Shane Watson is an Australian former cricketer, born in 1981, who played for the Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016 and captained it on occasion. An all-rounder, he batted right-handed and bowled right-arm fast-medium. He held the world number one ranking among Twenty20 International all-rounders for 150 weeks, including a record 120 consecutive weeks from October 2011 to January 2014. With Australia he was part of the winning squads at the 2007 and 2015 Cricket World Cups and at the 2006 and 2009 ICC Champions Trophies, and he was named player of the match in both Champions Trophy finals. He also won the Indian Premier League twice, in 2008 and 2018, and retired from all forms of cricket in 2020.
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is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer
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He was an all-rounder who played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
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is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer
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Watson was part of their winning squad in the Cricket World Cup two times in 2007, and 2015
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played for and occasionally captained the Australian national cricket team between 2002 and 2016
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