Watson content with being one of the last men standing

November 8th, 2009 more images more imagesGUWAHATI - Australia defeated India by six wickets in the sixth One-Day International here Sunday and won the series 4-2 with still one match remaining. Chasing 171, Australia made 172 for four in 41.5 overs after Shane Watson top scored with 49 and Mike Hussey made 35 not out.

November 5th, 2009 Have you got stuck to your important stuff and could not mange to follow the 5th ODI match between India and Australia? No need to worry since we will give you full updates here. The 5th ODI between India and Australia is under way in Hyderabad, with Australia winning the toss and electing to bat first.

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - Scoreboard of the fourth One-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia here Monday. Australia: Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 49 Shaun Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 Ricky Ponting run out (Jadeja) 52 Cameron White run out (Nehra) 62 Mike Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 40 Moises Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 6 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 8 Graham Manou run out (Kumar) 7 Nathan Hauritz not out 9 Peter Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 Doug Bollinger run out (Yuvraj Singh/Kumar) 0 Extras: (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 overs), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4), 6-226 (White, 44.5), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9.2 0 41 0 Ashish Nehra 8 0 37 3 Ishant Sharma 5 0 42 0 Ravindra Jadeja 7 0 27 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 48 2 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 India: Virender Sehwag c Watson b Bollinger 30 Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Hauritz 40 Virat Kohli c Manou b Bollinger 10 Yuvraj Singh run out (Ponting) 12 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Manou b Bollinger 26 Suresh Raina b Hauritz 17 Ravindra Jadeja run out (Ponting/Manou) 7 Harbhajan Singh c & b Watson 31 Praveen Kumar c Manou b Watson 16 Ashish Nehra c Hauritz b Watson 7 Ishant Sharma not out 3 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 20, nb 1) 27 Total (all out in 46.4 overs) 226 Fall of wickets 1-40 (Sehwag, 6.5 overs), 2-78 (Kohli, 14.3), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 18.5), 4-113 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.2), 5-145 (Dhoni, 31.2), 6-156 (Raina, 34.2), 7-177 (Jadeja, 38.4), 8-204 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.1), 9-217 (Kumar, 44.4), 10-226 (Nehra, 46.4) Bowling Mitchell Johnson 9 0 74 0 Peter Siddle 5 2 15 0 Doug Bollinger 9 2 38 3 Moises Henriques 7 0 33 0 Nathan Hauritz 9 1 31 2 Shane Watson 7.4 1 29 3 Toss: India, who choose to field Man of the match: Shane Watson (Australia) Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Chairman of Pakistan's National Assembly standing committee for sports, Jamshed Dasti, today said that this impression is quite wrong that he did not know cricket as he has played this game. He said that he did not commit any crime by calling captain Younis Khan.

September 9th, 2009 SOUTHAMPTON - Australian speedster Brett Lee admitted last night that he was still to know why team officials instructed Shane Watson to tell a press conference he was not ready for the fourth Test at Leeds when he had declared his fitness. The odd strategy left Watson having to explain his comments afterwards to an agitated Lee, who conceded he has played his last Ashes Test in England.

August 26th, 2009 LONDON - Skipper Ricky Ponting is adamant that the immediate future of Australian cricket is bright in spite of the Ashes loss and that several emerging players have come of age in England. Writing in his exclusive column in The Australian today, Ponting says: "While we had bad sessions at Lord's and The Oval which cost us both games, we completely dominated England at Cardiff and in Leeds, showing there was little between the teams." "Coming off the back of a strong series victory in South Africa earlier in the year, I believe we're on the right track and our younger players can only get better," he adds.

August 6th, 2009 YORKSHIRE - Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has declared himself "100 percent" fit for tomorrow's fourth Ashes Test at the Headingly cricket ground here, but fellow all-rounder Shane Watson believes that he is not, though he would love for him to play. Watson, who has had a long catalogue of injuries, believes Lee would need to get through a tour game before having the confidence to get through a five-day Test.

August 6th, 2009 LONDON - English and Australian cricketers have joined forces to applaud the Barmy Army, saying that they have provided a ferocious atmosphere all through the Ashes series. "I think the banter has been absolutely excellent throughout the series.

August 4th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is aiming to bowl all-rounder Shane Watson more in the remaining two Ashes tests at the Headingly and The Oval. Watson passed his bruising initiation at the top of the order with flying colours as he followed up his 62 in the first innings with 53 to set up Australia's match-saving performance in the third Test at Edgbaston.

August 3rd, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - After top scoring for Australia in the first innings of the third Ashes Test with 62 and remaining unbeaten on 34 in the second innings of the same match going into the fifth and final day, all-rounder Shane Watson believes he can be Australia's long-term opening solution. Watson, who came in for Phillip Hughes, said he believed he had the skill and temperament to survive against the new ball.

July 30th, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - All rounder Shane Watson will open for Australia in the third test against England that gets underway from today. The Australian selectors have said that 20-year-old Phillip Hughes has been dropped, though an official announcement is yet to be made.

July 23rd, 2009 NORTHAMPTON - Australia's competitive edge has been blunted since Cricket Australia ordered the team to stop sledging, feels all-rounder Shane Watson. "One thing Cricket Australia have said to us is to make sure we know where the line is and don't cross it.

July 22nd, 2009 LONDON - All-rounder Shane Watson feels Australia's performance has been affected ever since they were told by Cricket Australia (CA) to cut down on the sledging. Ahead of the Ashes series, CA reminded players of their responsibility as role models and to set the right example.

June 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian all rounder Shane Watson is almost certain to not play in the first Ashes Test, after medical scans confirmed a tear in his thigh muscle. The injury-plagued all rounder will not be sent home, but his Ashes prospects have declined as he sat out for county game against Sussex.

June 12th, 2009 LEICESTER - Australia's cricketers have said that they are not to too bothered about appointment of their former coach John Buchanan to a consultancy role with the ECB. According to Australian all-rounder Shane Watson,Buchanan's temporary defection to England, was greeted without indignation in the Australian camp, with Watson believing the former national coach's presence will have little bearing on the Ashes result.