Cricket Australia is expected to release Shane Watson to his Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals for next month's US $6 million Champions League Twenty20.
Australian batsman Shane Watson has said that Shane Warne could still dominate batsmen if he wants to, as he is still the best spinner around.
Ricky Ponting scored a classy half-century as Australia humbled South Africa by 93 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in the first One-day International on Wednesday.
Rising Pune Supergiant beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 27 runs in an IPL encounter.
Shane Watson's pads have never tired of planting themselves between ball and stumps but on Monday in Cardiff their failure to do so delivered the ultimate punchline at the Australian's expense.
Australian vice captain Shane Watson has confirmed that he would return to bowling in Cape Town for the first of two T20 fixtures against South Africa.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
The New South Wales coach Anthony Stuart has revealed that it is under Cricket Australia's instructions that Shane Watson's bowling is being used sparingly in the Champions League T20.
Veteran New South Wales pacer Stuart Clark, on Saturday, said his team's openers David Warner and Shane Watson are due big knocks in the Champions League Twenty20 and is hoping that these innings come in their remaining two group matches.
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.
Ishant Sharma delivered eight no-balls in Australia's innings.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has said he is prepared to shift down the batting order if his increased bowling demands put a strain on his ability to compile big scores as an opening batsman.
A record 183-run opening partnership between Shane Watson and Brad Haddin propelled Australia to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Canada in a Group A match of the World Cup in Bangalore on Wednesday.
Images from Wednesday's World Cup Group A match between Australia and Canada in Bangalore.
Michael Hussey's defiant 95 provided the only real resistance as Australia were bowled out for 273 by Sri Lanka on the opening day of the first Test on Wednesday.
Sunil Narine produced an all-round performance to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a comfortable six-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings, in Kolkata, on Thursday.
Ambitious Australian opener Shane Watson had spoken to his IPL teammate Rahul Dravid to improve concentration level while batting so that he could convert good starts into big scores just like the Indian Test star.
Harbhajan Singh is glad to be back in action after being laid low by health issues.
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli said that his match-winning unbeaten ton in the Indian Premier League match against Rising Pune Supergiants was 'sweeter' than the first one he hammered.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Wednesday blamed the International Cricket Council for the 'spot-fixing' scandal that has rocked the game, saying the world body's anti-corruption unit is "not really working".
Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers had been approached about spot-fixing over the last two-and-a-half years, former India player Atul Wassan said on Tuesday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) carried out a scrutiny of the Australia and Zimbabwe World Cup match played in Ahmedabad after Australian openers Shane Watson and Brad Haddin batted slowly in the first 10 overs.
Spinner Ajantha Mendis produced the best figures in Twenty20 internationals on Monday to bowl Sri Lanka to an eight-run win over Australia at the Pallakele Stadium and a 2-0 series win. Mendis bemused the Australian batsman to finish with six for 16 off four overs, including a maiden.
With SRH's reputation of leaking runs in the death overs, CSK would have fancied their chances of posting a challenging total. But the SRH bowlers came back strongly.
In form Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has identified master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, stylish Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene and West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard to make the biggest impact in the 2011 World Cup.
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.
Skipper Ricky Ponting has asked Australian fast bowlers to overcome their lacklustre form at Lord's and perform in the second Test against Pakistan at Headingley.
Shane Watson proved an inspired choice on Wednesday as Australia's fourth bowler with his first five wicket haul in Test cricket leading to a unique spot on the Lord's honours' boards.
Shane Watson blazed a magnificent 161 not out, and clubbed a six to win the game, as Australia scored 297 for four to beat England by six wickets in their first One-Day International on Sunday.
Kieron Pollard and Jos Buttler's late assault helped Mumbai Indians keep their hopes alive with a convincing six-wicket victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.
Paceman Tim Bresnan claimed three early wickets to scuttle Australia's unlikely second-innings run-chase and leave England on the brink of an Ashes-winning victory in the fourth Test.
Shane Watson again showed why he is Australia's man for all occasions when he ground his way to a vital half-century on the first day of the second Test against West Indies on Sunday.
Australia's Mike Hussey emerged the top run-getter, while compatriot Shane Watson scalped the most wickets in the just-concluded seven-match One-day International series against India.
Former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja believes Indian bowlers should take a cue from Wahab Riaz's hostile spell.
A whirlwind, unbeaten 89 by man-of-the-match Shane Watson ensured Rajasthan Royals a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede stadium on Friday.
Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif called Australian all-rounder Shane Watson a 'bloody white' during the team's tour Down Under and got away with it, according to the then team manager Abdul Raquib.
Images from the final of the World T20 championship between Australia and England in Barbados on Sunday.
Pakistan have now suffered defeat in 11 consecutive international matches against Australia. The sequence started in September 2009 with the Champions Trophy match at Centurion when Australia registered a two-wicket win off the last ball.
Shane Watson is one of Australia's most consistent players for quite sometime now. On Sunday he again proved his worth, blasting a 49-ball 81, which helped Australia beat Pakistan by 34 runs.
Humbled by Australia for the seventh time in eight matches, England captain Andrew Strauss foresees Ricky Ponting's men clinching their second successive Champions Trophy title on Monday.
