Watto to Retire from International Cricket

Shane Watson has called time on his international career, announcing today he will retire at the conclusion of the World T20 in India. Watson informed his teammates on Thursday in Mohali that his 14-year career in the green and gold was coming to an end, saying now is the "right time" to walk away from the international arena.

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He will finish with 190 one-day internationals to his name for 5757 runs at 40.54, and 168 wickets at 31.79, as well as holding the Australian record for the highest ODI score: his unbeaten 185 against Bangladesh in Dhaka in 2011. Ahead of his final T20 international matches, Watson has 1400 runs at 28.00 from 56 games, and 46 wickets at 24.71.

Watson is one of only seven men in history to have achieved the double of 10000 runs and 250 wickets in international cricket across all three formats; the others are Steve Waugh, Carl Hooper, Sanath Jayasuirya, Jacques Kallis, Shahid Afridi and Chris Gayle. He also captained Australia in all three forms, adding T20s to his list in January against India, his 124 not out in that game being the highest T20 international score by a captain.

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Enjoy your retirement Watto !

Well deserved , my fave all cricketer in my least favorite Squad 

great personality !

Watto left it all out on the field yesterday. If not for Kohli's heroics, I think he would be been Man of the Match for his all round performance. It is a shame though that for all his money, his wife still has to wear pants with a massive great hole in them



On a more serious note, where does he rank among all-rounders in T20I history? I think you can make a strong argument for him being the best all-rounder in this format. Others in consideration include Angelo Mathews, Dwayne Bravo and Shakib Al Hasan. It's a pretty small list.