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 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;[10] and 31 January 2016[11] – 26 August 2016[12]) in T20I all-rounder rankings.[13] He is the only player to win Australian "Player of the Year" award in all formats and won six such awards in three formats, which is the most by any player[14]
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.[15] He is the only player to win four consecutive Player of the Match Awards in ICC event history.[16] 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.[17][18][19]
