Is Shane Watson greatest Australian all-rounder, ever?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) December 16, 2012: There has been a lot of talk, especially amongst Australian fans, that Shane Watson isn't good enough to make the team, or they want him to bat at 7 or 8 - or lower.

Meet Australian Next-Gen All-Rounders

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 10, 2012: Australia looked flat on day 1 of their cricket summer as South African batsmen made their bowlers look ordinary on first day of the Brisbane Test at Gabba on Friday and the home side missed services of all-rounder Shane Watson dearly.

Why Rob Quiney SHOULD NOT replace Shane Watson?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: I can hardly believe it but the Australian cricket selectors have just picked Rob Quiney to replace Shane Watson in the test team, and he is tipped to be "very likely" to make his test debut!

Who should replace Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting?

By Adrian Meredith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: Ricky Ponting is a risk of missing the first Test against South Africa due to injury - enough of a worry that he came off early in the most recent Sheffield Shield game.

CLT20: Bowlers, Haddin help Sydney Sixers decimate Yorkshire

By Sheriff Michaels

An Imposing Victory Takes Sydney Sixers into Semi-Final of Champions League Twenty20 2012

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) October 16, 2012: A professional and dominating show by bowlers and blend of aggression and class by batsmen helped Australian Big Bash League’s Sydney Sixers to an astounding victory over England’s Yorkshire County Cricket Club in their Group B match of the Champions League Twenty20 2012 played at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.

CLT20: Sydney Sixers outclass Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs

By Sheriff Michaels

Shane Watson plays gutsy knock for Sydney Sixers in Champions League Twenty20 2012.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (TheSportsNEXT) October 14, 2012: An all-round performance by Moises Henriques helped Australia’s Sydney Sixers start their Champions League Twenty20 2012 campaign off to a confidence start on Sunday when they defeated IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings by 14 runs at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

My 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI

By Adrian Meredith

Chris Gayle would be part of any World Twenty20 XI

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 11, 2012: A lot has been written about the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI and former cricketers like Alec Stewart has also come up with his selection of the best players of the tournament. Time is now to check out my 2012 ICC World Twenty20 XI.

Shane Watson: From IPL to ICC WT20 2012

By Jawad Hussain

Shane Watson: ICC World Twenty20 2012 Player of the Tournament

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 9, 2012: Australian all-rounder Shane Watson emerged as the only Australian player to impress the cricketing world during the recently concluded ICC World Twenty20 2012 as he outshone the rest of the cricketing excellences to bag the World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament.

Shane Watson glitters at ICC Twenty20 Rankings

By Nadene Smith

MELBOURNE, Australia (TheSportsNEXT) October 3, 2012: Australian star all-rounder Shane Watson has achieved the highest pinnacle of his Twenty20 International career as the stylish opening batsman and pacey fast bowler has surged in all categories at the Reliance ICC Twenty20 Rankings, updated on Wednesday.

Watson helps Australia maul India by 9 wickets in ICC WT20

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 29, 2012: Shane Watson came up with another all-round performance as Australia easily defeated India by nine wickets in their first Super Eights Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 at R Premadasa Stadium on Friday.

ICCWT20: Australia vs Ireland Scorecard

By TheSportsNEXT

 

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 19, 2012: Australia defeated Ireland by seven wickets in their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) on Wednesday as Shane Watson did the job with both and ball to demolish the Irish opponents.

ICCWT20: Hot Shane Watson guides Australia to easy win over Ireland

By Fathima Zanaida

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 19, 2012: A clinical and professional all-round performance by Shane Watson helped Australia breeze to 7 wickets victory over Ireland in their opening Group B match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday.

Who is the best T20 player in last two years?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) September 17, 2012: The LG ICC Awards didn't award a T20 player of the year. I think that they should have. So I have worked out the best performances in the past two cricket seasons (since the last World T20), which was held exactly two years ago.

Indians, Aussies are the best paid cricketers: Forbes

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI (TheSportsNext) July 28, 2012: Indian and Australian players are the best paid cricketers in the latest list published by the Forbes Magazine.

The top five spots in the Forbes Magazine’s list of best-paid cricketers are occupied by Indian cricketers including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir  (third highest-paid, 7.3 million US dollars) and Virat Kohli (fourth, 7.1 million US dollars).