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Shane Watson hits record 15 sixes for Australia against Bangladesh

• Australian finishes with unbeaten 185 in ODI
• Michael Clarke hails spectacular innings




  • David Hopps
  • guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 April 2011 19.52 BST <li class="history">Article history
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    Australia's Shane Watson plays a shot during his record-setting stand against Bangladesh. Photograph: Mir Farid/AP

    Shane Watson, who for many years was regarded as an enigma who did not punch his weight, struck a world-record 15 sixes in an unbeaten 185 as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in spectacular fashion in a one-day international in Mirpur.
    Watson's 185 not out came from 96 balls as Australia passed Bangladesh's 229 for seven in only 26 overs. He scored almost 80% of the runs, with Brad Haddin and Ricky Ponting sharing the other 45 runs off the bat. All his 15 sixes were struck in the legside arc, with the left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo conceding four in a row.
    Michael Clarke, Australia's captain, described Watson's innings as the finest he had seen. With Clarke also making a hundred in the opening ODI, Australia's new one-day captaincy team have certainly made an immediate impression.
    Watson, rarely one to strut, was more tongue in cheek. "It was a nice day today," he said. "Everything came off and a little bit of luck as well." Was the sixes record planned? "I had no idea about the record. It was pretty hot and humid so I tried to limit my running and it worked out nicely."
    Watson's innings outdid the 11 sixes struck by the West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall in a triangular tournament match against Canada in King City, north of Toronto, three years ago. It was also the highest score by an Australian in an ODI, beating Matthew Hayden's 181 against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2007.
    The county championship had its own six-hitting exploits on Sunday when Durham's Ben Stokes took five successive sixes off the Hampshire off-spinner Liam Dawson, but the Division One match fizzled out on the final day as Hampshire closed comfortably on 345 for five, with a century for Jimmy Adams, well short of a notional 490 target.
    The pick of the bowling performances was five for 36 for Jigar Naik, who topped last summer's first-class bowling averages and whose exploits helped Leicestershire beat Glamorgan by 89 runs. Robbie Joseph's four wickets ensured that Essex fell 57 runs short against Kent. Ian Cockbain's unbeaten 59 guided Gloucestershire to a seven-wicket defeat of Derbyshire.

 
Shane Watson hits record 15 sixes for Australia against Bangladesh

• Australian finishes with unbeaten 185 in ODI
• Michael Clarke hails spectacular innings


  • David Hopps
  • guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 April 2011 19.52 BST <li class="history">Article history
    Shane-Watson-Australia-Ba-007.jpg
    Australia's Shane Watson plays a shot during his record-setting stand against Bangladesh. Photograph: Mir Farid/AP

    Shane Watson, who for many years was regarded as an enigma who did not punch his weight, struck a world-record 15 sixes in an unbeaten 185 as Australia beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in spectacular fashion in a one-day international in Mirpur.
    Watson's 185 not out came from 96 balls as Australia passed Bangladesh's 229 for seven in only 26 overs. He scored almost 80% of the runs, with Brad Haddin and Ricky Ponting sharing the other 45 runs off the bat. All his 15 sixes were struck in the legside arc, with the left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo conceding four in a row.
    Michael Clarke, Australia's captain, described Watson's innings as the finest he had seen. With Clarke also making a hundred in the opening ODI, Australia's new one-day captaincy team have certainly made an immediate impression.
    Watson, rarely one to strut, was more tongue in cheek. "It was a nice day today," he said. "Everything came off and a little bit of luck as well." Was the sixes record planned? "I had no idea about the record. It was pretty hot and humid so I tried to limit my running and it worked out nicely."
    Watson's innings outdid the 11 sixes struck by the West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall in a triangular tournament match against Canada in King City, north of Toronto, three years ago. It was also the highest score by an Australian in an ODI, beating Matthew Hayden's 181 against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2007.
    The county championship had its own six-hitting exploits on Sunday when Durham's Ben Stokes took five successive sixes off the Hampshire off-spinner Liam Dawson, but the Division One match fizzled out on the final day as Hampshire closed comfortably on 345 for five, with a century for Jimmy Adams, well short of a notional 490 target.
    The pick of the bowling performances was five for 36 for Jigar Naik, who topped last summer's first-class bowling averages and whose exploits helped Leicestershire beat Glamorgan by 89 runs. Robbie Joseph's four wickets ensured that Essex fell 57 runs short against Kent. Ian Cockbain's unbeaten 59 guided Gloucestershire to a seven-wicket defeat of Derbyshire.
 
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