise's captaincy after his compatriot and spin wizard Shane Warne retires at the end of this edition of the Twenty20 event.
All-rounder Shane Watson, who has been named Australia's stand-in skipper on Friday, said that leading the national team is like a dream come true and admitted he was mentally preparing for the job as soon as he landed in New Delhi for the fourth and final Test.
Shane Watson admitted on Wednesday he had suffered a "really disappointing" Ashes series and accepted his days of opening for his country were numbered.
India will play Germany on June 8 in their next match at the same venue.
The injuries and form aside, it was that famous fall-out with then captain Michael Clarke and coach Mickey Arthur that brought ignominy unto Watson.
Shane Watson won the Allan Border Medal as the outstanding Australian cricketer of the season for the second year in a row on Monday. Watson was also named player of the year for Tests and one-day internationals at a gala ceremony at a Melbourne casino while David Hussey prevented a clean sweep by winning the Twenty20 award.
After being treated to some wonderful stroke-play by Shane Watson, which saw the opener etch his name in the record books, Mike Hussey believes that the batsman has the potential to go even further.
Mitchell Johnson grabbed a career-best 6-31 and Shane Watson smashed a brisk 69 to guide Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-dayer in Pallekele.
With Ricky Ponting's illustrious career coming to a close, all-rounder Shane Watson has said that if offered he would gladly accept the role of Australia captain even as Michael Clarke and Cameroon White are also in the running for the job.
Victorian top-order batsman Brad Hodge also held on to his place for the tri-series one-day international finals.
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