I wanted to hit as many sixes or get out: Watson (Lead)
April 11th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANSDhaka, April 11 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Shane Watson Monday said he ended up smashing a record 15 sixes as he was getting tired in the middle and either wanted to go for his shots or get out.
Watson’s sixes were part of his stupendous innings of 185 as Australia posted a nine-wicket victory against Bangladesh in the second One-day International here at the Shere Bangla Stadium.
“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,” Watson told reporters here.
“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 broke the record of West Indies’ Xavier Marshall, who hit 12 sixes against Canada in 2008.
The opening batsman was in ominous form as he also struck 15 fours in his 96-ball innings.
This means he scored a phenomenal 150 runs off just 30 balls and the remaining 66 balls he faced fetched him 35 runs.
Watson, with his devastating knock here, also surpassed the highest score by an Australian in ODIs. Matthew Hayden’s 181 not out against New Zealand at Hamilton in 2007 was the previous best.
It was Watson’s sixth ODI hundred and it came of just 69 balls, the third fastest by an Australian.
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