Shane Watson
93Australia · AR · 2002 to 2015 · on scorecards: SR Watson
BATTING
- Matches
- 190
- Innings
- 169
- Runs
- 5757
- Average
- 40.54
- Strike rate
- 90.44
- High score
- 185*
- 100s / 50s
- 9 / 33
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 168
- Average
- 31.79
- Economy
- 4.95
- Strike rate
- 38.4
- Best figures
- 4/36
- 4w / 5w
- 3 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 64 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 10
CAREER IN BRIEF
Shane Watson played 190 ODIs for Australia in CricArcade's archive, from 2002 to 2015. The first came against South Africa at SuperSport Park, with a score of 2, and the last against England at Lord's in 2015.
The most productive decade was the 2010s: 3,481 runs at 40.5 in 94 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 185 not out from 96 balls against Bangladesh at Shere Bangla National Stadium in 2011, in a match Australia won. The best bowling is 4 for 36 against Pakistan at Brisbane Cricket Ground in 2010.
In all: 9 hundreds, 33 fifties. At home the average was 36.9 across 63 ODIs; away it was 39.0 across 86 ODIs. The most runs came against England: 1,306 runs at 36.3 in 43 ODIs. Melbourne Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 16 ODIs and 430 runs at 35.8. Shane Watson captained Australia in 9 ODIs, winning 5 and losing 3. The scorecards record 17 player-of-the-match awards. Australia won 129 of the ODIs Shane Watson played and lost 50.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 190 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185* | 96 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium | 2011 | Won |
| 161* | 150 | England | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2011 | Won |
| 143 | 107 | England | The Rose Bowl | 2013 | Won |
| 136* | 132 | England | SuperSport Park | 2009 | Won |
| 126 | 122 | West Indies | National Cricket Stadium | 2008 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/36 | 10 | Pakistan | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2010 | Won |
| 4/39 | 7.5 | ICC World XI | Docklands Stadium | 2005 | Won |
| 4/43 | 8 | West Indies | Kinrara Academy Oval | 2006 | Won |
| 3/16 | 7 | England | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 2006 | Won |
| 3/25 | 4.3 | England | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2011 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 43 | 1,306 | 36.28 | 3/5 | 39 | 31.44 |
| West Indies | 26 | 853 | 38.77 | 2/6 | 30 | 21.93 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 569 | 51.73 | 1/3 | 11 | 41.09 |
| Sri Lanka | 21 | 516 | 30.35 | 0/4 | 20 | 33.00 |
| India | 19 | 717 | 37.74 | 1/4 | 17 | 35.59 |
| New Zealand | 18 | 552 | 46.00 | 1/4 | 16 | 36.13 |
| South Africa | 16 | 333 | 25.62 | 0/1 | 8 | 69.38 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 350 | 87.50 | 1/1 | 10 | 20.00 |
| Scotland | 4 | 147 | 49.00 | 0/1 | 4 | 16.50 |
| ICC World XI | 3 | 74 | 74.00 | 0/1 | 8 | 17.25 |
| Ireland | 3 | 39 | 39.00 | 0/0 | 1 | 38.00 |
| Kenya | 3 | 98 | 98.00 | 0/1 | 3 | 33.00 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 97 | 97.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Canada | 1 | 94 | 94.00 | 0/1 | 1 | 22.00 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 12 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 63 | 1,735 | 36.91 | 2/12 | 53 | 33.92 |
| Away | 86 | 2,886 | 39.00 | 4/14 | 83 | 32.04 |
| Neutral | 41 | 1,136 | 54.10 | 3/7 | 32 | 27.66 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96 | 2,276 | 40.64 | 4/10 | 99 | 28.97 |
| 2010s | 94 | 3,481 | 40.48 | 5/23 | 69 | 35.86 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 16 | 430 | 35.83 | 1/3 | 3 | 148.67 |
| Sydney Cricket Ground | 15 | 532 | 44.33 | 0/5 | 11 | 38.91 |
| Adelaide Oval | 8 | 261 | 43.50 | 0/3 | 7 | 33.86 |
| Brisbane Cricket Ground | 8 | 131 | 21.83 | 0/0 | 13 | 18.38 |
| SuperSport Park | 6 | 289 | 72.25 | 2/0 | 4 | 39.00 |
| Lord's | 6 | 132 | 26.40 | 0/0 | 4 | 46.00 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v South Africa, 2002 at SuperSport Park
- Latest in the archive: v England, 2015 at Lord's
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 17 June 1981
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm fast-medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 6,365
- Ducks
- 12
- Four-wicket hauls
- 3
- Most common batting position
- 1st
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 84.4
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 93.0
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 127.6
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 45.5
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 52.2
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 5,824 balls faced in that period.
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