Shane Robert Watson

 Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is a former Australian professional cricketer and captain. He played as 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^[2] as world No. 1 T20I all-rounder.He is the last player to retire from Australia's golden era of early 2000s.

Watson holds several records in T20Is. He held the world No. 1 position for a record 150 weeks, including a record 120 consecutive weeks (13 October 2011– 30 January 2014; and 31 January 2016 – 26 August 2016) in T20I all-rounder rankings.

He is the only player to win Australian "Player of the Year" award in all formats and won 7 such awards in three formats(3 T20I, 3 ODI, 1 Test), which is the most by any player,

He was declared man of the series in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 for scoring a total of 249 with an average of 49.80, while taking 11 wickets with the ball. He is the only player to win four consecutive Player of the Match Awards in ICC event history.He has also been voted the man of the tournament in the IPL a record two times, and, according to Forbes, Watson was the highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years, 2011 to 2015.

Shane Watson

Watson in January 2005
Personal information
Full name	Shane Robert Watson
Born	17 June 1981 (age 36) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	watto
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder, Captain of Sydney Thunder
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 391)	2 January 2005 v Pakistan
Last Test	8 July 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 148)	24 March 2002 v South Africa
Last ODI	3 September 2015 v England
ODI shirt no.	33
T20I debut (cap 19)	24 February 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	27 March 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–2004	Tasmania
2004–2009	Queensland
2005	Hampshire
2008–2015	Rajasthan Royals
2009–2016	New South Wales
2011–2012	Sydney Sixers
2012–2015	Brisbane Heat
2015–present	Sydney Thunder
2016–present	Islamabad United
2016–present	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2016–present	St Lucia Stars
2017–present	Dhaka Dynamites
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 59 190 137 265 Runs scored 3,731 5,757 9,451 7,915 Batting average 35.19 40.54 42.57 38.60 100s/50s 4/24 9/33 20/54 11/46 Top score 176 185* 203* 185* Balls bowled 5,495 6,466 12,164 8,406 Wickets 75 168 210 213 Bowling average 33.68 31.79 29.97 33.15 5 wickets in innings 3 0 7 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 6/33 4/36 4/15 7/69 Catches/stumpings 45/– 64/– 109/– 88/–