After Jayasuriya and Yusuf, Shane Watson gets a call for Home ODI Team
June 4th, 2008First it was Jayasuriya to get a call back to the Sri lanka One day squad - and then Yusuf Pathn who got a berth in the India One-day international Team. Now it is the turn of Shane Watson to get selected in the Australian ODI team.
Cricket Australia , Chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch is said to have considered both Watson’s domestic performance and the cracking form in the Indian premier League (IPL). Shane, who played for Rajsthan Royals bagged the Man of the Series award and scored a total of 472 with an average of 47.2 - also, his bowling performance was phenomenal with a total of 17 wickets at an economy rate of 7.08.
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On the other side, unconfirmed reports say that the Pakistan board is re-considering to wave the ban on Shoaib Akhtar both for his performance in IPL where he played for the Knight Riders as also the absence of Pak Bowler Asif who recently got arrested for possession of drug in Dubai Airport.
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