Shane Watson steals the show at Allan Border medal ceremony
Shane Watson became the second player in Australia’s history to win the Allan Border medal for the second consecutive year. The first player to achieve this feat twice in two years was the Australian captain Ricky Ponting.
The star all-rounder claimed all the major awards in Melbourne after he won the One-day International Player of the Year, Test Player of the Year and the Allan Border medal honours. He missed the Twenty20 Player of the Year award by a small margin to David
Hussey.
There was tough competition in all the award categories apart from the Allan Border medal. Watson received 295 votes for the medal which were exactly a 100 more than the runner-up Michael Hussey.
Earlier, Watson edged his teammates Mitchell Johnson and Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 by 4 and 1 vote respectively in the Test and ODI player of the year awards.
The flamboyant all-rounder has been in terrific form since 2010 and has won matches for his team both with the bat and ball. He has also been extremely fit and has developed himself as a regular opener in all three formats of the game for Australia.
Although Watson scored only one century during the voting period which started from February 2010, he was the highest run-getter for his team during the time period under consideration. He scored 847 runs and hit 7 half-centuries. His bowling has also been
crucial for his team as he took 16 wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326’s performance in the One-dayers also remained identical as he amassed 858 runs and took 20 wickets.
These awards will be a great motivation for him and he will be looking forward to continue performing for Australia.
Australia have won cricket’s flagship tournament for a record four times. Their maiden tournament victory came in the Subcontinent in 1987 and though they lost the final of the 1996 World Cup in Lahore, they followed it up by three consecutive victories
in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 editions of the tournament.
Considering the consistency of some of the key Australian players, it is likely that history will repeat itself and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 will dominate the Subcontinent again.
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