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Ashes build-up: Watson hits back at Wood's bouncer taunt

<p>Australia's Shane Watson shrugged off bouncer taunts from England fast bowler Mark Wood and retaliated by issuing his own Ashes warning to the Durham quick</p>

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Colchester (UK): Australia's Shane Watson shrugged off bouncer taunts from England fast bowler Mark Wood and retaliated by issuing his own Ashes warning to the Durham quick.

Shane Watson
Shane Watson 

With just over a week until the first Test starts in Cardiff, Wood, in a BBC radio interview broadcast Sunday, recalled how he was instructed to bowl bouncers at Watson by the all-rounder's then Australia team-mate Michael Hussey during a net session on the 2009 tour of England. The Durham paceman, who took nine wickets in the recent two-Test series against New Zealand after making his debut at Lord's, said Watson had dismissively labelled him a "net hero" and said he "would love to have a go at me".

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