"He is a great player and an all-rounder and we wanted such a player, " stated co-owner Priety Zinta.
"Young players won't want to be an all-rounder if they see how quickly you get worn out, " he added.
Watson is an all-rounder who has already represented his country in limited-overs internationals.
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"Johnny is an all-rounder, he has the right look, he sings well, dances well and is perfect for the role, " said Shaw at a press conference.
Former Warwickshire skipper Neil Smith, who played alongside the Barbadian in 2001, feels Drakes can make a real impact in the World Cup - as an all-rounder.
Watson is in the touring squad as an all-rounder but also as an alternative opening batsman, despite having only limited experience at the top of the order.
But having played with the GS III for a little while, I got the sense that it could be an all-rounder of a superphone that -- like the Galaxy line itself -- steadily builds an avid following.
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She is more of an all-rounder than Estelle Morris , a former teacher who looks like a girl guide but is as tough as an old blackboard and has done a good job of taking on the teachers' unions as a minister in the Department of Education and Employment.
An attacking all-rounder, he now has a chance to grab a place in India's squad for March's World Cup.
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One man who knows all about the rigours of an Indian tour is Somerset all-rounder Ian Blackwell, who was part of the team beaten 5-1 in 2006.
Worcestershire say no action will be taken following an incident after Surrey all-rounder Batty was out.
Having been roundly castigated for failing to give Andrew Symonds caught behind on day one - the all-rounder went on to hit an unbeaten 162 - he awarded the Australian a tenuous appeal for a catch at the wicket which ended Dravid's innings.
No one could have imagined the player Philander would become when he was initially brought into the side in 2007 as an unproven one-day all-rounder.
In addition to the return of Adams, there was an opportunity for England U-19 all-rounder Liam Dawson.
The all-rounder put on an unbeaten 56 with Matt Prior (27 not out) to help England to 236-5 at the close.
Northants have also signed batting all-rounder Vishal Tripathi on an initial three-month deal.
Australian batsman Mark Cosgrove smashed 1, 000 championship runs, all-rounder Jim Allenby took an impressive 40 wickets while he also scored in excess of 900 runs.
But the all-rounder has since had an influential role in the current Ashes battle, taking 5-92 on the final day to inspire victory at Lord's which gave England a 1-0 lead, and top-scoring for the team with 74 in the draw at Edgbaston.
Bravo was finally clean bowled by a sharply turning Hauritz delivery, but all-rounder Darren Sammy played an inventive cameo, twice lofting the off- spinner over long-off for six and with Nash returning to share an unbroken 63, the much-maligned Windies finished the day in reasonable shape.
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Spinner Swann has an issue with a muscle in his ribcage and all-rounder Collingwood, another of the regular one-day bowlers, has a long-standing problem with his lower back which has flared up again.
Strauss will hope to have Andrew Flintoff available for the first Test, after the all-rounder continues to recover from an injury to his left side, with the former England captain bowling the equivalent of six overs at Warner Park before play on the third day.
An inquest has recorded a verdict of accidental death on former England all-rounder and BBC Test Match Special commentator Trevor Bailey.
But the left-hander lost Test team-mate Brendan Nash soon after, while all-rounder Dave Bernard crashed three boundaries before inside edging an attempted cover drive into the gloves of Foster for his third catch of the innings.
The Australian-born all-rounder praised the resilience of his batsmen, who played out the innings against an England attack featuring pacemen Steve Harmison, Liam Plunkett and Sajid Mahmood.
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The all-rounder, who will retire from Tests at the end of this series because of an ongoing knee injury, took 5-92 in his final Lord's Test on Monday.
All-rounder Watson has come in for some criticism recently but provided the perfect riposte with an unbeaten 96 to leave him within touching distance of his first Test century.
Having lost all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to a side strain at the end of the first day, England suffered an early blow on day two as first-innings top-scorer Owais Shah was ruled out because of an eye problem.
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