Shane Watson Full Biography, Australian Cricketer, T20 Record Height

Shane Watson Full Biography

Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian international cricketer and occasional captain in all formats who has played for Australia’s national cricket team and currently plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League respectively.

Shane Watson is 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 was the last player to retire from Australia’s golden era of the early 2000s.

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Shane Watson Australian Cricketer- Basic Information

Full Name: Shane Robert Watson
Nickname: NA
Role: All – Rounder
Batting Style: Right-Handed
Bowling Style: Right Handed fast Medium

Physical Appearance

- Height (approx.): 5 Feet 08 Inches
- Weight (approx.): 93 Kg
- Eye Colour: Blue
- Hair Colour: Brown

Personal Life Of Watson

Date of Birth : 17 June 1981
Age: 37 years
Birth Place: Australia
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Nationality: Australian
School: NA
College: NA
Educational Qualifications: NA

Shane Watson Family & Religion

Father: Bob Watson
Mother: Barb Watson
Brother: NA
Sister: NA
Coach/Mentor: NA
Religion: Christianity

Cricket Career Of Watson

Internation Debuts

- Test: vs Pakistan at SCG, 2 January 2005
- ODI: vs South Africa at Centurion, 24 March 2002
- T20: vs South Africa at Wanderers, 24 February 2006
- Jersey Number: 33
- Domestic/State Teams: New South Wales, Chennai Super Kings, Australia, Islamabad United, Sydney Sixers, Canterbury, Sydney Thunder

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	59	109	3	3731	176	35.19	7094	52.59	4	24	483	31	45
ODIs	190	169	27	5757	185*	40.54	6365	90.44	9	33	570	131	64
T20Is	58	56	6	1462	124*	29.24	1006	145.32	1	10	115	83	20
First-class	137	241	19	9451	203*	42.57			20	54			109
List A	265	241	36	7915	185*	38.60	9187	86.15	11	46			88
T20s	332	324	33	8522	124*	29.28	6131	138.99	6	51	753	454	99

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	59	93	5495	2526	75	6/33	6/51	33.68	2.75	73.2	1	3	0
ODIs	190	163	6466	5342	168	4/36	4/36	31.79	4.95	38.4	3	0	0
T20Is	58	49	930	1187	48	4/15	4/15	24.72	7.65	19.3	1	0	0
First-class	137		12164	6294	210	7/69		29.97	3.10	57.9		7	1
List A	265		8406	7063	213	4/36	4/36	33.15	5.04	39.4	3	0	0
T20s	332	231	4429	5838	216	4/15	4/15	27.02	7.90	20.5	3	0	0

Highlighted Records Of Watson

Four consecutive Man of the Matches award in ICC World T20 2012.
Watson is also the first player to hit a century and take a wicket in a same T20 match.
Had highest runs, wickets, and sixes in the 2012 edition of the World T20.
The only cricketer to have won the Australian Player of the Year award for all three formats of the game.
Watson is also the only player to win the ‘Player of the tournament’ twice in the 11 years of Indian Premier League.

Watson Preferences & Hobbies

Hobbies: Playing Golf
Favorite Cricketers: Viv Richards, Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Mike Hussey, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, and Brian Lara
Favorite Sportspersons: Messi
Favorite Actress NA
Favorite Food: Thai Cuisine
Favorite Color: NA

Watson Relationship Status

Marital Status: Married

Wife: Lee Furlong

Marriage Date: NA
Affairs/Girlfriend: NA
Children: NA

Shane Watson Trophies

2010 and 2011 Alan Border Medal recipient
Australian ODI Player of the year:- 2010, 2011, 2012
Player of the tournament in IPL:- 2008, 2013

Controversies did by Shane Watson ( Australian Cricketer )

Watson’s nude pose for a cricket photoshoot created a lot of furore in the cricketing world.
During the 2008 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Watson was involved in an ugly physical altercation with Gautam Gambhir.

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