Shane Watson retires from international cricket

Shane Watson has announced his retirement from international cricket on 24th March 2016.
•    Watson had already retired from Test cricket at the end of last year's Ashes tour of England.
•    He reached No.1 on the ICC's T20 international batting rankings and spent two years as the No.1 allrounder
•    In ODIs he also reached No.1 as an all-rounder in 2011, and peaked at No.3 as a batsman.
•    Watson is one of only seven men in history to have achieved the double of 10000 runs and 250 wickets in international cricket across all three formats.
•    The others are Steve Waugh, Carl Hooper, SanathJayasuirya, Jacques Kallis, ShahidAfridi and Chris Gayle. 
•    He also captained Australia in all three forms, adding T20s to his list in January against India, his 124 not out in that game being the highest T20 international score by a captain.
•    He played in three World Cup campaigns and was part of Australia's triumphs in 2007 and 2015.