Watto to retire from international cricket

[duffer]

Details here

All the best big fella.

 

[indiaholic]

ATG limited overs player. His reputation will grow in the years to come.

 

[Kirkut]

Top player, handled the void left by Matthew Hayden for a brief period of time very well.

 

[Compton]

A blow that the proportion of wickets out lbw will probably never recover from.

 

[marc71178]

He's surely going to review that decision though?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Aw no.

 

[Gnske]

Immediate suicide is the only option.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Immediate suicide is the only option.

ind33d

 

[harsh.ag]

Sad to see him go. One of the better things in cricket in the last decade. Will miss you Watto.

 

[Shady Slim]

farewell watto, you will always be the best cricketer-shaped-like-a-brick-wall this generation

nah seriously though being a shane watson fan means now once you all start realising how valuable he was our cause will gain traction

 

[duffer]

He's surely going to review that decision though?

Very good

 

[91Jmay]

2007 To 2011 88 matches 3452 runs @ 47.28 SR 94.54
86 wickets @ 28.50 Econ 4.98

That has to be the greatest extended stretch for an ODI all rounder ever? Incredible numbers.

 

[marc71178]

Only caveat it's worth adding from those numbers is his bowling workload was around half a full stint per game so raises the issues of doing both at the same time. Still impressive but not being treated as a frontline bowler as such.

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah but that batting alone is an ATG stretch.

 

[Biryani Pillow]

I shall miss his uncanny ability, having being given out LBW, to call for a revue and watch the ball hit half way up middle

It almost became automatic.

 

[Zinzan]

He's surely going to review that decision though?

Stole my line ****. Fair play.

 

[marc71178]

Yeah but that batting alone is an ATG stretch.

It is good but I suspect that there's been many other better stretches over 5 year periods (albeit not by people also having a turn with the ball).

 

[Dawood Ahmad]

Maybe another matthew hayden is waiting for his place.

 

[Red]

Only caveat it's worth adding from those numbers is his bowling workload was around half a full stint per game so raises the issues of doing both at the same time. Still impressive but not being treated as a frontline bowler as such.

Unreal input from an opener who is also a gun bowler. Especially when he's been able to share the 5th bowler duties with someone else batting top 6. Has given Australian in ODIs a lot of options.

 

[marc71178]

It would be a bit better if his best 3 series with the bat in that time weren't made up of one against Bangladesh, one when he batted in the lower order and one where he opened but didn't bowl at all.