A limited-overs champion
Shane Watson's Test career was underwhelming, but with his brute batting force and his canny bowling, he was an absolute asset in the limited-overs formats
Among players with 3000-plus runs and 150-plus wickets in ODIs, only two players have a bigger difference between batting and bowling averages • ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Period | Matches | Runs | Ave | SR | Wkts | Ave | ER |
Till Dec 2006 | 52 | 734 | 30.58 | 72.81 | 52 | 31.28 | 4.67 |
2007 to 2011 | 88 | 3452 | 47.28 | 94.54 | 86 | 28.50 | 4.98 |
Jan 2012 onwards | 50 | 1571 | 34.91 | 92.08 | 30 | 42.13 | 5.30 |
Career | 190 | 5757 | 40.54 | 90.44 | 168 | 31.79 | 4.95 |
Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | 100s |
AB de Villiers | 192 | 8621 | 54.56 | 100.18 | 24 |
Viv Richards | 167 | 6721 | 47.00 | 90.20 | 11 |
Shane Watson | 169 | 5757 | 40.54 | 90.44 | 9 |
Player | Inns | Runs | Average | Strike rate | 100s |
Gary Kirsten | 45 | 2265 | 59.60 | 77.75 | 5 |
AB de Villiers | 46 | 2193 | 57.71 | 99.00 | 10 |
Michael Clarke | 47 | 1904 | 54.40 | 76.74 | 4 |
Michael Bevan | 59 | 2101 | 52.52 | 76.56 | 1 |
Shane Watson | 42 | 1786 | 48.27 | 94.34 | 3 |
Hansie Cronje | 45 | 1785 | 48.24 | 79.75 | 1 |
David Boon | 39 | 1615 | 46.14 | 69.91 | 1 |
Kevin Pietersen | 40 | 1638 | 45.50 | 87.17 | 3 |
Viv Richards | 43 | 1669 | 45.10 | 103.92 | 3 |
Andrew Symonds | 36 | 1210 | 44.81 | 87.49 | 2 |
Player | Mat | Runs | Bat Av | SR | Wkts | Bowl Av | ER | Ave Diff |
Shane Watson | 88 | 3452 | 47.28 | 94.54 | 86 | 28.50 | 4.98 | 18.78 |
Jacques Kallis | 75 | 3045 | 51.61 | 80.76 | 49 | 33.77 | 4.89 | 17.83 |
Yuvraj Singh | 115 | 3765 | 41.37 | 89.72 | 68 | 36.57 | 5.11 | 4.80 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 108 | 3037 | 33.74 | 77.73 | 139 | 29.09 | 4.38 | 4.65 |
Mohammad Hafeez | 48 | 1521 | 33.80 | 75.48 | 46 | 29.36 | 4.00 | 4.43 |
Kevin O'Brien | 62 | 1601 | 33.35 | 80.98 | 48 | 30.08 | 4.90 | 3.27 |
Paul Collingwood | 94 | 2781 | 38.09 | 79.84 | 61 | 38.93 | 4.91 | -0.83 |
Shahid Afridi | 99 | 2013 | 25.80 | 133.84 | 140 | 28.95 | 4.55 | -3.14 |
Elton Chigumbura | 90 | 1840 | 24.21 | 87.99 | 75 | 36.66 | 5.68 | -12.45 |
Player | Mat | Runs | Bat Av | SR | Wkts | Bowl Av | ER | Ave diff |
Jacques Kallis | 328 | 11579 | 44.36 | 72.89 | 273 | 31.79 | 4.84 | 12.56 |
Lance Klusener | 171 | 3576 | 41.10 | 89.91 | 192 | 29.95 | 4.70 | 11.15 |
Shane Watson | 190 | 5757 | 40.54 | 90.44 | 168 | 31.79 | 4.95 | 8.74 |
Andrew Flintoff | 141 | 3394 | 32.01 | 88.82 | 169 | 24.38 | 4.39 | 7.63 |
Shakib Al Hasan | 157 | 4398 | 35.18 | 80.31 | 206 | 27.89 | 4.30 | 7.29 |
Imran Khan | 175 | 3709 | 33.41 | 72.65 | 182 | 26.61 | 3.89 | 6.79 |
Chris Gayle | 269 | 9221 | 37.33 | 85.11 | 163 | 35.20 | 4.76 | 2.12 |
Shaun Pollock | 303 | 3519 | 26.45 | 86.69 | 393 | 24.50 | 3.67 | 1.95 |
Sachin Tendulkar | 463 | 18426 | 44.83 | 86.23 | 154 | 44.48 | 5.10 | 0.35 |
Carl Hooper | 227 | 5761 | 35.34 | 76.63 | 193 | 36.05 | 4.36 | -0.70 |
Steve Waugh | 325 | 7569 | 32.90 | 75.91 | 195 | 34.67 | 4.56 | -1.76 |
Player | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | 50+ scores |
Aaron Finch | 26 | 916 | 39.82 | 152.92 | 7 |
Shahid Afridi | 89 | 1391 | 18.06 | 150.37 | 4 |
Chris Gayle | 44 | 1506 | 37.65 | 145.64 | 15 |
Shane Watson | 54 | 1400 | 28.00 | 144.47 | 11 |
Kevin Pietersen | 36 | 1176 | 37.93 | 141.51 | 7 |
David Warner | 59 | 1618 | 28.89 | 140.32 | 12 |
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