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    Shane Watson Interesting Trivia And Records You Must Know

    Shane Watson announced his retirement from all form cricket on 2nd November 2020. Watson played a crucial role for CSK in winning IPL 2018 and also dragged CSK to near the victory in IPL 2019. Where CSK lost the finals by 1 run. Watson has a huge bag of records to his name and it really is worth listing out.

    Times of Sports(TOS) listed his records in cricket as well as some lesser-known facts about the former Oz international player.

    Shane Watson Record in Cricket Carrier

    • Watson is the second player after Ricky Ponting to win two back-to-back Allan Border Medals (2010, 2011).
    • Shane Watson held the number one spot in T20I all-rounder rankings for a record of 139 weeks.
    • Shane Watson is the only cricketer to be named Australian ‘Player of the Year’ in all three formats.
    • Shane Watson has the most consecutive fifties, most wickets, and most sixes by an Australian cricketer.
    • Shane Watson is the only player to score a fifty and take three wickets in a T20I on three occasions.
    • Shane Watson is the only player to score a hundred and take 4 wickets in an innings in all formats of the game.
    • Shane Watson is the only cricketer to win four consecutive man-of-the-match awards in ICC history.
    • Shane Watson is the only cricketer to win the man of the tournament in IPL twice.
    • Shane Watson is the only Australian cricketer to play all six World T20s.
    • Shane Watson has the highest ODI score by an Aussie cricketer.
    • He was Australia’s highest-paid cricketer in 2014. He was also one of the highest-paid non-Indian cricketers.
    • In 2006 during the Champions Trophy, Watson had chest pain and was rushed to the hospital. Initially, he believed it was a heart attack but was later revealed to be gastritis.
    • Watson got married to Lee Furlong in 2010 and the couple has a son William and a daughter Matilda.

    Watch Shane Watson Smashes Sensational 143 Against England 

    Shane Watson Batting Stats

    M Inn NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100 200 50 4s 6s
    Test 59 109 3 3731 176 35.2 7094 52.59 4 0 24 484 31
    ODI 190 169 27 5757 185 40.54 6365 90.45 9 0 33 570 131
    T20I 58 56 6 1462 124 29.24 1006 145.33 1 0 10 115 83
    IPL 145 141 16 3874 117 30.99 2809 137.91 4 0 21 376 190

    Watson Bowling Stats

    M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W
    Test 59 93 5495 2526 75 6/33 6/51 2.76 33.68 73.27 3 0
    ODI 190 163 6466 5342 168 4/36 4/36 4.96 31.8 38.49 0 0
    T20I 58 49 930 1187 48 4/15 4/15 7.66 24.73 19.38 0 0
    IPL 145 105 2029 2682 92 4/29 4/29 7.93 29.15 22.05 0 0
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