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'I feel crazily lucky to have lived out my dream': Former Australia all-rounder and two-time Cricket World Cup winner Shane Watson announces his retirement at 39

Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced his retirement from cricket.

The 39-year-old, whose international career ended in 2016, has most recently been playing for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

For Australia, he played in 59 Tests, scoring 3,731 runs and taking 75 wickets, 190 one-day internationals and 58 Twenty20s.

Shane Watson (left) has announced his retirement from cricket at the age of 39

His 185 against Bangladesh in 2011 is Australia's highest men's individual ODI score.

Watson, who was dogged by fitness problems during his career, took part in five Ashes campaigns, which included four losses to England and victory in the 2013/14 series by a whitewash.