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Shane Watson

Full name: Shane Robert Watson

Born: 17th June 1981, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Teams: Australia (Test: 2004/05-2005/06); Australia (ODI: 2001/02-2008); Australia (Int Twenty20: 2005/06-2008); Tasmania (Main FC: 2000/01-2003/04); Hampshire (Main FC: 2004-2005); Queensland (Main FC: 2004/05-2007/08); Tasmania (Main ListA: 2000/01-2003/04); Hampshire (Main ListA: 2004-2005); Queensland (Main ListA: 2004/05-2007/08); Hampshire (Main Twenty20: 2004); Queensland (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); All teams

Hampshire Cap: 2005

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He is a talented middle order batsman who should have been at the high point of his career right now, but has not been able to do so, because he has always been struck down by injuries. As a boy he played for Queensland Under-17s at 15, and then went to the Academy. He then fled to Tasmania, to get a shot at first class cricket and within five games he had clubbed his maiden hundred; within a year he was picked for Australia. He was picked in the national team with the 2003 World Cup in mind but he missed out with stress fractures of the back an injury that has been troubling him since his teenage years. He bounced back from his injury in style with four hundreds for Tasmania and smashed an unbeaten 300, too, in a club game for Lindisfarne, also taking 7 for 29. Watson remains the cleanest of hitters with the bat and one of the sharpest on the field with the ball. However, injuries one after the other, have been the bane of his career ever since he was picked for his first Test in 2004-05 against Pakistan. He missed the Ashes series in 2005 and most of that season with a dislocated shoulder. After the tour to South Africa he hurt his leg and then suffered food poisoning during the 2006 champions trophy. He again missed the Ashes in 2006 due to a pulled hamstring and missed half the world cup with a calf problem. Now, fit after a long time and under the able guidance of Shane Warne, he appeared in the IPL for Rajasthan Royals and bamboozled every one with all round display, winning the man-of-the-tournament award, after which he was once again selected in the Australian ODI squad for the tour of West Indies.
Profile DateLine: 17th June 2008

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2005/06)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	3	4	0	81	31	20.25	0	0	38.20	0

Test Career Bowling (2004/05-2005/06)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia	186	5	123	2	1-25	61.50	0	0	93.00	3.96

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	62	107	14	4377	203*	47.06	12	20	48

First-Class Career Bowling (2000/01-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	5757	192	3379	112	6-32	30.16	2	1	51.40	3.52

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	70	52	18	1207	126	35.50	1	7	82.38	17

One-Day International Career Bowling (2001/02-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	2755	15	2234	68	4-39	32.85	2	0	40.51	4.86

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2000/01-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	133	112	25	3029	132	34.81	3	18	78.88	36

One-Day Career Bowling (2000/01-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	4554	21	3830	107	4-39	35.79	2	0	42.56	5.04

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	3	2	1	21	17*	21.00	0	0	100.00	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	51	0	71	3	1-17	23.66	0	0	17.00	8.35

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	30	28	8	767	97*	38.35	0	7	147.21	8

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	520	0	611	30	3-10	20.36	0	0	17.33	7.05

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia Under-19s	6	6	1	266	100*	53.20	1	1	65.19	0

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1999/00)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia Under-19s	133	1	98	5	2-38	19.60	0	0	26.60	4.42