Shane Watson

1) Shane Robert Watson was born on 17 June, 1981 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
2) Shane Watson is a scholarship holder from AIS (Australian Cricket Academy). watson received it in the year 2000
3) Only Player to win 4 Consecutive Player of the Match Awards in ICC Event History
4) Voted the Man of the Tournament in the IPL Record two times in 2008 and 2013
5) Shane Watson Became Highest paid Australian cricketer in 2011
6) Shane watson is highest paid cricketer outside of india earning over US$5.9 million in 2012, 2013 and 2014
7) Watson married Lee Furlong, a former presenter with Fox Sports. He has two children
8) Only player to have held number 1 ranking for both batting and all-rounder rankings in T20I
9) Only player to post a half-century and take three wickets in the same match three times in T20I
10) In the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final, Australia defeated West Indies and won the tournament. Watson was given the Man of the Match award for his contribution of 57 runs and taking 2 wickets
11) At the crease Watson is an aggressive brutal batsman with a broad chest, resembling a right-handed disciple of Matthew Hayden, and someone who often doesn’t need to follow-through to gain a boundary
12) Shane Watson is the only player to have won the ICC player of the year award in all three formats
13) Highest One Day International (ODI) batting average of all Australian opening batsmen who have scored over 1000 runs
14) Debuting at the SCG against Pakistan in January 2005, as a blond-haired 23-year-old, he scored 31 and captured the prize scalp of Younis Khan as his first Test wicket
15) After making his ODI debut in 2002, Watson was a regular member of the side but 3 stress fractures just before the 2003 World Cup forced him to sit out of the tournament
16) Only player to score a century and have taken four wickets in an innings in all forms of cricket
17) Played 12 ICC events, which is the most by an Australian (6 ICC World T20s, 3 ICC World Cups, 2 ICC Champion trophies, 1 ICC Super Series)
18) Shane’s highest ODI score is 185 not out in 96 balls against Bangladesh in 2011. He hit 15 fours and 15 sixes in the match which broke several ODI records
19) Awards and Honors :- 
* Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: 2002
* Australian ODI Player of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2012
* Allan Border Medal: 2010, 2011
* McGilvray Medal 2010
* Australian Test Player of the Year: 2011
* Australian Twenty20 Player of the Year: 2012, 2013.