06.10.2009
- Thanks to his brilliant performance in the final, Shane Watson has ensured a rare achievement for his team - Australia became the first nation to win two successive ICC Champions Trophies.
- Watson has registered a unique feat, a hat-trick of sorts, which is unlikely to be surpassed. He has bagged three Man of the Match awards in succession in the ICC Champions Trophy knock-out games - 2006-07 Final (57 not out + 2/11), followed by 2009-10 Semi-Final (136 not out + 2/35) and the Final (105 not out).
Highlights:
- Watson has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the seventh time in limited-Overs Internationals - his first against New Zealand.
- Watson became the second player after Daniel Vettori to receive two Man of the Match awards in the just concluded ICC Champions Trophy 2009-10.
- Watson became the first batsman to have recorded three hundreds in 2009.
- Watson, during the course of his excellent hundred against New Zealand, has completed his 2,000 runs - 2020 (avg 40.40) in 90 games.
- Watson has registered one century each against New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies and England.
- Watson's run-aggregate of 265 (avg 88.33) in five matches is exceeded only by Ricky Ponting (288) in the 2009-10 ICC Champions Trophy.
- Watson has a splendid record in ODIs while batting at number No.1 position - 705 in 16 innings, including three centuries and two fifties at an average of 58.75.
Profile:
Name: Shane Watson
Date of Birth: June 17, 1981 at Ipswich, Queensland
Batting style: Right-hand batsman
Bowling style: Right-arm fast medium
Averages:
| M | Runs | Avg | 100 | Wkts | Avg | Best | SR | ER |
| 90 | 2020 | 40.40 | 4 | 89 | 29.75 | 4/39 | 37.20 | 4.78 |
