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    Default Shane Watson makes ODI history in big win ovder Bangladesh

    OPENER Shane Watson says tired legs inspired the history-making explosion of big-hitting which carried him to Australia's highest ever individual score in one-day international cricket.

    Watson blasted an unbeaten 185 in 96 balls, as Australia chased down a target of 230 with 24 overs and nine wickets to spare against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

    His 15 sixes were the most by any player in an innings, as was his 150 runs in boundaries, which also included 15 fours.

    Watson's percentage of his team's score (79.7 per cent) of 1-232 was also the highest by any player in history, surpassing West Indian master blaster Viv Richards (69.48 per cent).

    After posting his ton in 69 balls - the third-fastest by an Australian - he hit five more fours and nine more sixes, including four in succession off left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo.

    The blond allrounder said the motivation for his unprecedented hitting spree was simple.

    "I got to a point where I got pretty tired, it was hot and humid out there so I didn't really want to have to run too much," he said.

    That also explained why his spectacular display of brutality with the bat built to a crescendo - with four sixes and two fours in his last 10 balls faced.

    "I was either going to try to hit as many sixes as I could, or get out, because I was pretty tired, that was as simple as it was," Watson said.

    The last of his sixes took him past Matthew Hayden's previous Australian scoring record of 181 not out, with former captain Ricky Ponting hitting the winning runs two balls later.

    But Watson said he had not remembered exactly what Hayden's previous record was.

    "I'm not out there to break records." he said.

    Watson's onslaught began immediately the innings started, hitting 53 of his 62-run opening stand with Brad Haddin (eight).

    He then scored 132 of his 170-run unbroken partnership with Ponting (37 from 42 balls), who was happy to be completely overshadowed.

    "It made my job easy, I just had to get a single to give him strike," Ponting said.

    "This was an amazing innings. Some of those sixes would have cleared any boundary in the world. It probably won't sink into us for a while how good that was."

    Earlier, Mitchell Johnson took three wickets as Bangladesh made what seemed a competitive 7-229, helped by wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim's 81 not out from 80 balls.

    Australia dropped out-of-form middle-order batsman Cameron White, replaced by Callum Ferguson, but it proved irrelevant as Watson's heroics meant Ferguson did not get to bat.

    Australia leads the series 2-0, with the final game on Wednesday.
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    Amazing performance from any cricketer thank god he's an Aussie
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    That was the craziest hitting ive ever seen

    I watched the replay this morning
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    Unbeaten...what could he have scored if he had more to chase?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaos View Post
    Unbeaten...what could he have scored if he had more to chase?
    Assuming he didn't get out... 300+

    Amazing effort considering the highest ODI score ever is 200.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark555 View Post
    I saw this video in which the Shane Watson hit many sixes and I had never seen such a wonderful performance before. Nice Job.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark555 View Post
    I saw this video in which the Shane Watson hit many sixes and I had never seen such a wonderful performance before. Nice Job.
    I ain't clicking on the 'buy' bit

    I don't think anyone else should either

    Terrible English so although tempted to see what site it is I am not going there..

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