Players / Year Review 2007 / Shane Watson

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Australia left to find dignified departure

Mar 18, 2013: The Border-Gavaskar trophy may be lost but Australia have one more game to regain some pride. But that will be easier said than done

Australia in India 2012-13

Watson returns to India tour

Mar 18, 2013: Shane Watson has committed himself to Australia's Test team for the long term and will rejoin the squad in India ahead of the fourth Test in Delhi

Australia need an understanding leadership

Mar 15, 2013: They may have chosen to be firm with their erring players, but to make them perform, the coach and captain need to be reassuring

Australia's troubled tour

Ponting shows staunch support for Watson

Mar 14, 2013: Ricky Ponting has mounted a staunch defence of Shane Watson's qualities as a team player

Australia's troubled tour

Clarke remains hopeful of Watson return

Mar 13, 2013: Michael Clarke has not given up hope of Shane Watson returning to India for the fourth Test in Delhi, despite the vice-captain's indications that he is considering his cricket future

Australia in India, 2012-13

Where to for Watson?

Mar 12, 2013: Shane Watson is Australia's vice-captain but he needs to lift his game off the field and on it

Australia's troubled tour

Howard doesn't know the real me - Watson

Mar 12, 2013: Shane Watson challenged Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard to research his reputation as a team man and denied he had any major problems with the captain Michael Clarke

Australia's troubled tour

'Captain and vice-captain must sort their issues out' - Pat Howard

Mar 12, 2013: Australia's vice-captain, Shane Watson, has been given a less than glowing endorsement from Cricket Australia's general manager of team performance Pat Howard, who has said Watson is "sometimes" a team player

Time Out

'Australia's batting is in strife'

Mar 12, 2013: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell, and Tom Moody discuss the mid-to-long-term concerns for Australia, some of which have appeared glaringly in the defeats against India

Australia news

Watson may quit Test cricket after axeing

Mar 11, 2013: Shane Watson is considering his future in the game after being axed from the squad for the Mohali Test on disciplinary grounds

Australia in India 2012-13

Watson leaves tour after Australia axe four

Mar 11, 2013: Australia's vice-captain Shane Watson has left the tour of India just hours after being told he and three other players would not be considered for the third Test for ignoring team orders

Australia in India 2012-13

Australia's batsmen must 'go against instincts'

Mar 11, 2013: Australia's natural batting instincts have proven costly in India, their new batting coach Michael Di Venuto has said

Australia in India 2012-13

'I missed bowling in Chennai' - Watson

Feb 28, 2013: As India's batsmen piled on runs in Chennai, Watson was itching to take the ball confirming in his mind that giving up bowling wouldn't be a permanent move

India v Australia, 1st Test, Chennai

Watson to be Australia's No. 4

Feb 19, 2013: Shane Watson has confirmed that he will bat at No.4 in the first Test against India in Chennai if, as expected, David Warner is fit to play

India A v Australians, Chennai, 2nd day

Tiwary, spinners make it India A's day

Feb 17, 2013: Australian batsmen lost four quick wickets just before stumps on the second day of their tour match against India A who scored 451 led by Manoj Tiwary's 129

India v Australia, 1st Test

Warner injury a concern for Australia

Feb 17, 2013: Shane Watson may opening the batting in the first Test in Chennai with Ed Cowan after national selector John Inverarity revealed significant concerns about David Warner's recovery from a fractured thumb five days before the first Test

Spin could be Australia's Achilles heel in India

Feb 10, 2013: Picking a second spinner to partner Nathan Lyon, and how to bat on turning tracks will be the big questions for the side

Australia in India 2012-13

Watson open to middle-order role

Feb 9, 2013: Shane Watson is confident he has the technique to handle a middle-order position on spinning Indian pitches if he is not restored to his preferred opening position on the upcoming Test tour

Australia v West Indies, 4th ODI, Sydney

West Indies stay winless despite Pollard ton

Feb 8, 2013: Another fluent innings from Shane Watson set the hosts on the path to a leisurely five-wicket victory over the West Indies at the SCG

Australia v West Indies, 3rd ODI, Canberra

Feels like I'm back again - Watson

Feb 6, 2013: Shane Watson was relieved to have grabbed the opportunity to 'spend some time in the middle' and score a century in Canberra