CA unable to restrict Watson's IPL role Busy: Shane Watson has overseas commitments. Cricket Australia is obliged to relinquish Shane Watson to his Indian Premier League franchise for next month's $6 million Champions League in the first of several obstacles to its home Ashes preparation. Before the first Test starts in Brisbane on November 21, Australia play six one-day internationals and two T20s in England, and seven one-day games and a T20 in India. In between is the added complication of the Champions League. Players who have qualified for more than one team, as Watson and Mitchell Johnson have for Rajasthan and Mumbai, respectively, as well as Big Bash team Brisbane Heat, are obliged to represent the Indian team. The Heat will receive $300,000 in compensation. Watson's Champions League commitments caused great angst last year, when CA upset the Sydney Sixers by insisting he return to prepare for the home season. He ended up breaking down before the first Test against South Africa and endured a second injury-affected summer in succession. CA sent bowling coach Ali de Winter to the Champions League last year to manage the Australian Test players, and is expected to come up with a similar plan this time. The temptation will be to rest Test stars such as captain Michael Clarke and Watson before the Ashes, but that presumably would not go down well with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.