By Laine Clark
November 24th 2009 @ 3:19am
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By his own admission, Shane Watson has said it all before ahead of previous Australian summers. Yes, he is confident his injury-plagued body is finally right. No, he doesn’t expect any more setbacks.
And yep, he’s ready to reach his full potential as an all-rounder.
What makes it different this time is that Watson has been backing [...]
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