Australian cricket star Shane Watson brings T20 Cricket World Cup to Broome on international tour

The T20 men’s cricket World Cup trophy touched down in Broome on August 26 on the fourth leg along its international tour. Australian test cricket legend and T20 trophy tour ambassador Shane Watson has been travelling with the trophy to promote the sport as the 2022 ICC T20 men’s World Cup approaches. Starting in Melbourne on July 8, Watson has travelled to Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Cairns, Uluru and Darwin and will travel with the trophy to Perth before it visits Nepal. “We’re here to show people the trophy, get the awareness out there and build momentum in the lead up to the men’s T20 World Cup starting,” he said. “All the best players are wanting to dominate a World Cup event so it’s going to be a very special tournament to be able to watch. “There’s going to be so many incredible games with the best players in the world taking each other on with some of the best wickets and the best grounds in this part of the world.” This year marks the first time the competition will be held in Australia with 16 nations playing 45 games across all Australian capital cities except Darwin. The Australian T20 men’s team will be defending the cup after winning their maiden title in the United Arab Emirates last year against New Zealand with England, India and Pakistan expected to be the Australian team’s main contenders this year. Watson said it was a special year of the T20 World Cup for Australia this year, being the defending champions and hosting the competition on home turf. “It wasn’t until last year that the boys were able to bring it all together at the back end of the tournament and beat New Zealand in the finals, so it’s an incredible achievement,” he said. “And now to be able to bring the tournament to Australia, defending the T20 World Cup on home soil is going to be very special for those guys, it doesn’t happen really very often at all.” The ICC men’s T20 World Cup starts on October 16 and the final will be held at the MCG on November 13.