SHANE WATSON

Shane Watson.
Shane Watson

Personal information

Full name Shane Robert Watson

Born 17 June 1981 (age 32)

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Batting style Right-hand

Bowling style Right-arm fast medium

Role All-rounder

International information

 Australia
National side

Test debut (cap 391) 2 January 2005 v Pakistan

Last Test 21-25 August 2013 v England

ODI debut (cap 148) 24 March 2002 v South Africa

Last ODI 03 Setember 2013 v England

ODI shirt no. 33

LASITH MALINGA

Separamadu Lasith Malinga (born August 28, 1983, in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and present vice-captain of their T20 side.[1] He is a
specialist fast bowler with a unique round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga" and conversely, his
bowling style being nicknamed the "Malinga Slinga" both terms still consistently being associated with him in street cricket and general cricketing society.[2] He
is well known for his ability to take consecutive wickets: he is the first and only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to
have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and currently the only, player to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of
international cricket.[3] On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket. He bowls around a speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). His fastest ball was
clocked at 155.7 km/h (96.8 mph) in 2011 .
 DWAYNE BRAVO

Dwayne James John Bravo (born 7 October 1983) is a West Indian cricketer. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a right-
arm medium-fast bowler.

He was a key member of the West Indies team that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Bravo played for the Mumbai Indians, and was later signed by the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Bravo is Chennai Super Kings's leading
wicket taker. Bravo also plays for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, and the Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League.

He was named as a franchise player at the launch of the Caribbean Premier League for the 2013 tournament.[1]

Contents

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 1 Debuts

 2 Controversy

 3 2005–06

 4 2006–07

 5 Test centuries

 6 Indian Premier League

 7 ICC World Cup 2011

 8 Records

 9 Awards

o 9.1 ODI awards

 9.1.1 Man of the Match award

o 9.2 T20I awards

 9.2.1 Man of the Match award

 10 Notes

 11 External links

Debuts[edit source | editbeta]

Bravo made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago against Barbados in 2002, opening the innings and scoring 15 and 16 but not bowling. He scored his
maiden first-class century a month later and was included in the West Indies A squad for their tour of England in 2002. In early 2003 he scored another century
but it was a spell of bowling in which he took 6–11 against the Windward Islands that brought him to prominence as an all-rounder.

Bravo made his One Day International debut against England in their 2003/04 tour of the Caribbean, in a match in which he failed to bat but took 2–31 with the
ball. In the West Indies tour of England in 2004 Bravo made his Test debut when he was selected for the First Test at Lord'sin which he scored 44 and 10 and
took three wickets. He finished the Test series with 16 wickets and a total of 220 runs with his most impressive performance at Old Trafford in a match in which
he was the top scorer in the first innings with 77 followed by a 6 for 55 performance with the ball. The latter remains his best bowling figures in Test cricket.

Controversy[edit source | editbeta]

During a Test series against South Africa in 2005, Bravo scored his maiden century – 107 before getting out to Mark Boucher – in the fourth Test in Antigua, but
that was overshadowed when he accused South African Graeme Smith of directing a racist comment at him. At the subsequent hearing no evidence could be
found and charges were dropped against Smith, who immediately demanded an apology from Bravo.[2] Bravo, backed by the West Indies Cricket Board,
refused to do so and received a hail of criticism from an indignant South African press while finding support at home as a human rights campaigner.

2005–06[edit source | editbeta]

On the West Indies tour of Australia in 2005, Bravo was controversially not picked for the first Test at Brisbane in which the West Indies were beaten
convincingly. He was recalled for the second Test in Hobart and made a superb 113, after coming in at a very difficult stage for the West Indies. His innings
lifted the West Indies and helped them regain some pride, forcing the Australians to bat for a second time in the match. In the third and final match of the series
at Adelaide, he bowled a superb spell in the Australians first innings taking 6 for 84 including the wickets of Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist.

In West Indies tour of New Zealand in early 2006 Bravo strained his left side in the Twenty20 game at the start of the tour and was unable to bowl but still
played in all three tests as a specialist batsman. His selection showed how far he had come in the previous two years and how crucial he had become to the
West Indies team.[3]

2006–07[edit source | editbeta]

After a disappointing series in India Bravo returned to top form in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 when he took 7 wickets at an average of 27.57 and scored
164 runs at an average of 41 although most of the runs were scored in a dead rubber with England in which he made his first ever ODI century scoring a
majestic 112 not out as part of a second wicket stand of 174 with Chris Gayle. His bowling contained some lethal slower-paced yorkers with which he
dismissed Michael Clarke and Chris Read.

Bravo had a disappointing 2007 World Cup scoring 129 runs at an average of 21.50 and although he took 13 wickets at 27.76 his economy rate was 5.56.
Against South Africa he conceded 69 runs off 7 overs including 18 off his first over.

During the Third Test against England at Old Trafford on 9 June 2007, Bravo acted as an emergency wicket-keeper in place of Denesh Ramdinwho had gone
off for treatment after being hit on the head with the ball. In the same Test he took the wicket of England batsman Kevin Pietersen with a bouncer which struck
the batsman's helmet knocking the helmet off of his head onto the stumps and dislodging the bails causing Pietersen to be given out hit wicket.

Test centuries[edit source | editbeta]

The following table gives a summary of the Test centuries scored by Dwayne Bravo.

 The column title Match refers to the Match number of the player's career

Test centuries of Dwayne Bravo

Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year

[1] 107 13 South Africa St John's, Antigua Antigua Recreation Ground 2005

[2] 113 15 Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2005

[3] 104 33 Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2009

Indian Premier League[edit source | editbeta]

Dwayne Bravo played for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League for the first three seasons. He was picked up by the Chennai Super Kings during
2011 IPL Auctions.

He was one of the top performing players in the 2012 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings scoring 461 runs at an average of 46 off a strike rate of 140. He was
also the team's highest wicket taker with 19 wickets.

He also performed well in the 2013 IPL playing for Chennai Super Kings, taking 32 wickets at an average of 15.0 to win the Purple Cap.

He also overthrew Albie Morkel to become Chennai Super Kings's leading wicket taker.

ICC World Cup 2011[edit source | editbeta]

Dwayne Bravo was ruled out from the World Cup 2011 outfit due to the knee injury when he slipped at the wicket while bowling to South African batsman on 24
February at Delhi. He was rested for four weeks and could not participate further in the tournament.