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Shane Watson hits double-hundred
By Will 5 years ago, at the end of August Add your comment below
Shane Watson hit an unbeaten double-hundred today, against Warwickshire. He’s a very useful Cricketer, and I’m surprised he hasn’t been called up as cover for any of Australia’s out of form, or out of luck, bowlers.
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11 Responses to “Shane Watson hits double-hundred”
August 31st, 2005 at 9.07 pm
September 1st, 2005 at 10.01 am
Yeah. He’s just ‘not quite there’ either as a batsman or a bowler.
September 1st, 2005 at 3.50 pm
More or less the impression I got. The difficulty for Australia is that Gilchrist is not firing; if he were I’d bat him at six, followed by Warne, Lee, McGrath, Tait and MacGill. Trouble is, he isn’t.
Having said all that, hasn’t Watson only recently recovered for a fairly serious back injury (or is that someone else). If he could improve his pace/accuracy, you’d have to say that he’d be a shoo in either at six or seven.
I think I heard him, described elsewhere (RSC?) as Allan Border’s lovechild. Is this true? Metarphorically rather than literally, I mean.
September 1st, 2005 at 5.05 pm
Gilchrist to open – when the ball isn’t reversing – he can’t possibly average less than the 22 he’s getting now – drop Hayden (in memory of Slats’ axing) – Langer opens with Gilly, Ponting, Martyn, Clarke, Katich, Warne, Lee, McGrath, MacGill, Tait – yes there are three genuine number 11s there. We need to win. Hayden is not going to win it for us. Neither are Gillespie, Clark or Kasper.
September 1st, 2005 at 5.06 pm
or Watson, for that matter.
September 1st, 2005 at 10.54 pm
I think Andy Symonds could be a better option compared to Watson.
Symonds had been consistent both with bat and ball for Lancashire and could be an ideal No.6 batsmen for Aussies.
September 2nd, 2005 at 9.21 am
I agree about Symonds – some of his performances this season have been phenomenal, with both bat and ball: he could have been doing to England what Freddie is doing to Australia.
September 2nd, 2005 at 11.35 am
Only with his spin, not his seam up. How can you compare 70mph dobbers with 90 mph strike bowling. But I agree; Symonds is twice the batsman Katich is IMO.
September 2nd, 2005 at 12.52 pm
Twice the batsman? Symonds is a fine player, but does he have the resolve to bat a session without scoring many?
September 3rd, 2005 at 5.48 am
Katich, Langer, Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, Hodge, Gilchrist, Warne, Lee, Tait, McGrath
IN: Hussey, Hodge, McGrath
OUT: Hayden, Martyn, Kasprowizc
EMERGENCY: MacGill (for McGrath)
June 8th, 2006 at 9.27 am
Clarke and watson will take the azzies to a next levle we will get the ashes back with them
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