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 |
