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Why Watson is finally meeting the wait of expectation

After his early promise, Australia believe Shane Watson's Test career is ready to bloom , writes Trevor Marshallsea in The Age .

After his early promise, Australia believe Shane Watson's Test career is ready to bloom, writes Trevor Marshallsea in The Age.

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When I won the Bradman young-cricketer-of-the-year award [in 2002], Richie Benaud said, 'People should give this kid some time to develop', because it does take a while to develop all aspects of an all-rounder's game," Watson said. "I didn't think too much of it but now I see he was dead right. I've just read Keith Miller's biography, and he took a while to develop, as well."

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Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo