{
    "id": "5695",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "Mark Waugh backs Watson",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "0",
    "cup_year": "2000",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "Cricket Australia (CA) national selector Mark Waugh has backed under-pressure all-rounder",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, Dec 30 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) national selector Mark Waugh has backed under-pressure all-rounder Shane Watson to return to form, but said time is running out for him to score runs.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\r\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">Scorecard - India vs Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 33-year-old hasn&rsquo;t scored a Test century in 12 months, and after a lean series with the bat against India, his spot in the side has once again come under scrutiny.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think he gives great balance to the side. Without Mitchell Marsh there, he gives balance as the fourth seamer,&quot; Waugh was quoted as saying by CA website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We know he&rsquo;s a No.3 batsman and he&rsquo;s in the team to get runs, but I think the balance is really affected if he&rsquo;s not there.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But the former right-handed opener said that Watson should start scoring runs as time is fast running out on him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think he&rsquo;s on the cusp of a good innings, but he&rsquo;s running out of time. He&rsquo;s got to do it shortly, and he&rsquo;d be very frustrated with what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;You&rsquo;ve got to improve the team if you&rsquo;re going to change the side.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;That&rsquo;s what you&rsquo;ve got to weigh up as a selector, and you weigh up the value of each player to the team and what they bring to the side, and Shane Watson does bring a lot to the side, albeit he would be frustrated.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Waugh also advised Watson to capitalise on the starts he is getting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;When you&rsquo;re getting 50s and 20s that&rsquo;s when you need to convert. You&rsquo;re going to get a good ball every now and then and you can&rsquo;t do much about that, but you&rsquo;ve got to cash in when you&rsquo;re going well.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mark-waugh1.jpg",
    "alt_img": "mark waugh",
    "alt_title": "mark waugh",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "Mark Waugh backs Watson",
    "seo_desc": "Cricket Australia (CA) national selector Mark Waugh has backed under-pressure all-rounder",
    "seo_keywords": "Mark Waugh has backed under-pressure all-rounder Shane Watson",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "0",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "mark-waugh-backs-watson",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "6429",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "0",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2015-02-09 17:53:00",
    "updated": "2015-02-09 17:53:00",
    "img_from": "",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": null,
    "livescore_text": null,
    "livescore_link": null,
    "btn_text": null,
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2015-02-09 17:53:00",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2015-02-09 17:53:00",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/mark-waugh-backs-watson-5695"
}