For you who love cricket game, Shane Robert Watson is not strange to you, he was an Australia cricketer and the former captain for Australian International Cricketer. When he was on the run, he played as right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler. At his time, he was a player who was capable of playing in all format of the cricket game. Shane Watson was born in Ipswich, 17 June 1982, grew up in Queensland he went to Forbes School of Business Ashford University, Clinton, but he loved Physical Education and Health science and seemed the business subject was not really his passion. A little known about the fact of his cricket career, but Shane started his first cricket career from Tasmania which then attended the Australian Cricket Academy. During his cricket study, Greg Shipperd facilitated him to move to Tasmania in 2011 while before this year, Shane played in the Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup with his future teammates Michael Clarke, Shaun Marsh, Nathan Hauritz, Ed Cowan, Andrew McDonald and Mitchell Johnson. On this International Cricket game, Shane showed a spectacular game that was held in March against South Africa which added many feathers to his cap. Upon his first International Debut, Shane was then selected by International Cricket Team after he showed the outstanding performance in "A" class country cricket. His skill of bathing and outstanding fielding and bowling led him to a place in the test team of Australia. Throughout his career, Shane had shown the breathtaking game that makes him one of the feared batsman in the world. He owned the T20 styles, where the strike rate of just under 150. He showed this skill in the very first match again Ireland, showcasing the outstanding spell of 3 wickets for 26 runs with the ball and when he came to bat scored a blazing fast half century that made the mighty Aussies sail an easy win over the New Ireland. In 2013, Shane became the 44th Test Captain when he led the team to a three-day loss in Delhi of the injured Michael Clarke. This condition had created a hectic couple of week in result he was suspended from the previous Test in the homework saga and had also flown home for the birth of his child.
His Earlier Career
Shane Watson was begun he became AIS Australian Cricket Academy 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. In 22nd March 2002, Shane showed his first spectacular debut when his team against South Africa. It was his first ODI match and become a spectacular day for his career and the outstanding record on this game which made him selected into an international cricket team. In January 2nd, 2005 against Pakistan, Shane took his first test match which led him to stand a strong position with four centuries and twenty-four half-centuries in his Test career. Upon his achievement, Shane Watson became an identifying cricket icon of Australia who leverages the player with the respect and the cricket follower acknowledge him for his incomparable performance when he played against Bangladesh in 2011 wherein this game he scored incredible score of 185 not out after facing a minimal of 85 balls. His amazing performance had helped his team register an amazing win over the young team of Bangladesh.
His Senior Career
During his earlier career, Shane was acknowledged as the best world cricket who came to a time in his professional career, when he was bestowed with vice-captain role of the mighty Australian team. This position has also made his team shaky for some time, due to the absence of Andrew Symonds that brought him in the team but the likelihood of Andrew coming back was a threat to his career. Eventually, Andrew retired from the game and Shane earned a permanent place in the Test and the ODI team. T20 World Cup 2012 was really special for this amazing all-rounder. In the very first match against Ireland, Watson showcased the amazing spell of 3 wickets for 26 runs with the ball and when he came to bat scored a blazing fast half century that made the mighty Aussies sail an easy win over the New Ireland.
Achievements and Milestones in Cricket World
- Worth over a Million US dollars, Watson plays for the Royal Challengers franchise in Indian Premier League. His amazing performance against Chennai Super Kings in 2013 IPL remains the favorite in the cricketing world.
- He originally played for Rajasthan Royals and after their suspension in 2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore snapped him up.
Shane Watson was named Man of the Series in ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
- 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.
- Only player to win Australian "Player of the Year" award in all formats.
He has also been voted the man of the tournament in the IPL a record 2 times, and, according to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015.
The injuries were also considered an important part of his international cricket career and he managed to work throughout these problems, and prove his mettle again and again. Shane has become a bright star for Australia cricket player and looking forward to having more player to play like Shane Watson. He has dedicated his contribution to the team and the love he has acquired in return is something any international player will die for.
Retiring from International Cricket
In 24th March 2016. Shane Watson announced his retirement for International Cricket, right after the ICC World Cup T20 2016 and confirmed of his role for the first class cricket, having not involved since the Ashes tour. His retirement has cut the ties to Australia's Dominant era of the early 2000s and he has become the last remaining player who turned out regularly in any format for Australia who had debuted before 2007. Throughout his cricket career, he has captained his country in one test and nine one day internationals game. He said" "One morning I woke up in Dharamsala to the beautiful view and I don't know what it was exactly but I knew now was the right time," Watson said. "I've really enjoyed my time being back in the Australian squad. But it is quite different, none of the other guys I played with growing up are here anymore. I've made the right decision. I couldn't really see the light with the all the injuries I had." and his statement that was released by Cricket Australia, Shane Watson also said" It's been over the last week that it's really become clear that now really is the right time to retire from all international cricket". He stepped down after being ruled out of the rest of the one-day international series by a calf injury sustained in the tourists' victory at Lord's on Saturday. Watson holds several records in T20Is, ODIs, and T20s. According to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015
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