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Media storm ... Dropped Test star Shane Watson arrives back in Sydney from India. Source: Stephen Cooper / News Limited
Shane Watson has fired back at Australia high-performance manager Pat Howard, saying he and Michael Clarke have a strong relationship that goes back to when they were 12 years old.
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Watson landed in Sydney on Tuesday night after leaving the Test squad in India in the wake of being stood down by coach Mickey Arthur for failing to complete some homework.
The Australia vice-captain accepted he had done the wrong thing after mistakenly thinking the review was to be done in the lead up to the third Test in Mohali.
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Howard had earlier said that Watson was a "sometime" team player and that he and Clarke had some issues to work out.
However, Watson was adamant he and Clarke have a strong relationship that is stronger than Howard understands after only being appointed a year and a half ago.
"Pat Howard doesn't know me particularly well," he said.
"In the end, the way relationships work there's ups and downs. I've played against and with Michael Clarke since I was 12 and there's a lot of history there.
"Things are going really well with myself and Michael, Pat Howard has only come on board in the last year and a half ... he hasn't been in and around cricket for very long.
"Myself and Michael go back a little more than a year and a half and I actually talked to Michael when I got off the plane because he obviously heard the comments that Pat made."
Watson said bluntly said "yes" when asked if he was disappointed in Howard's comments.
Watson remained strong in his view that to have a Test match taken away from him was "extremely harsh".
But it allowed him to return to Australia to be with his pregnant wife, Lee Furlong.
"I think it is extremely harsh to be suspended for a Test match for your country, in any circumstance," he said.
"I expressed my opinions to the leadership group ... I have a very open relationship with all of the guys. I expressed my extreme disappointment with the decision.
"It means I can come home to something very exciting in my life. At this point in time I'm only thinking about the safe arrival of our baby."
Howard held a press conference on Tuesday, saying Watson and Clarke didn't get on.
"They have normal difficulties that anybody has in a relationship," said Howard.
"I'm not going to get drawn into that conversation, the captain and vice-captain have got to sort their issues out.
Watson said he wasn't in the leadership group but didn't talk about his future in the sport.
"Look, I'm not in the leadership group, at least I wasn't in the leadership group for that decision," he said.
"They obviously thought that was the right decision for the team at this point. I accept I did the wrong thing but I will always find it hard to accept being suspended for a Test match for your country.
"I've missed a lot of games for my country because of injury in my career. When that's taken away from you you'd think the actions that had that taken away from you would have to be pretty severe."
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