Shane Watson entertained his fans throughout his career irrespective of format, match situation, opposition, bowler, pitch, and other conditions. His career came to an end when he played his last international innings yesterday on March 27, 2016 at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali in what was a do-or-die contest against India. He was one of the most destructive Australian batsmen of his era. Watson is the only Australian player to score at least one century in all formats of the game. The cricket world will no longer see Watson smash those reckless boundaries in international cricket. On this occasion of his retirement, let’s analyse Shane Watson’s international career runs. FULL CRICKET SCORECARD: India vs Australia, Super 10 Group 2, Match 31 at Mohali
Watson’s international career:
Span
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
2002-2016
307
336
36
10950
185*
36.75
14465
75.69
14
67
21
1168
245
Shane Watson’s firsts in international cricket:
First innings: 2 vs South Africa at Centurion on March 24, 2002
First fifty: 77* vs Kenya at Nairobi on September 5, 2002
First hundred: 126 vs West Indies at Grenada on June 29, 2008
Shane Watson’s last in international cricket:
Last innings: 18* vs India at Mohali on March 27, 2016
Last fifty: 64* vs Pakistan at Adelaide on March 20, 2015
Last hundred: 124* vs India at Sydney on January 31, 2016
Watson has an average of more than 35 against all oppositions barring South Africa and Sri Lanka. He has scored most runs and hit most hundreds against England in his career.
Watson’s distribution of runs, by country:
Country
M
I
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
Australia
102
117
13
4022
161*
38.67
5828
69.01
5
27
7
412
62
Bangladesh
7
6
1
301
185*
60.20
184
163.58
1
1
0
30
20
England
49
55
2
1631
176
30.77
2327
70.09
2
7
3
209
20
India
36
44
3
1544
126
37.65
2188
70.56
2
10
2
181
30
Ireland
3
2
1
39
26*
39.00
40
97.50
0
0
0
1
2
Kenya
5
2
2
87
77*
–
119
73.10
0
1
0
4
3
Malaysia
4
4
0
99
79
24.75
123
80.48
0
1
1
13
2
New Zealand
11
11
0
387
68
35.18
495
78.18
0
3
0
53
4
Scotland
2
2
0
105
68
52.50
67
156.71
0
1
0
15
2
South Africa
24
26
3
723
136*
31.43
810
89.25
2
2
3
69
27
Sri Lanka
21
21
2
623
72
32.78
587
106.13
0
6
1
61
30
UAE
9
9
2
392
116*
56.00
472
83.05
1
1
1
26
11
West Indies
33
34
6
979
126
34.96
1192
82.13
1
7
3
92
32
Zimbabwe
1
1
1
18
18*
–
33
54.54
0
0
0
2
0
Watson has scored more than one century in Australia, England, India and South Africa. He has scored a century in Bangladesh, UAE. and West Indies.
His average is above 30 in all countries barring Malaysia that showed us that he was a decent batsman in any conditions.
Watson’s Home vs Away record:
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
Home
102
117
13
4022
161*
38.67
5828
69.01
5
27
7
412
62
Away
136
155
9
5093
185*
34.88
6766
75.27
6
28
6
595
113
Neutral
69
62
14
1835
136*
38.22
1871
98.07
3
12
8
161
70
As is evident, there is not much difference in his home and away performance in terms of average.
Watson runs yearly distribution:
Year
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
2002
18
12
5
236
77*
33.71
350
67.42
0
1
0
12
4
2003
5
3
2
52
35*
52.00
75
69.33
0
0
0
3
0
2004
4
3
2
28
18*
28.00
46
60.86
0
0
0
3
0
2005
16
11
2
219
66*
24.33
379
57.78
0
1
0
14
2
2006
13
13
2
284
79
25.81
376
75.53
0
3
3
32
2
2007
14
10
5
267
68
53.40
243
109.87
0
2
0
25
7
2008
13
17
1
455
126
28.43
706
64.44
1
1
1
58
4
2009
35
40
5
1794
136*
51.25
2569
69.83
4
9
6
213
22
2010
45
56
2
1961
126
36.31
2847
68.87
1
18
1
221
41
2011
34
38
2
1599
185*
44.41
1614
99.07
2
12
2
177
57
2012
31
35
1
1129
83
33.20
1571
71.86
0
10
2
92
37
2013
32
43
1
1553
176
36.97
2029
76.54
5
5
2
185
33
2014
21
25
0
549
82
21.96
727
75.51
0
2
3
51
14
2015
17
19
3
526
81
32.87
735
71.56
0
3
1
57
8
2016
9
9
3
298
124*
49.66
198
150.50
1
0
0
25
14
Watson did not score many runs till 2007 but from 2009 to 2013, he scored more than 1,000 runs in each year and that shows his consistency as a batsman. He scored 4 centuries in 2009 and 5 in 2013. He also got 2 in 2011. READ: Shane Watson vs James Faulkner: Who is the better all-rounder?
Watson’s distribution of runs – under different captains:
Captain
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
George Bailey
36
35
1
980
102
28.82
861
113.82
1
6
2
86
48
Michael Clarke
96
119
8
4141
185*
37.30
5440
76.12
7
21
8
447
95
Aaron Finch
5
5
0
109
47
21.80
90
121.11
0
0
0
7
4
Adam Gilchrist
5
4
2
139
77*
69.50
220
63.18
0
1
0
8
2
Brad Haddin
1
1
0
33
33
33.00
14
235.71
0
0
0
5
0
Mike Hussey
4
3
0
76
68
25.33
108
70.37
0
1
1
8
0
Ricky Ponting
131
134
21
4479
136*
39.63
6636
67.49
5
31
8
522
62
Steven Smith
13
16
3
417
81
32.07
545
76.51
0
2
1
36
10
Cameron White
5
5
0
195
59
39.00
113
172.56
0
3
0
18
13
Watson was most successful under Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.
Watson’s distribution of runs – as captain and not as captain
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
Captain
11
12
1
381
124*
34.63
438
86.98
1
2
1
31
11
Not captain
296
322
35
10569
185*
36.82
14027
75.34
13
65
20
1137
234
Shane Watson has captained Australia in 11 matches and as a captain, he scored a century and two half-centuries but he was quite effective, when he was not the captain of Australia as above numbers just proving this statement right.
Watson’s distribution of runs – batting position wise:
Position
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
1
120
143
9
5762
185*
43.00
7634
75.47
8
41
8
661
122
2
40
40
3
1341
126
36.24
1213
110.55
2
9
5
131
47
3
55
68
2
2033
176
30.80
2905
69.98
4
9
8
219
35
4
11
13
2
371
83
33.72
665
55.78
0
2
0
33
8
5
6
6
2
117
64*
29.25
126
92.85
0
1
0
12
2
6
20
25
3
620
78
28.18
991
62.56
0
3
0
64
14
7
27
29
11
569
66*
31.61
782
72.76
0
2
0
41
11
8
9
9
3
102
49
17.00
114
89.47
0
0
0
4
6
9
1
1
1
35
35*
–
35
100.00
0
0
0
3
0
Shane Watson has always preferred to open the batting for Australia because at opening position, he averaged more than 36 and in other positions, he averaged less than 36. He has also smashed 10 centuries while opening the innings for Australia.
Watson’s distribution of runs, split by result:
Result
MI
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
Won
187
192
29
6760
185*
41.47
7958
84.94
9
42
13
698
185
Lost
95
112
6
3090
126
29.15
4553
67.86
4
18
6
327
54
Tied
3
3
0
51
33
17.00
56
91.07
0
0
0
3
2
Drawn
12
22
1
941
176
44.80
1777
52.95
1
6
1
126
2
No result
10
5
0
108
79
21.60
121
89.25
0
1
1
14
2
Shane Watson has performed decently in all type of matches as he hit 6 centuries in day matches, 7 centuries in day/night matches and a century in night matches.
Watson’s batting performance in big tournaments and major trophies:
Tournament
M
I
NO
R
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100s
50s
0s
4s
6s
World Cup
22
19
7
643
94
53.58
595
108.66
0
6
1
67
17
World T20
24
22
3
537
81
28.26
381
140.94
0
5
1
41
31
Border-Gavaskar
13
25
0
778
126
31.12
1643
47.35
1
5
1
92
5
Chappell-Hadlee
11
10
0
356
68
35.60
420
84.76
0
3
0
43
3
Frank Worrell Trophy
9
14
0
508
96
36.28
1054
48.19
0
4
2
66
2
ICC Champions Trophy
17
15
4
453
136*
41.18
547
82.81
2
2
4
44
12
The Ashes
19
37
2
1487
176
42.48
2634
56.45
2
10
1
208
9
Trans – Tasman Trophy
2
4
0
83
65
20.75
149
55.70
0
1
0
13
2
Aus Tri Series (CB)
20
14
3
278
65
25.27
363
76.58
0
1
0
14
3
Shane Watson has been known as an impact player throughout his career and his average of 53.58 in ODI World Cups, 41.18 in ICC Champions trophy and 42.48 in The Ashes, easily
Thank you, Watto for a glorious career and your contribution will be remembered forever!
(Umang Pabariis an Indian mechanical engineer and a cricket enthusiast. Rahul Dravid and AB de Villiers are his role models.)
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