Top 10 Australian ODI openers of all time

Australia v India: Semi Final - 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup

#7 Shane Watson

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Shane Watson, the first Australian to score tons in all three formats of the game, opened the innings in 95 ODIs between 2006 and 2013.

The highest-paid non-Indian cricketer in the world for five consecutive years (2011 to 2015), scored 3,882 runs at an average of 45.13, including seven centuries and 25 fifties.

Watto's highest ODI score of 185* against Bangladesh is the top individual 'not out' score in an innings by an Australian.

In his record-breaking innings at Dhaka in 2011, Watson also ended up hitting 15 sixes, most in a single outing by an Australian.

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