Shane Watson

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shane Watson

• Does Shane Watson smoke?: No

• Does Shane Watson drink alcohol?: Yes

• Watson is counted among the best All-rounder Australia has ever produced.

• Though he is a Queenslander, he initially played domestic cricket in Australia for Tasmania.

• His first Test wicket was Younis Khan.

• He has won the Allan Border medal twice.

• The opening batting pair of him and Simon Katich in Test matches averaged 54.39 together.

• In 2014, he was Australia’s highest paid cricketer.

• He had a nightmare of a batting period while facing Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup quarter-final at Adelaide.

• In 2006, during the ICC Champions Trophy in India, his stomach pain (gastritis) was misunderstood by a heart-attack.

• He loves listening to Sweet child o’ mine by Guns N’ Roses before batting, and Battle scars by Guy Sebastian before bowling.

• Due to his back injury just before the 2003 ICC World Cup, he was replaced by Ian Harvey.

• He has 2 pet dogs: Bobbi and Clappo.

• He was the most expensive player in the 2016 IPL action as he was grabbed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 9.5 Crore (INR) or $1.98m.

• During the 2008 Border-Gavaskar 3rd Test at Kotla, Delhi, he had a fight with Gautam Gambhir.

• In 2019, during a Big Bash League match, where Shane was representing Sydney Thunder, his son walks from the pavilion to the ground to take his father’s autograph.