Shane Watson

Unfortunate that India aren't travelling to Pakistan: Shane Watson

Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson termed India's inability to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy as "unfortunate" but said the ICC showpiece will offer star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma a chance to liberate themselves from a prolonged form slump. The global governing body has adopted the 'Hybrid' model for this edition of the CT with India scheduled to play its matches at a neutral venue in Dubai. "It's unfortunate that things have worked out that way for sure. But there's no doubt that what everyone loves seeing the India-Pakistan games. Whenever they come together, whether it's an ICC event, it is a really special time because we've got a sense of what's on the line," Watson told the media here during the Champions Trophy Tour. "It's unfortunate that India aren't travelling to Pakistan for this Champions Trophy. But, unfortunately, that's just the way it is right now," he added. Watson said the CT offers cricket a fresh context, breaking the long lull of

IND vs AUS: Watson urges Australia to avoid provoking Kohli's intensity

Former all-rounder Shane Watson has advised the Australian team to avoid getting into confrontations with Virat Kohli in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as he feels the intensity the celebrated Indian batter derives from provocations brings the best out of him. Going through a lean run of form, Kohli has enjoyed great success in Australia in the past and will look to regain his touch in the five-match Test series, which gets underway on Friday at the Optus Stadium here. Provoking the Indian batting mainstay has often proved to be counterproductive for the Australians, and Watson has experienced it himself. "The one thing that I know of Virat is... because the fire burns so brightly and deep inside him, the intensity he brings to every ball that he is engaged in a game has been superhuman," Watson was quoted as saying on the Willow Talk podcast. "But, there have been in recent times where moments in this career that fire has started to go out because it is just so hard to maintain that .

International Masters League 2024: Full schedule and captains list

The first four games of the tournament will take place at the D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, with the opening match featuring India versus Sri Lanka on November 17

IPL 2024 Final: Former Australia cricketer Shane Watson picks KKR over SRH

KKR finished the league stage on the top of the points table with nine wins, three losses and two no results, giving them 20 points

Pakistan in search of foreign cricket coach: Sammy, Watson decline offers

Pakistan's search for a foreign coach has hit hurdles with former Australian allrounder Shane Watson and former West Indian captain Darren Sammy dropping out of the race for the next head coach of the national team. While Sammy turned down approaches by the PCB citing he is already contracted with the West Indies board as head coach of the WI white-ball teams, Watson returned home on Saturday night after rejecting the offer from the Pakistan board. A well-informed source aware of the developments said that senior PCB officials had held detailed talks with Watson in Karachi during the PSL matches offering him the head coach position. Watson had initially shown interest and kept certain financial and other conditions to accept the offer," the source said. "But after the board more or less accepted Watson's financial demands the Australian was not happy that details of the proposed package were leaked out in the Pakistan media and social media." The Australian then politely turned do

Road Safety World Series 2022: Ticket price and how to book tickets?

Road Safety World Series starts today. As India get ready to defend their trophy, this report will look at ticket price, online booking, previous performance and points table

Rahul's prime is yet to come, can be India's main man in T20Is: Watson

"He can definitely take his game to that really high-performing, consistent level. That's the skill he's got," he added

Suryakumar Yadav among top-five players in Shane Watson's World T20 XI

During his years in coaching, Watson is keeping a close eye on some of the best T20I talents all over the world and eagerly waits for ICC T20 World Cup

IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals name Australian Shane Watson as assistant coach

IPL franchise Delhi Capitals on Tuesday appointed former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson as an assistant coach for the upcoming season of the league.

Aussies should be ready for exceptional challenge in Pakistan, says Watson

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson said it is going to be an exceptional challenge for Australia to try and adapt to Pakistani conditions when the 3-match Test series commences in Rawalpindi.

Virat 'superhuman', Dhoni has ice running through his veins: Shane Watson

Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has compared the leadership styles of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni and he labelled the former as "superhuman".Watson played under Virat at Royal Challengers Bangalore and under Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL)."Virat as a leader has done incredible things, the way he has been able to push players, he has got such high expectation from himself and he brings that to every game he plays. For me, I believe Virat is a super human, he knows how to push players around him. Virat is an incredible good guy, he is a well-balanced character off the field, knowledge he has is fascinating. It was a great experience for me to work with Virat at RCB," Watson said on the 'ICC Review'."MS Dhoni has got ice running through his veins, his ability to take pressure out of a team environment, he trusts his players, he makes sure everyone has faith in their abilities. He knows what works for himself and people around him. He trusts his ...

MS Dhoni knows how to bring an environment together: Shane Watson

Watson also said that Dhoni knowns how to bring the best out of his players in the team. Chennai are playing their ninth IPL final on Friday against Kolkata Knight Riders

Feel crazily lucky to have lived out my dream: Shane Watson bids adieu

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Tuesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket

IPL 2020, CSK vs SRH highlights: Chennai beats Hyderabad by 20 runs

Kane Willianson scored 57 for SRH while Dwayne Bravo and Karn Sharma took two wickets apiece for CSK. After a win, CSk moved to sixth position on IPL 2020 points table

IPL 2020: Watson, Du Plessis made the chase look easy, says Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar praised Chennai Super Kings' openers Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson for their recording breaking partnership and said that the duo made the chase against Kings XI Punjab look easy

IPL 2020: Incredible how Dhoni, Fleming trust their players, says Watson

After playing an unbeaten knock of 83 runs against KXIP, CSK's opening batsman Shane Watson thanked skipper MS Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming for showing faith in his abilities

Shattered such a person isn't with us anymore: Watson on Jones' death

CSK all-rounder Shane Watson paid rich tribute to Dean Jones, saying the former Australia batsman pushed the limits to get better and always cared about people who were less fortunate.

IPL 2020, CSK vs RR highlights: Rajasthan Royals beats Chennai by 16 runs

Jofra Archer clobbered 27 off 8 balls with four sixes off Lungi Ngidi's final over that yielded 30 runs

IPL 2020 Match 1, MI vs CSK highlights: Chennai beats Mumbai by 5 wickets

Chennai lost Vijay and Watson early into the innings but du Plessis and Rayudu stabilised the inning with a 115-run partnership, setting the stage for Chennai to register a comfortable victory

IPL 2020: MI vs CSK playing 11, squad, head to head, pitch report details

Head to head, Mumbai Indians has an advantage as it won 17 out of 28 matches. The Abu Dhabi pitch for MI vs CSK match may to assist spinners. Check MI vs CSK playing 11 probables, other details here