Nevertheless, from the 2nd half of 2009, he did act as Australian Test opening batsman, along with Simon Katich. Watson earned the Allan Border Medal two times in a row (once in 2010 and again in 2011) thus becoming the second one (after Ricky Ponting) to win back-to back Allan Border Medals. In 2012, he was declared man of the series in the T20 World Cup for reaching a total of 249 with an average of 49.80, while taking 1 wickets with the ball. As for his personal life, Watson is happily married with Lee Furlong, a Fox Sports Australia presenter. They got married on June 3rd 2010.