Watson must justify easy ride
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Alex Brown, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, looks at the impact of Shane Watson and says it’s time for him to start showing he’s worthy of being the side’s allrounder.
Watson is one of the great paradoxes of cricket. On the one hand, he has been blessed with tremendous physical gifts; possessing the fast-twitch muscle fibres that enable him to fire down cricket balls at 145kmh, and the hand-eye coordination that led to a first-class double century. On the other, it is his body that has proved his greatest curse. Back, shoulder and hamstring problems are among the list of ailments to have sidelined him, all timed to inflict most harm to his career.
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Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo