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Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian professional cricketer. He plays as a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler. As a fielder, he fields predominantly at first slip. He debuted for the Australian cricket team in 2002, playing his first One Day International against South Africa. While he had become a regular member of the one-day squad, Watson only reached his 50th Test Match for Australia in the fifth Ashes match in January 2014, having debuted against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2005. Despite being allocated to be Australia's designated Test all-rounder, injuries had often prevented him from claiming his position in the Test team. However, from the second half of 2009, Watson acted as Australian Test opening batsman, along with Simon Katich, but since then, settled into the number three position until his retirement. Watson was awarded the 2010 Allan Border Medal and again in 2011, becoming the second player (after Ricky Ponting) to win back-to back Allan Border Medals. He won a total of 6 awards in the Tests, ODI & T20I player of the year awards category, which is the most by any player. He is the only player to win "Player of the Year" award in all formats. Watson's wife Lee, whom he married on 29 May 2010, is a Fox Sports Australia presenter. 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 in 2008 and 2013. He holds several records in ODIs and T20Is. Some of them include, the highest ODI score in a run-chase,〔(Runs scored by batsmen in 2nd innings. ) Retrieved on 2015-02-21.〕 highest one day international score by an Australian batsman,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Highest scores by an Australian in ODI )〕 highest ODI batting average of all Australian opening batsmen who have scored over 1000 runs.〔(Australian openers who scored over 1000 runs in ODI. ) Retrieved on 2015-02-21.〕 highest T20I strike rate of all opening batsmen who have played over 30 matches.〔(Highest Twenty20 SR of openers who played over 30 matches. ) Retrieved on 2015-02-21.〕 According to Forbes, Watson is the highest paid cricketer outside of India, earning over US$5.9 million in 2012, 2013 and 2014. He became the highest paid Australian cricketer in 2011. On 6 September 2015 Watson announced his retirement from Test cricket, saying he did not have the fight for what was required, but stated he hoped to continue his international career in the ODI and T20 formats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shane Watson retires from Test cricket )〕 ==Playing career== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shane Watson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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