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Shane Watson

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

Shane Watson is one of the most prolific all-rounders in modern cricket, representing Australia across all three formats and featuring in franchise leagues across the globe. In 500 career matches he has accumulated 16,681 runs at a batting average of 35.42 and taken 393 wickets at 30.41, a combination that few players can match across such a spread of competitions. His primary format by appearances is the One-Day International, where his numbers are the sharpest in the data. On recent form, his last 10 appearances were all IPL fixtures in the UAE during the October 2020 tournament, where he produced three scores of 40 or more, including an unbeaten 83 off 53 balls against Punjab Kings.

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Shane Watson
Bat Avg
35.4
Bowl Avg
30.4

2026 Season Context

Current team & role

Rajasthan Royals · All-Rounder

Recent form

Watson's last 10 appearances all came in the 2020 IPL, where he was representing Chennai Super Kings at UAE venues. His scores across those fixtures read 14, 8, 36, 42, 14, 50, 83*, 1, 14 and 33, with

Strongest format

One-Day International — Watson's ODI record is his strongest single-competition showing: 5,357 runs at a batting average of 43.20 and a strike rate of 91.67, paired with 146

Career stats overview

57 Test · 162 ODI · 281 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

57 matches

3,684
Runs scored
73
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

162 matches

5,357
Runs scored
146
Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

281 matches

7,640
Runs scored
174
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

500 matches, 16,681 runs and 393 wickets

Watson's career spans every major format and several of the world's biggest T20 leagues. Across 500 appearances he averaged 35.42 with the bat and 30.41 with the ball, figures that underline a genuine all-round contribution over an extended career.

ODI batting average of 43.20 is his career best

In 162 One-Day Internationals Watson averaged 43.20, comfortably his highest across any single competition. He also claimed 146 wickets at an economy of 5.02, making the ODI arena the one where his all-round value is most clearly expressed in the numbers.

Pakistan record: batting average of 45.42

Against Pakistan Cricket across 29 matches, Watson averaged 45.42 with the bat, his best return against any of the major international opponents in our data. He also took 32 wickets in those games at an economy of 4.22.

MCG average of 50.62 across 24 matches

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is Watson's most productive venue by batting average. In 24 appearances there he has scored 1,063 runs at 50.62, with his bowling economy sitting at a tidy 4.38 in the same fixtures.

IPL: 145 matches at a strike rate of 137.93

Watson played 145 IPL games for Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore amongst others, scoring 3,880 runs at a strike rate of 137.93. His 92 wickets in the competition came at a bowling average of 29.15.

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Elsewhere on the web

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Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.

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