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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sydney, Oct 21 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Shane Watson Tuesday said after battling five months with a calf injury he is now primed for a huge summer of international cricket.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Watson will make his international return following a long absence against South Africa in a Twenty20 (T20) international Nov 5 at the Adelaide Oval.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The match kicks off a lengthy international schedule for Australia running until late March, extending through a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series with the Proteas, a four-Test series against India, a triangular ODI series involving India and England, and finally the 2015 World Cup at home.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">It is an arduous schedule and Watson says he is very well prepared, despite struggling often during his career with injury.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;I have had time to freshen up and it has made me very excited to be playing again,&rdquo; Watson, was quoted as saying by The Australian newspaper Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;I had a really big day at training yesterday as well as bowling off my long run, so it has been a really good build-up over the last couple of weeks.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;To be able to start with T20 cricket and lead into the other forms is a nice way to be able to build up my endurance over the next couple of weeks and couple of months leading into the summer.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Watson said the rest should have him firing at the high points of the summer, including the World Cup.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;I am very fresh at the moment, this certainly is a very long summer,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t played any cricket up until this point so I will be fresh going into the time when I am going to have to make the most of my freshness especially at the back end of the summer, towards the back end of the World Cup.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;The most important thing is to be performing over the next couple of months to give myself a chance to stay in the summer for the whole time.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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