Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that he decided to hit out against Bangladesh and score his record breaking unbeaten 185 because he was tired.
Watson said the stifling humidity in Dhaka prompted his extraordinary attack here on Monday.
The opener hammered a world-record 15 sixes in his unbeaten 185 off 96 balls as Australia defeated Bangladesh by nine wickets to gain an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
In reply to Bangladesh's score of 229 for the loss of seven wickets, Australia scored 232 for the loss of a wicket.
West Indies batsman Xavier Marshall previously held the record after hitting 12 sixes against Canada in 2008.
Fox Sports quoted Watson, as saying: "In the end, I'm not comparing myself to anyone. It doesn't worry me if there's someone better than me or ranked higher than me."
He added: "I'm just trying to get the best out of myself I possibly can."
"The reason I kept going after reaching 100 is because I was tired and didn't really want to run too much. I was either going to try to hit as many sixes as I could or get out, that was as simple as it was," said Watson, 29.
"It's just one of those days when everything you try comes out of the middle of the bat," he said.
Watson's knock was also the highest by an Australian in one-day internationals, surpassing Matthew Hayden's 181 not out against New Zealand in Hamilton four years ago.
He also had a chance of breaking Hayden's record 66-ball century, the fastest by an Australian in one-dayers.
"I don't know exactly how many balls Hayden faced," said Watson, who took 69 balls to complete his hundred.
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