{"id":32526,"date":"2017-01-23T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T12:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32526"},"modified":"2017-01-23T12:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T12:19:08","slug":"retired-watson-bags-australia-s-t20i-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32526","title":{"rendered":"Retired Watson bags Australia&#8217;s T20I Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32214\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"shane watson jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Sydney: Retired all-rounder Shane Watson has pipped his former team-mate Glenn Maxwell to be adjudged Cricket Australia&#8217;s (CA) T20 International Player of the Year at the Allan Border medal ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Watson, who retired from international cricket just after the World T20 in India last year, was the second highest run-getter behind Maxwell during the voting period from January 8, 2016 to January 7, 2017 but bagged the award on the back of his equally potent bowling.<\/p>\n<p>Watson&#8217;s nine wickets from as many appearances at a tidy economy rate of just above seven runs an over, helped him bag the award, according to a CA statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read :<a href=\"cricket-news\/international\/43851-aaron-finch-marsh-back-for-new-zealand-odis\">Aaron Finch, Marsh back for New Zealand ODIs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That seems like a long time ago now actually,&#8221; Watson said, referring to his time on the international scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m certainly enjoying a different life now playing T20 cricket around the world. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot less pressure than playing for Australia, so I&#8217;m enjoying that. I&#8217;ve got a lot more time to spend with my family and more downtime between tournaments,&#8221; he added after receiving the award.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32214\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg.jpg\" alt=\"shane watson jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/shane-watson-jpg-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Sydney: Retired all-rounder Shane Watson has pipped his former team-mate Glenn Maxwell to be adjudged Cricket Australia&#8217;s (CA) T20 International Player of the Year at the Allan Border medal ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Watson, who retired from international cricket just after the World T20 in India last year, was the second highest run-getter behind Maxwell during the voting period from January 8, 2016 to January 7, 2017 but bagged the award on the back of his equally potent bowling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[20819,4744,2276,466,1174],"class_list":["post-32526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-cricket-australias-ca-t20-international-player","tag-cricket-news","tag-glenn-maxwell","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-shane-watson"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Retired Watson bags Australia&#039;s T20I Player of the Year award - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32526\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Retired Watson bags Australia&#039;s T20I Player of the Year award - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sydney: Retired all-rounder Shane Watson has pipped his former team-mate Glenn Maxwell to be adjudged Cricket Australia&#039;s (CA) T20 International Player of the Year at the Allan Border medal ceremony. 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