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Steve Waugh

Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born 2 June 1965) is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Waugh is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time.[1][2][3][4] Waugh was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup. As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004, he led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in history with 41 victories and a winning ratio of 72%.[5]

Steve Waugh

AO
Waugh in 2002
Personal information
Full name
Stephen Rodger Waugh
Born (1965-06-02) 2 June 1965 (age 58)
Campsie, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameTugga, Ice Man
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleMiddle-order batter
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 335)26 December 1985 v India
Last Test2 January 2004 v India
ODI debut (cap 90)9 January 1986 v New Zealand
Last ODI3 February 2002 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.5
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1984/85–2003/04New South Wales
1987–1988Somerset
1998Ireland
2002Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 168 325 356 436
Runs scored 10,927 7,569 24,052 11,764
Batting average 51.06 32.90 51.94 37.70
100s/50s 32/50 3/45 79/97 13/67
Top score 200 120* 216* 140*
Balls bowled 7,805 8,883 17,428 11,245
Wickets 92 195 249 257
Bowling average 37.44 34.67 32.75 33.49
5 wickets in innings 3 0 5 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/28 4/33 6/51 4/32
Catches/stumpings 112/– 111/– 273/– 150/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2004
Medal record

Born in New South Wales, with whom he began his first-class cricket career in 1984, he captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004, and was the most capped Test cricket player in history, with 168 appearances, until Sachin Tendulkar of India broke this record in 2010. Waugh was the world number 1 all-rounder in both Test[6] and One Day International (ODI) cricket[7] until back issues forced him to give up bowling. He concentrated only on batting and went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time.[8] He is one of only thirteen players to have scored more than 10,000 Test runs.

He was named Australian of the Year in 2004[9][10] for his philanthropic work, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010.[11]

Waugh has been included in a list of one hundred Australian Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia, awarded the Order of Australia and the Australian Sports Medal. Known as an attacking and sometimes ruthlessly efficient captain,[12] Described in 2003 as a "cold-blooded, scientific" leader, cricket columnist of The Times Simon Barnes noted that "Waugh wants to defeat you personally."[13] At the end of his final Test match, Waugh was carried by his teammates in a lap of honour around the Sydney Cricket Ground.[14] In a fan poll conducted by the CA in 2017, he was named in the country's best Ashes XI in the last 40 years.[15]

Early and personal life Edit

Born at Canterbury Hospital in Campsie, a suburb in South-Western Sydney on 2 June 1965, Waugh was one of twin boys born to Rodger and Beverley Waugh. He arrived four minutes before Mark, who went on to play cricket for Australia alongside him. Their father was a bank official and his mother was a teacher within the New South Wales Department of Education.[16] The family settled in the South-Western Sydney suburb of Panania.[17] The twins were later joined by two more brothers, Dean (who also went on to play first-class cricket in Australia) and Danny (who played first grade cricket for Sydney University Cricket Club).[18][19] From an early age, the parents introduced their children to sport.[20][21] By the age of six, the twins were playing organised soccer, tennis and cricket. In their first cricket match, the brothers were both dismissed for ducks.[22]

The twins came from a sporting family. Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the North Coast town of Bangalow, Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league.[23] He was about to join Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League, but had to give up his career due to family reasons.[20] Rodger was Edward's only son and was promising tennis player, who was ranked eighth in Australia in his junior years and was the state champion at under-14 level.[20] On the maternal side, Bev was a tennis player who won the under-14 singles at the South Australian Championships. Her eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and remains the leading runscorer in the club's history.

The twins made their first representative cricket team when they were selected for the Bankstown District under-10s at the age of eight.[24] In 1976, the twins were the youngest ever to be selected in the New South Wales Primary Schools' soccer team. Playing for Panania Primary School, the twins swept their school to win the Umbro International Shield, a statewide knockout soccer competition, scoring all of their team's three goals in the final.[25] They were a key part of their school's consecutive state cricket championships,[25] and were part of the school tennis team that came second in the state in their final year.[26] In his final year, Steve was the vice-captain of the cricket team and captained the state soccer team.[21][26] The twins were instrumental in New South Wales winning the cricket carnival without a defeat, in one match combining in a partnership of 150.

By this time, the increasing time demands led to conflicts between the sports, and were in one case delisted from a team due to a conflict of commitments.[26] The twins progressed to East Hills Boys Technology High School, which had a history of producing Australian international representatives in a number of sports.[27]

Aged 13, the twins were invited by their uncle Bourne, then the captain of Bankstown's first grade team, to trial for the club's under-16 team for the Green Shield, and both were selected. Aged fourteen, both made their senior grade cricket debut in 1979–1980, playing in the Fourth XI. The twins broke into East Hills Boys First XI in the same season,[28] and achieved the same level in soccer.[29] In 1980–81 the brothers were elevated to the Third XI mid-season.[30]

The brothers often formed a two-man team—in one match taking 16/85 between them.[31] At the end of 1980, the twins were selected in the state under-16 team for the national carnival.[32] The pair changed soccer teams to play in the reserve grade for Sydney Croatia in the state league being paid small amounts in the professional league. However, they quickly left as their cricket careers increasingly demanded more time.[33]

The brothers were promoted to Bankstown's Second XI,[33] before being selected for the First XI in the 1982–83 season, aged 17, both making their debut against Western Suburbs. However, Waugh was dropped back to the Second XI,[34] He was regarded as an aggressive player, something that characterised his early international career.[21]

The twins finished high school at the end of 1983.[35] In 1983–84, both were members of New South Wales Combined High Schools and the state under-19 team.[36] Waugh made 170 against Great Public Schools.[37] The brothers were then selected for Australia for the first time. They had been named in the national under-19 team to play a Test and ODI series against the touring Sri Lankan counterparts.[35]

The under-19 series pitted several future international players against one another.[38] Waugh scored 187 in the Third Test at Melbourne as Australia won 1–0.[38] After leaving high school, Waugh enrolled in a teaching course, but withdrew after a few lectures.[37] He made his maiden First XI century during the season with tons against Sydney University and Waverley.[37]

At the start of the 1984–85 season, the brothers were included in the New South Wales state squad.[39]

At the end of the season, the twins signed a contract to spend the Australian winter to play for Egerton Cricket Club in the Bolton League in Lancashire. Each club was allowed to have one professional; Steve was officially designated as such but would split the earnings with Mark. The twins were billeted with a local family.[40]

However, during the year, an Australian rebel tour to South Africa was staged, breaking the boycott against the apartheid regime. Some players defected from the Australian Test team to play in South Africa. This resulted in Dave Gilbert being promoted to the national squad, forcing him to forfeit his Esso scholarship, which allowed him to play Second XI cricket in the County Championship.[41] Steve was selected to replace Gilbert with Essex, leaving Mark as the lone professional.[42]

In December 2017, his son, Austin Waugh, was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[43]

Domestic career Edit

Waugh made his first-class debut for New South Wales (NSW) in 1984–85,[37] batting at number nine and bowling medium pace.[44] In the Sheffield Shield final that season, he scored 71[37] while batting with the tail to help NSW to victory.

International career Edit

After ten first-class matches for NSW,[45] he made his Test debut against India in the 1985–86 season, in the Second Test at Melbourne. He scored 13 and 5 and took 2/36 in the first innings.[46][47] Failing to make a substantial score in the series (he tallied 26 runs in four innings), Waugh was retained for the subsequent tour of New Zealand. He had a good all-round match in the Second Test at Christchurch, making 74 and claiming 4/56, but his batting average was only 17.40 for the series, scoring 86 runs.[47] Waugh had more success in the one-day format during the season. He made his debut against New Zealand at the MCG and took 1/13 and a catch. He did not bat as the match was washed out.[48][49] He was retained for all of Australia's 12 matches in the triangular tournament, scoring 266 runs at 38.00 with two half-centuries, including a top score of 81 in the Australia Day victory over India.[48][49] He took seven wickets at 33.00.[48] Waugh was retained for all four ODIs on the tour of New Zealand, scoring 111 runs at 27.75 and taking four wickets at 39.75.[48][49]

The Australian selectors persisted with Waugh, and he toured India in 1986, despite having scored only 113 runs at 12.56 in his Test career.[47] During the three Tests, Waugh had limited opportunities and scored 59 runs for once out and took two wickets. At this stage of his career, Waugh bore a heavy workload as a bowler although he was ostensibly selected for his batting.[citation needed] He played in all six ODIs on tour, scoring 111 runs at 55.50 and taking seven wickets at 35.86.[48][49]

He bowled a long spell, taking 3/76, in the First Test against England at Brisbane in 1986–87, then scored 0 and 28 as Australia slumped to defeat. In the Second Test at Perth, he made 71 and had match figures of 5/159 including 5/69 in the second innings, then he scored 79 not out in the drawn Third Test at Adelaide. Scores of 49 and 73 in the last two Tests, gave him series figures of 310 runs (at 44.29) and ten wickets (at 33.60), a fighting effort in a team defeated 1–2. The win in the Fifth Test was the first time that Waugh was in a victorious Test team, in his 13th match.[47][50] Waugh played in all of Australia's 13 ODIs for the home season, scoring 372 runs at 37.20 with two half-centuries and taking 21 wickets at 21.80.[48][49] Waugh regularly performed with both bat and ball. In a match against Pakistan, he scored 82 and then took 4/48 but could not stop the visitors taking a one-wicket victory from the second last ball. He then scored 83* and took 2/30 in an Australia Day victory against England.[48][49] He was unable to maintain his form in the finals, scoring one and one and taking a total of 1/78 as England won 2–0.[48][49] Early in his international career, Waugh was a natural, uninhibited strokeplayer who liked to drive off the back foot. He could score quickly, but was inconsistent at Test level[51] and seemed better suited to ODI cricket.[52] In the shorter game, he often accelerated the scoring in the later overs of the innings. As a bowler, he was known for his astute change of pace and was the pioneer in inventing a carefully disguised slower ball bowled from the back of the hand,[52] and regularly sent down the final overs, when his astute change of pace was difficult to score from. Allan Border often used Waugh as a final overs specialist in crunch situations and at his peak as a bowler, Waugh was the top slog overs specialist bowler for any conditions.

1987 World Cup Edit

The 1987 World Cup, played on the Indian subcontinent, was the turning point of Waugh's career. Having scored 19* in the death overs against India in the first match, Waugh's tight bowling in the closing overs finished with his dismissal of Maninder Singh in the final over, which secured a one-run victory.[52] In the following match against Zimbabwe, Waugh scored 45 before conceding only seven runs in six overs of bowling as the Australians won by 96 runs.[48][49] In the following match against New Zealand, Waugh bowled the last over with the Kiwis requiring seven runs for victory: he restricted them to only three runs by taking two wickets in the over.[53] He ended with 2/36.[53][54]

In the second round robin rotation, Waugh took 1/59 and scored 42 in a 56-run loss to India, before taking 2/37 in a 17-run win over New Zealand. In Australia's final group match, Waugh scored 10* before taking 1/9 from four overs in a 70-run win over Zimbabwe. Australia qualified for the semi-finals and faced co-hosts Pakistan on their home soil in Lahore. Batting first, Waugh hit 16 from the final over of the innings in a cameo of 32*,[48][49] a match that Australia won by 18 runs.[52] In the final, he scored an unbeaten five in a brief innings at the end of the innings. He was a key player as Australia defended a target of 254 against England at Kolkata. He claimed the wickets of Allan Lamb and Phillip DeFreitas in the 47th and 49th overs as England stumbled towards the end of the run-chase. Australia won by seven runs to claim the World Cup for the first time.[52] Waugh compiled 167 runs at 55.66 and took 11 wickets at 26.18.[48] These performances in tight situations earned him the nickname of "Iceman".[50]

Breakthrough tour of England Edit

However, Waugh continued to be inconsistent in Test matches. He made only 194 runs at 32.33 in five Tests in 1987–88 against the touring New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka teams.[47] His bowling helped to keep him in the team, with nine wickets at 29.67.[47] Waugh's ODI form remained strong, playing in all of Australia's 11 ODIs for the season, scoring 226 runs at 32.29 and taking 18 wickets at 23.50. He scored one half-century and took a haul of 4/33 in one match against Sri Lanka.[48][49]

A Test tour of Pakistan in late 1988 was unproductive, with 92 runs at 18.40 with one half century and two wickets at 108.00.[47] In 1988–89 against the West Indies, Waugh mixed some batting failures with two entertaining innings of 90 and 91 on the faster pitches of Brisbane and Perth, respectively. He bowled a series of bouncers at Viv Richards at Brisbane and claimed 3/77 and 5/92 in the Third Test at Melbourne. Of Waugh's spell at Brisbane, Bill O'Reilly wrote:

The most significant incident of the Brisbane Test ... was the salutation young Steve Waugh served up, in the form of three consecutive bouncers, to visiting captain Viv Richards ... I took it immediately as an uncompromising message to the opposing skipper that Waugh was sick to death of the bouncer policy that the West Indies have for so long adopted as their standard method of attack.[55]

Waugh continued to perform strongly in the ODIs, scoring 270 runs as 38.57 and taking seven wickets at 49.42. His highest score and best bowling analysis occurred in the same match, taking 3/57 before scoring 54 against West Indies in Melbourne. Despite this, Australia still lost the match.[48][49]

Heading into the 1989 Ashes series, Waugh's batting average was 30.52 from 26 Tests.[56] In the three-match ODI series that preceded the Tests, Waugh scored 113 runs at 37.66 and took three wickets at 54.00.[48][49]

Waugh finally scored his maiden Test century, 177 not out in the First Test at Leeds. It was a free flowing innings marked by square driving, in just over five hours of batting which helped Australia set the platform for a win with a large first innings. He followed this with an unbeaten 152 in the Second Test at Lord's, adeptly shepherding his tailend partners to help Australia set up a winning 242 run lead in the first innings. He was not dismissed until the first innings of the Third Test for 43, by which time he had amassed 393 runs. Waugh scored 92 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in another win. He did not pass 20 in either of the last two Tests and finished the series with 506 runs at 126.5. He bowled less frequently, with only two wickets in the six Tests. It was on this tour that he first experienced back problems that would hinder his bowling. On the brief tour of India for the Nehru Cup ODI tournament that followed the Ashes series, Waugh played as a specialist batsman for the first time.[57] He scored 88 runs at 22.00 and did not bowl a ball.[48]

As Australia returned home for the 1989/90 international season. He scored 378 runs at 37.8 in the six Tests in Australia and the one-off Test in New Zealand. The highlight was an unbeaten 134 against Sri Lanka in the Second Test in Hobart. This followed twin half centuries in the First Test. His focus on batting saw him aggregate only 1/19 with the ball for the seven Tests. Thereafter his Test form tapered off.

The ODIs followed a similar pattern. Australia played ten ODIs on home soil during the season, followed by five in New Zealand.[49] After taking two wickets at 38.50 in the first three ODIs, Waugh did not bowl again for the season. After scoring only 99 runs at 19.80 in the first nine ODIs in Australia, Waugh was dropped for the Second Final against Pakistan, which Australia won.[48][49] He played in all five ODIs in New Zealand, making only 72 runs at 18.00.[48] He returned to the bowling crease in the Sharjah tournament, taking four wickets at 28.00 and scoring 98 runs at 49.00.[48]

In 1990, Waugh joined his twin brother Mark in an unbeaten partnership of 464 in 407 minutes for NSW against Western Australia (WA) at the WACA Ground, setting a world first-class record. Both teams were at full strength and WA's attack included Test bowlers Terry Alderman, Bruce Reid and Chris Matthews. The twins ended with 216 and 229 respectively.[58]

Omission Edit

He suffered a form slump during the 1990–91 Ashes series in Australia, and was dropped for the Fourth Test at Adelaide after making only 82 runs at 20.50.[47] He was replaced by his twin Mark, who scored a century on debut.[58]

However, Waugh remained a regular in the ODI team, playing in all ten ODIs, scoring 141 runs at 35.25 and taking seven wickets at 49.42.[48][49]

Recalled for the Third Test in Trinidad during the 1991 tour of the Caribbean, he and Mark became the first twins to play in a Test match together.[58] However, he failed to post a significant score and was dropped for the Fifth Test, Australia's only win for the series.

He played in all five ODIs and scored 86 runs at 28.66 and took five wickets at 30.60.[48][49]

Waugh remained out of the Test team for eighteen months and did not see action in the five-day format in 1991–92 season.[47] Nevertheless, Waugh played in all 18 ODIs for the season.[48][49] In the triangular series, he scored only 146 runs at 18.25 but consistently took wickets, with 16 scalps at 19.00.[48][49] As a result, he retained his position in the team for all eight of Australia's group matches in the subsequent 1992 Cricket World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand. He scored 187 runs at 26.71 and took eight wickets at 34.63.[48][49] He scored 55 and took 2/28 in a 128-run win over Zimbabwe as Australia failed to progress beyond the group stage.[48][49]

He returned as number three batsman for the 1992–93 home Test series against the West Indies, but his form was again moderate. His 228 runs at 25.33 was bolstered by a score of 100 in the Third Test in Sydney. Waugh called this "probably the most important hundred of my Test career ... word had reached me that if I didn't get runs, then I was going to be dropped".[59] He continued to be a fixture in the ODI team, playing in all ten matches and scoring 213 runs at 23.66 with one half-century and taking nine wickets at 39.22.[48][49]

Solid performances on the tour of New Zealand, where he scored 178 Test runs at 44.50, enabled Waugh to hold his position on the 1993 Ashes tour of England. He completed his tour with 120 runs at 30.00 and three wickets at 57.66 in the five ODIs.[48] The three-match ODI series in England preceded the Tests and Waugh scored 41 runs at 20.50 and took five wickets at 30.20.[48][49]

During the Test series, Michael Slater became the regular opener and Boon returned to the middle order. Waugh gained the number six position ahead of two promising Western Australians, Justin Langer and Damien Martyn. In the Fourth Test at Headingley, Waugh's 157 not out earned comparisons to his efforts in 1989 and he shared an unbroken stand of 332 with Allan Border.[60] He also scored half-centuries in the First and Fifth Tests and ended with 416 at 83.2 from limited opportunities – he played nine innings, only five of which were completed. Australia's top order batting dominated the English attack, and the tourists retained the Ashes 4–1.

New approach Edit

Returning to Australia, he solidified his position by scoring an unbeaten 147 against New Zealand in an innings victory in the Third Test at Brisbane, ending the series with 216 runs once dismissed.[47] He missed part of the 1993–94 triangular ODI tournament with New Zealand and South Africa due to a hamstring injury in late December, as well as the first two Tests against the South Africans. He returned for the end of the ODIs and ended with 141 runs at 23.50 and taking four wickets at 54.50.[48][49] Waugh played in the Third Test at Adelaide Oval in late January with Australia trailing 1–0.[61] He scored a 160 and took 4/26 as Australia won the Test and levelled the series.[47] He was named as the international player of the [Australian] season.

He took 5/28 and scored 86 in the Second Test of the return series in South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town to help Australia level the series 1–1 after losing the first at Wanderers in Johannesburg. Another half century saw him end with 195 runs at 65.00 and his bowling was at its most productive in five years, with 10 wickets at 13.00.[47] In the ODI series, he received the player of the series for his all-round efforts, which hauled Australia back from a deficit of 2–4 to draw the series at 4–4.[62] Waugh took 2/48 in the final match as Australia levelled the series by one run. He ended with 291 runs at 48.50 and five wickets at 56.40.[48][49]

At the conclusion of the tour, the Australian Cricket Board interviewed Waugh, along with David Boon, Mark Taylor and Ian Healy to discern their opinions on the direction of the team after the impending retirement of Allan Border as captain. In spite of Waugh's greater experience, Taylor was granted the captaincy, while Healy was made vice-captain.[63]

The new leadership took the team to Sri Lanka for the Singer World Series ODI tournament and then on a Test-playing tour of Pakistan.[49] Waugh scored 53 runs at 17.66 and took five wickets in 16.20.[48] On the latter tour, Waugh made 73 in the First Test, which Australia agonisingly lost by one wicket.[47] His 98 in the Second Test at Rawalpindi was notable for his survival against a hostile barrage of short-pitched bowling from Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He eventually fell when a bouncer struck his body and rolled onto the stumps.[64][65] A shoulder injury forced him out of the final Test, which Australia drew and therefore lost the series.[66] Waugh scored 153 runs at 38.25 with two half-centuries and took two wickets at 72.00 as Australia won the ODI tournament.[48][49]

During the 1994–95 Ashes series against England, he narrowly missed centuries in the Second and Fifth Test in Melbourne and Perth respectively, when he was 94 and 99 not out respectively when the last wicket fell.[47][67] In the second instance, his brother Mark was run out after a mix-up while running for the injured Craig McDermott.[68] It was an uneven series performance, scoring 94* and 26* in the Second Test and 99* and 80 in the Fifth, but not passing 20 in the six innings of the other three Tests. He ended the series with 345 at 49.28 and did not bowl for the entire series.[47] Waugh played only one ODI for the season, scoring a duck and not bowling a ball.[48] The season ended with short ODI tournament in New Zealand, which Australia won. Waugh scored 81 runs at 27.00 in four matches and did not bowl.[48][49]

Frank Worrell Trophy regained in 1995 Edit

The West Indies had been the bête noire of Australian cricket since winning the Frank Worrell Trophy in 1978. At the beginning of Australia's 1995 tour of the Caribbean, the West Indies had not lost a Test series since 1980,[69] and had not lost a Test series to Australia at home since 1973.[70][71] The Tests were preceded by an ODI series that was lost 1–4. Waugh scored 164 runs at 32.80 and took three wickets at 41.00.[48][49] In a low-scoring, four-Test series, Waugh compiled 429 runs at an average of 107.25 and claimed five wickets (for 62 runs)[47] to win the player of the series award; his twin Mark was the next best batsman with 240 runs at 40 average.

 
Curtly Ambrose, the West Indian bowler with whom Waugh had a much-publicised altercation during the 1995 Frank Worrell Trophy

Waugh was at the centre of a controversy during the First Test at Barbados when he claimed a low catch from Brian Lara in the first innings. Television replays were inconclusive, but suggested that the ball may have hit the ground. Lara, noted for accepting the word of the fielder without question, left the field.[72] Following his dismissal, the West Indies' batting collapsed, and Australia went on to win by ten wickets.[73] Waugh later faced accusations of dishonesty and cheating over the incident.[52]

After scoring 65 not out in the drawn Second Test at Antigua,[47] Waugh defied the Caribbean pacemen on a green pitch at Trinidad suited to their hostile bowling during the Third Test.[74] In the first innings, he scored an unbeaten 63 of Australia's 128 and had a mid-pitch confrontation with Curtly Ambrose.[52][75] After Waugh had evaded a bouncer from Ambrose, the pair exchanged glares. Waugh swore and told Ambrose to return to his bowling mark. An angry Ambrose had to be physically dragged away by his captain:[76] a photograph of this moment has become one of the iconic images of cricket in the 1990s. It symbolised the point when Australia was no longer intimidated by the West Indies. Waugh "showed he was prepared to put it all on the line", said Justin Langer, "in the toughest conditions [...] against probably the best fast bowler of our time. To stand up to him [Ambrose] and go toe to toe [...] gave us a huge boost."[69]

Nevertheless, the West Indies won the match and levelled the series. In the decider in Jamaica, Waugh took 2/14 in the West Indies' first innings of 265[47] and then arrived at the crease with Australia at 73 for three in reply.[77] He compiled a long partnership of 231 runs with his brother Mark, who was eventually out for 126.[58][78] Waugh was the last man to go, out for 200 after nine hours of batting. "Steve had made up his mind to bat and bat", wrote Paul Reiffel, "to stay out there and anchor the proceedings. [... H]e copped a lot of blows on his arms, chest and ribs. When he came back to the dressing room at the end of day two, we could see the spots and bruises on his body [...]. I remember when I walked in [...] he didn't say anything to me, but then he didn't need to. We all pretty much knew that we just had to support him."

"He was in a trance-like state. [... I]n the wee hours of the second morning, a security guard was found rifling through Steve's kit bag. That incident [...] didn't affect his concentration. It all [...] just went to show how strong a character he was."[69]

Waugh played patiently and reached his double century with an all-run four to fine-leg off a quicker ball from Carl Hooper. He was the last man out. With a large lead on first innings, Australia dismissed the opposition for a low score to win a crushing victory.[79]

After some post-win wassailing, Waugh retired to bed in his cricket whites, socks and baggy green. "[Y]ou could say that Steve's legacy gained a lot of momentum from his efforts at Jamaica", wrote Reiffel.[69]

No 1 batsman Edit

Waugh started the 1995–96 Australian season ranked as the world's leading Test batsman.[80] He made an unbeaten 112 as Australia defeated Pakistan in the First Test at Brisbane and scored 200 runs at 50.00 for the series.[47][75] Suffering an injury in December, he missed the First Test against Sri Lanka and part of the triangular ODI tournament, then returned for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne to score 131 not out.[81] Waugh returned during the latter stages of the triangular tournament, playing in the last four matches after missing the first six.[48][49] He scored his maiden ODI century, ten years after his ODI debut, with an unbeaten 102 against Sri Lanka in Melbourne. Despite this, Australia lost by three wickets. Waugh ended with 128 runs at 42.66 and did not take a wicket, bowling only four overs on his comeback from injury.[48][49] He helped Australia to a 3–0 result in the Test series by scoring 170 and 61 not out at Adelaide to end the series with 362 runs for once out. He also took 4/34 in the Third Test.[47][81]

During the 1996 Cricket World Cup on the subcontinent, Waugh scored 82 and featured in a 207-run partnership with his brother during Australia's first match against Kenya: an Australian record partnership at the World Cup. He made an unbeaten half-century in the quarter-final against New Zealand at Madras, sealing a successful run chase. However, he was less effective in the semi-final and final, failing to pass 20 on either occasion. Australia lost the final to Sri Lanka at Lahore.

After the World Cup, Geoff Marsh replaced Bob Simpson as coach.[82] The Australians started the new era with two ODI tournaments in Sri Lanka and India.[49] Waugh scored 366 runs at 40.66 with three half-centuries and took five wickets at 37.40 across nine matches.[48] The tour ended with a solitary Test against India in Delhi, where Waugh was the only Australian to make a half-century in a defeat.[47]

Waugh failed to make a century in the five Tests of the 1996–97 Australian season against the West Indies, scoring 255 runs at 36.42 with three half centuries.[47][52] He also missed the Second Test against the West Indies after injuring his groin while bowling in the First.

The injury meant that Waugh was only available for six of Australia's eight ODI matches in the annual triangular tournament. Waugh managed only 159 runs at 26.50 and only bowled three overs without taking a wicket as he came back from injury as Australia missed the finals.[47][48]

Waugh returned to form on the 1997 tour of South Africa, averaging 78.25. He scored 160 in the First Test at Johannesburg, compiling a 385-run partnership with Greg Blewett. They batted for the entire third day's play to set up an innings victory. Waugh then top scored with half-centuries in both innings of the Third Test, which Australia lost. After the team's vice-captain Ian Healy was suspended for throwing his bat after his dismissal,[83] Waugh replaced him as Mark Taylor's deputy.[81] Waugh continued his strong run in the seven ODIs, scoring 301 runs at 50.16 with four half-centuries. After scoring 50 and 50* in the first two matches, he scored 89 in a run chase in the sixth match as Australia sealed the series 4–2 with one over in hand. He then scored 91 in the last match in a vain run chase.[48][49]

On the 1997 Ashes tour, Australia started poorly with a 0–3 loss in the ODI series, with Waugh managing only 60 runs at 20.00.

This continued as Australia lost the First Test by nine wickets, drew the Second Test, then won the toss in the Third Test at Manchester. Gambling on batting first on green pitch, Australia slumped to 3/42 in the first hour when Waugh came out to bat. He made 108. Similarly, he began his second innings with Australia on 3/39 and scored 116. These two centuries in a low-scoring match won the game. Australia levelled the series and regained the initiative, retaining the Ashes with a 3–2 result. Waugh's only other notable score was 75, scored in the Fifth Test win at Nottingham, and he finished with 390 runs at 39 average for the series.

Captaincy Edit

Steve Waugh's record as captain
  Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win %
Test[84] 57 41 9 7 0 71.93%
ODI[85] 106 67 35 0 3 1 65.23%
Date last Updated: 2 September 2015

ODI captain Edit

Waugh took over the captaincy of the one-day side in 1997–98, after captain Mark Taylor and vice-captain Ian Healy, the two oldest players in the team were dropped[86] following Australia's failure to qualify for the Australian tri-nations tournament in the 1996–97 season.[citation needed] Planning began for a more modern team for the 1999 Cricket World Cup,[86] with the batting prowess of new wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist to prove critical. The new team made a difficult start, losing all four of its preliminary matches against South Africa[48][49] as Michael di Venuto, Tom Moody and Stuart Law were all tried as Mark Waugh's new opening partner.[87] Waugh himself struggled, scoring only 12 runs, including three ducks in his first six innings before scoring 45* in the last round-robin match to ensure Australia qualified for the finals ahead of New Zealand.[48][49]

However, with Gilchrist's elevation to opener in the finals series, Australia defeated the South Africans 2–1.[88] Waugh scored 53 and 71 in his two innings, and ended the series with 181 runs at 22.63. He bowled only four overs and took a solitary wicket in the series, which was his first ODI wicket in over a year.[48]

 
Stencil drawing depicting Steve Waugh

Waugh scored steadily in the 1997–98 Test season against New Zealand and South Africa, getting to 80 three times in six Tests without going on to a century and averaging 40.89; Australia won both series. He bowled more often than in the preceding few years and took six wickets at 17.33.

The southern hemisphere season ended with Waugh leading his first overseas tour, a four-match ODI tour of New Zealand. He scored 112 runs at 37.33 and took three wickets at 42.00 as the series was drawn 2–2.[48][49]

On the 1998 tour of India, he hit 80 in the Second Test at Calcutta, but missed the following Test due to injury. He ended with 152 runs at 38.

He recovered to lead in the triangular tournament in India. Australia won both games to Zimbabwe but lost both to India. However, Waugh's men turned the tables in the final to beat the Indians by four wickets. Waugh contributed with bat and ball, taking 2/42 and scoring 57. This was followed by a triangular tournament in Sharjah, where Australia won all four group matches against India and New Zealand. This time, the Indians turned the table to win the final by six wickets despite Waugh's 70.[48][49] Waugh totalled 254 runs at 28.22 and eight wickets at 33.50 for the two tournaments.[48]

Later in the year, he top scored with 157 in the First Test against Pakistan at Karachi, enabling Australia to force an innings victory and gain their first victory in the country for 39 years. It formed the basis of Australia's 1–0 series win, in which Waugh scored 235 runs at 58.75.

Waugh led the ODI team in a 3–0 sweep of Pakistan after the Tests, but he managed only 40 runs at 13.33.[48][49]

The following season, Waugh suffered hamstring injuries and missed the majority of the ODI tournament.[citation needed] In the two matches in which he played, Waugh made only a duck and 20 and Australia lost both matches.[48][49] Shane Warne led Australia to victory in his absence,[citation needed] winning eight of the remaining 10 matches.[49]

Waugh began the Ashes series with centuries in the First Test at Brisbane (112) and the Third Test at Melbourne but was criticised for taking singles off the first ball of the over, and exposing the tail-end batsmen to the strike. Stuart MacGill and Glenn McGrath fell to Darren Gough after one such instance as Australia collapsed in the second innings whilst chasing a small target. This criticism could be considered more than a little unfair, however, given his strong record overall of batting well with lower order batsman such as Merv Hughes, Jason Gillespie, Ian Healy, Shane Warne and even Glenn McGrath precisely by putting his faith in them. In the Fifth Test of the season, Waugh was involved in a century partnership with brother Mark for the second consecutive year. Again however, he fell within sight of triple figures for 96, while his brother reached his century. Australia won the Test and the series 3–1.

Struggles in the Caribbean Edit

Mark Taylor retired at the end of the 1998–99 season and Waugh replaced him as Test captain, beginning with a tour of the Caribbean. Australia was expected to win as the West Indies had just been whitewashed 5–0 by South Africa.[citation needed] After easily winning the First Test, Australia was stymied by West Indies skipper Brian Lara, who batted with Jimmy Adams for the entire second day of the Second Test. This led to a victory for the home side, and in the Third Test, Lara batted for the entire final day to secure an unlikely win by one wicket. This result placed Waugh under immense pressure and he made a controversial decision to drop Shane Warne from the team for the final Fourth Test.[citation needed] Australia won the final Test despite a third consecutive century from Lara, and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy 2–2.[89]

The subsequent ODI series between the two teams was drawn 3–3.[90] The series was notable for two incidents. In the fifth match at Georgetown, Guyana,[91] Waugh was facing the bowling of Keith Arthurton with his team needing four runs from the final over to win.[citation needed] He struck the last ball of the match into the outfield, and attempted three runs to tie the match.[91] A crowd invasion resulted in all the stumps being removed, with Waugh out of his ground when the ball was returned by the fielder. The match was declared a tie.[91] During the West Indies run-chase in the final match in Barbados, local batsman Sherwin Campbell was run out after he fell over because of a collision with the bowler (Brendon Julian) who was attempting to field the ball.[91] This resulted in a crowd riot and Waugh was nearly struck in the head with a glass bottle.[90] The match continued after Campbell was reinstated, but Waugh criticised the security and questioned the integrity of the match.

Waugh struggled in the lead-up to the World Cup, scoring 135 runs at 22.50 and taking two wickets at 33.00.[48]

1999 World Cup victory Edit

Australia then had a slow start to the 1999 World Cup in England. After a scratchy win against Scotland, Australia suffered defeats to New Zealand and Pakistan,[90] so they had to win their two remaining group matches (against Bangladesh and the West Indies), then all three "Super Six" matches to progress to the semi-finals: this meant seven consecutive matches without defeat to win the World Cup.[92] After defeating Bangladesh, Waugh and Michael Bevan were criticised for deliberately batting slowly in order to minimise damage to the net run rate of the West Indies. This would enhance Australia's chances: if the West Indies' run rate remained high, they would qualify ahead of New Zealand. Since the Australians had lost to New Zealand, it would be the Kiwis that carried two points through to the next phase if the West Indies was eliminated. If the West Indies proceeded, then Australia would carry over two points from the win.[93]

When questioned about the ethics of this manipulation at a press conference, Waugh retorted, "We're not here to win friends mate".[94] Having beaten India and Zimbabwe in their first two Super Six matches, Waugh saved his best for two must-win games against South Africa: he scored an unbeaten 120 against South Africa in the "Super Six" phase and 56 in the semi-final.[48] The latter match was tied and Australia progressed to the final,[95] where they crushed Pakistan by eight wickets to win the trophy.[96]

The World Cup victory did not immediately turn around Waugh's fortunes in the Test arena. The following tour to Sri Lanka continued the difficulties, when Australia lost the First Test in Kandy,[70] a result exacerbated by a horrific fielding collision between Waugh and Jason Gillespie. Waugh's nose made contact with Gillespie's shin as both attempted a catch. Gillespie suffered a broken leg[97] that sidelined him for 15 months,[citation needed] and Waugh had his nose broken.[97][98] Although Waugh returned for the following match,[97] the last two Tests were drawn due to interruptions from monsoonal weather.[citation needed] Waugh had a lean series with 52 runs at 17.33.[47] Waugh's team then travelled an inaugural Test against Zimbabwe at Harare. Australia won by ten wickets and Waugh's 151 not out was the first century in Tests between the nations.[97][99] After the team's return home, John Buchanan replaced Geoff Marsh as team coach.

World record of 16 consecutive Test victories Edit

The 1999–2000 Test season, his first as captain in a home series, saw further change as Gilchrist ousted Healy from the wicket-keeper's position.[97] With Gilchrist averaging over 50,[citation needed] the team went on to claim a clean-sweep of both Test series, 3–0 against Pakistan and India respectively.[100] Waugh had a lean stretch during the Pakistan series, scoring 58 runs at 14.50,[47] but his team won by margins of ten wickets, four wickets and an innings respectively.[70] Waugh returned to form in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval, scoring 150 in the first innings. Waugh only passed fifty once more in the series to end with 276 runs at 55.20.[47] Australia won all three Tests by comfortable margins of 285 runs, 180 runs and an innings respectively.[70]

After losing their first match, his team proceeded to win the season's triangular ODI tournament without further defeat. They then toured New Zealand and won the ODI series 5–1, losing their final match, which ended a world record of 14 consecutive ODI victories.[101] They then swept the Tests against New Zealand 3–0 in early 2000,[102] taking the Tests by 62 runs, six wickets and six wickets respectively.[47] Waugh led the way in the Second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington with an unbeaten 151 but otherwise did not pass 20, totalling 214 runs at 53.50.[47] His men had won all nine of their Tests during the southern hemisphere summer.[70]

His team continued their winning streak with an undefeated home season in 2000–01 when the West Indies were white-washed 5–0. The first two Tests were won by an innings,[47] and the Second Test at the WACA brought a twelfth consecutive Test victory, surpassing the record held by the 1980s West Indies team led by Clive Lloyd.[103] Waugh missed the Third Test with injury and Gilchrist led the team in his absence and kept the winning streak alive.[citation needed][47] Waugh returned for the last two Tests and scored centuries in the first innings of both Tests with 121* and 103 respectively,[47] which Australia won by 352 runs and six wickets respectively.[70] Waugh compiled 349 runs at 69.80.[47]

Waugh then led the Australians undefeated in the triangular ODI tournament against the West Indies and Zimbabwe, despite employing a rotation system which saw the team often understrength with players rested.[104]

Failure in India Edit

The only significant result that Australia had failed to achieve during Waugh's international career was victory in a Test series in India. Waugh began calling this the "Final Frontier"[105] as Australia had not won there since 1969–70.[106] Australia easily won the First Test at Mumbai by ten wickets to extend the winning sequence to 16.[107][108] India, looked set for defeat in the Second Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata after conceding a first innings lead of 274.[107] Waugh top-scored in the first innings with 110.[47] Waugh chose to enforce the follow-on, the only time that Australia had chosen to do so for more than five years.[70] However, VVS Laxman (281) and Rahul Dravid (180)[107] batted for the entire fourth day's play and set Australia a target of 384 on a dusty, spinning wicket. The Australians were unable to cope with the spin of Harbhajan Singh on the final day, and became only the third team to lose a Test after enforcing the follow-on.[109][110][111] Starting the final Test well, Australia's batting collapsed on the second morning, losing 6/26 after Waugh became the sixth batsman to be given out handled the ball—he pushed a ball from Harbhajan away from the stumps after being hit on the pads.[112][113] Waugh's pair of 47s was not enough as Harbhajan finished with 15 wickets in the match to lead India to a two-wicket win in another thrilling finish.[47][114][115]

Waugh's team regrouped and won a 4–1 series victory over England during the 2001 Ashes tour.[116] He scored 105 in the First Test at Edgbaston as the Australians started the series with an innings victory. Waugh did not pass 50 in the next two Tests,[47] but Australia won both by eight and seven wickets respectively to retain the Ashes.[70] However, Waugh pulled a calf muscle and missed the Fourth Test at Headingley which Australia lost.[117] In his final Test innings on English soil at The Oval, he combined with brother Mark (120) in a partnership of 197, and scored 157 not out.[117] Australia won by an innings to seal the series 4–1, with Waugh scoring 321 runs at 107.00.[116]

He was unable to maintain this form during the 2001–02 Australian season, failing to score a century in the six Tests against New Zealand and South Africa;[47] The first two Tests against New Zealand were drawn due to rain, and the Third also ended in a draw.[70][118] Waugh failed to pass double figures until scoring 67 in the second innings of the final Test, finishing the series with 78 runs at 19.50.[47]

Australia then went on to face South Africa, who were the second-ranked Test team in the world and were seen as the leading challengers to Australian supremacy.

Waugh managed only eight and 13 in the First Test,[47] but Australia managed to win by 246 runs in any case.[70] His best score of the series was 90 in the Second Test at the MCG.[47] His innings was ended by a run out decision, which the umpire did not refer to the video umpire. Waugh attracted criticism for not leaving the ground until he had watched a replay of the incident on the stadium's video screen.[citation needed] Australia powered to a nine-wicket win and then polished off a 3–0 sweep with a ten-wicket triumph in the Third Test at the SCG, with Waugh scoring 30.[47][70]

ODI captaincy changed Edit

 
Waugh's ODI career batting performance.The red bars indicate his innings, and the blue line the average of his 10 most recent innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which Waugh finished not out

Australia made an uncertain start to the 2001–02 VB Series, losing the first three of its preliminary matches. A rotation policy designed to ease the workload on older players while giving younger players experience appeared to unsettle the team, and was scrapped. Following this decision, Australia won four of the last five matches, but failed to qualify for the finals for only the third time in 23 years. In their final match, Australia needed a win and a bonus point against South Africa as New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, in retaliation to Waugh's tactics in the World Cup, had conceded a bonus point to South Africa in the previous match.[119] The team's performance caused a reaction similar that of 1997. With an eye toward the next World Cup, the selectors dropped the Waugh brothers and handed the captaincy to Ricky Ponting. Waugh made his displeasure at the decision public and stated a desire to regain his place in the side.[120]

Continuing as Test captain, Waugh led the team to a 2–1 victory in South Africa to retain Australia's ranking as the number one team.[citation needed][70] Australia crushed the hosts in the First Test by an innings and 360 runs, won the Second Test by four wickets, before losing the last.[70] His own form was poor,[121] with 95 runs at 19.00.[47] He left the tour once the ODI series began. Arriving in Australia alone, he faced media questioning over his playing future. Waugh's reply was, "We've just beaten the next best team in the world 5–1, and all you want to talk about is getting me out of the team."

The speculation continued about the future of both Waugh brothers in the lead up to the Test series against Pakistan played in mid-2002.[122] The matches were hosted in the United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka, due to security concerns following a bomb blast inside Pakistan.[123] Australia had a crushing 3–0 win, winning the two latter matches by an innings,[70] but the Waughs had little influence on the result. However, Steve hit 103 not out in his last innings of the series, after scoring consecutive ducks.[47] This may have saved his career; his brother was dropped for the 2002–03 Ashes series and promptly announced his retirement from international cricket.[124]

Despite his team being well on top, Waugh struggled in the early part of the Ashes series and he scored only 106 runs in four innings in the first three Tests.[47] It mattered little to the match results; Australia crushed England in the First Test by 384 runs and proceeded to record consecutive innings victories.[70] In the Fourth Test at the MCG, he scored 77 in the first innings and took his first Test wicket in four years;[47] he did not bowl himself often as captain. However, his score of 14 in the second innings was characterised by many inside edges and false strokes led to increased speculation that he would be dropped.[citation needed] Australia managed to reach their target with five wickets down,[70] despite a stumble on the final morning.[citation needed]

The Fifth Test in his hometown Sydney started with speculation that it would be Waugh's last Test unless he reversed his ongoing form slump.[125] Asked before the final Test to nominate the defining moment of a career likely to soon be over, Waugh made a prediction rather than reflecting, stating: "It might be yet to come".[126] On the second day of the match he then fulfilled this prophecy, scoring a chanceless century – bringing up three figures with a cover driven boundary from the last ball of the day (bowled by off-spinner Richard Dawson).[127] Waugh left the ground to a standing ovation, having equalled Sir Donald Bradman's then Australian record of 29 Test centuries,[127] as well as saving his own Test career. In the second innings, Australia faced a large target and slumped to a heavy defeat by 225 on a deteriorating pitch, its only loss of the series.[citation needed][47] When he was dismissed cheaply in the second innings, Waugh ran off the field, as the crowd gave him a standing ovation amidst speculation he may choose to retire after what was regarded as a fairytale century.

The 2003 World Cup came and Waugh's desire to return for a fifth World Cup was denied. A chance for a last minute reprieve came when all rounder Shane Watson was injured before the tournament. Waugh had been using his newspaper column to promote his bowling abilities and had been increasingly using himself as a bowler in an attempt to strengthen his case for a recall. However, his successor Ricky Ponting publicly called for the inclusion of then out of form Andrew Symonds. Ponting got his wish, and although the selection was regarded as being highly controversial at the time, Symonds established himself at international level with a series of match winnings innings.

During the April 2003 tour to the West Indies, Waugh made 25 in the First Test and did not bat in the Second, before scoring 115 in the Third Test victory.[47] Australia won all three Tests by nine wickets, 118 runs and nine wickets respectively.[70] He scored 41 and 45* in the Fourth Test to end the series with 226 runs at 75.33. It was in this match, that Australia lost as the home team broke the record for the highest successful Test run chase.[citation needed] Waugh received some criticism over claims he refused to control his players. This came after a heated confrontation between Glenn McGrath and West Indian batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan as the hosts headed towards their target.[citation needed]

The Australian winter of 2003 saw Waugh score consecutive unbeaten centuries of 100 and 156 as Australia took a 2–0 sweep over Bangladesh with innings victories.[47][70] The Australian summer started in late-2003 and after scoring 78 and 61 in the two Tests against Zimbabwe,[47] which Australia won by an innings and nine wickets respectively,[70] Waugh announced that the 2003–04 series against India would be his last.

Farewell season Edit

 
Steve Waugh's Test career performance graph

In the First Test, Waugh was involved in a controversial run out when he had a mix up with Damien Martyn and both players ended up at the same end. Martyn, who had established himself at the crease, sacrificed himself by walking out of his ground for Waugh, who had yet to score. This generated criticism that Waugh's farewell series was being put ahead of team victory. With long bowling spearheads Shane Warne and McGrath unavailable due to drugs suspension and injury respectively, Australia struggled to bowl out the Indian batsmen. After a rain affected draw in the First Test, the next two Tests were shared and Australia needed a win to reclaim the Border Gavaskar Trophy in the final Fourth Test at Waugh's home ground at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Promoters paid tribute to Waugh by handing out giant red handkerchiefs to incoming spectators; Waugh had always used a red handkerchief to wipe perspiration while he was batting. Any hope of a win for Waugh's Australians disappeared when India batted into the third morning and amass 7/705 (with Sachin Tendulkar smashing 241*), obliging Australia to chase 449 with just over one day's play. Waugh's highest Test score of the season was his last: 80 in the Fourth Test at Sydney, which secured a draw for Australia. After an obdurate start to his innings, he took a more aggressive style once Australia had moved into a position of safety, striking several fours. It was the highest fourth innings score of his Test career. When he passed 50, several ferries on Sydney Harbour sounded their horns in acknowledgement. A record fifth-day SCG crowd turned out to watch Waugh's final day as an Australian player.

Legacy Edit

 
Waugh in 2014

Steve Waugh's approach led to a succession of victories and a record run of 16 consecutive Test match wins, beating the previous record of 11 by the West Indies. His 168 Test matches was the record for Test matches played until 2010; of these he captained Australia on 57 occasions, the fourth highest of all time, and Australia's 41 victories under his leadership, was the most of any Test captain, until Ricky Ponting surpassed him in December 2009.[128][129] He holds the record of having scored over 150 runs in one innings against each Test playing nation at the time.[citation needed]

  • He holds the record for scoring the most career centuries in test history when batting at number 5 position (24)[130]

Career best performances Edit

Playing style Edit

A shot that Waugh gradually developed (during the 1998 Commonwealth Games specifically) against spin bowling, the "slog sweep" is theoretically technically unsound, but has proven highly effective against the spinners and even against faster bowlers at times. What was also noticeable about Waugh (particularly in the Test arena) on his return to the side was his reluctance (and eventual refusal) to play, what he viewed as, the 'risky' hook shot, rather simply to either play defensively on the back foot, sway or duck out of the way. With this shot removed from Waugh's repertoire his batting developed a safer more reliable look and his Test match batting average steadily rose to around 50 for the remainder of his Test career.

Waugh's ability to continue to play despite a back injury that largely prevented him bowling further enhanced his reputation. He contributed to many one day victories but, often batting in the middle order, his first one-day hundred did not come until his 187th match, for Australia against Sri Lanka at Melbourne in 1995–96.

As a bowler and all-rounder early in his career, he had a great leg cutter that is full length and aims at off stump that tempts batsmen to hit over mid-wicket or right down the ground against middle order batsmen, or aiming outside off to tempt lower-order batsmen to drive into the infielders.[135]

Outside cricket Edit

Waugh helps to raise funds for a leper children's colony, Udayan, in Kolkata. He reportedly also encouraged his players to learn about and enjoy the countries they visited and played in.

Waugh is a keen photographer and has produced several "tour diaries" which feature his images. In his latter years as a cricketer, he wrote for a number of newspapers. He insists on writing them himself rather than with the assistance of professional journalists. He is a prolific author and has written numerous tour diaries,[136] leadership and self-help books such as Never Say Die and The Meaning of Luck. as well as an autobiography, Out of my Comfort Zone.[137]

Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004,[138] in recognition of both his sporting achievements and charity work. Waugh is married to Lynette with three children and was named Australian Father of the Year in 2005. Following retirement, Waugh established the Steve Waugh Foundation. The foundation is aimed at children who have a disease, an illness or an affliction that does not meet the set criteria of other charitable organisations.

Waugh has stated that he has declined "a number of" approaches by the Australian Labor Party to run for political office, expressing the view that he is not suited to politics.[139][140]

Honours Edit

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Nelson Cricket Club professional
1987
Succeeded by
Anthon Ferreira

steve, waugh, stephen, rodger, waugh, born, june, 1965, australian, former, international, cricketer, twin, brother, cricketer, mark, waugh, right, handed, batsman, medium, pace, bowler, waugh, considered, greatest, cricketers, time, waugh, part, australian, t. Stephen Rodger Waugh AO born 2 June 1965 is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh A right handed batsman and a medium pace bowler Waugh is considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time 1 2 3 4 Waugh was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004 he led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in history with 41 victories and a winning ratio of 72 5 Steve WaughAOWaugh in 2002Personal informationFull nameStephen Rodger WaughBorn 1965 06 02 2 June 1965 age 58 Campsie New South Wales AustraliaNicknameTugga Ice ManHeight179 cm 5 ft 10 in BattingRight handedBowlingRight arm mediumRoleMiddle order batterRelationsMark Waugh brother Dean Waugh brother Austin Waugh son International informationNational sideAustralia 1985 2004 Test debut cap 335 26 December 1985 v IndiaLast Test2 January 2004 v IndiaODI debut cap 90 9 January 1986 v New ZealandLast ODI3 February 2002 v South AfricaODI shirt no 5Domestic team informationYearsTeam1984 85 2003 04New South Wales1987 1988Somerset1998Ireland2002KentCareer statisticsCompetition Test ODI FC LAMatches 168 325 356 436Runs scored 10 927 7 569 24 052 11 764Batting average 51 06 32 90 51 94 37 70100s 50s 32 50 3 45 79 97 13 67Top score 200 120 216 140 Balls bowled 7 805 8 883 17 428 11 245Wickets 92 195 249 257Bowling average 37 44 34 67 32 75 33 495 wickets in innings 3 0 5 010 wickets in match 0 0 0 0Best bowling 5 28 4 33 6 51 4 32Catches stumpings 112 111 273 150 Source Cricinfo 31 December 2004Medal record Representing AustraliaMen s CricketCommonwealth Games1998 Kuala Lumpur List A cricketBorn in New South Wales with whom he began his first class cricket career in 1984 he captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004 and was the most capped Test cricket player in history with 168 appearances until Sachin Tendulkar of India broke this record in 2010 Waugh was the world number 1 all rounder in both Test 6 and One Day International ODI cricket 7 until back issues forced him to give up bowling He concentrated only on batting and went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time 8 He is one of only thirteen players to have scored more than 10 000 Test runs He was named Australian of the Year in 2004 9 10 for his philanthropic work and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010 11 Waugh has been included in a list of one hundred Australian Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia awarded the Order of Australia and the Australian Sports Medal Known as an attacking and sometimes ruthlessly efficient captain 12 Described in 2003 as a cold blooded scientific leader cricket columnist of The Times Simon Barnes noted that Waugh wants to defeat you personally 13 At the end of his final Test match Waugh was carried by his teammates in a lap of honour around the Sydney Cricket Ground 14 In a fan poll conducted by the CA in 2017 he was named in the country s best Ashes XI in the last 40 years 15 Contents 1 Early and personal life 2 Domestic career 3 International career 3 1 1987 World Cup 3 2 Breakthrough tour of England 3 3 Omission 3 4 New approach 3 5 Frank Worrell Trophy regained in 1995 3 6 No 1 batsman 4 Captaincy 4 1 ODI captain 4 2 Struggles in the Caribbean 4 3 1999 World Cup victory 4 4 World record of 16 consecutive Test victories 4 5 Failure in India 4 6 ODI captaincy changed 4 7 Farewell season 5 Legacy 6 Career best performances 7 Playing style 8 Outside cricket 9 Honours 10 References 11 External linksEarly and personal life EditMain article Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh Born at Canterbury Hospital in Campsie a suburb in South Western Sydney on 2 June 1965 Waugh was one of twin boys born to Rodger and Beverley Waugh He arrived four minutes before Mark who went on to play cricket for Australia alongside him Their father was a bank official and his mother was a teacher within the New South Wales Department of Education 16 The family settled in the South Western Sydney suburb of Panania 17 The twins were later joined by two more brothers Dean who also went on to play first class cricket in Australia and Danny who played first grade cricket for Sydney University Cricket Club 18 19 From an early age the parents introduced their children to sport 20 21 By the age of six the twins were playing organised soccer tennis and cricket In their first cricket match the brothers were both dismissed for ducks 22 The twins came from a sporting family Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer Raised in the North Coast town of Bangalow Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league 23 He was about to join Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League but had to give up his career due to family reasons 20 Rodger was Edward s only son and was promising tennis player who was ranked eighth in Australia in his junior years and was the state champion at under 14 level 20 On the maternal side Bev was a tennis player who won the under 14 singles at the South Australian Championships Her eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and remains the leading runscorer in the club s history The twins made their first representative cricket team when they were selected for the Bankstown District under 10s at the age of eight 24 In 1976 the twins were the youngest ever to be selected in the New South Wales Primary Schools soccer team Playing for Panania Primary School the twins swept their school to win the Umbro International Shield a statewide knockout soccer competition scoring all of their team s three goals in the final 25 They were a key part of their school s consecutive state cricket championships 25 and were part of the school tennis team that came second in the state in their final year 26 In his final year Steve was the vice captain of the cricket team and captained the state soccer team 21 26 The twins were instrumental in New South Wales winning the cricket carnival without a defeat in one match combining in a partnership of 150 By this time the increasing time demands led to conflicts between the sports and were in one case delisted from a team due to a conflict of commitments 26 The twins progressed to East Hills Boys Technology High School which had a history of producing Australian international representatives in a number of sports 27 Aged 13 the twins were invited by their uncle Bourne then the captain of Bankstown s first grade team to trial for the club s under 16 team for the Green Shield and both were selected Aged fourteen both made their senior grade cricket debut in 1979 1980 playing in the Fourth XI The twins broke into East Hills Boys First XI in the same season 28 and achieved the same level in soccer 29 In 1980 81 the brothers were elevated to the Third XI mid season 30 The brothers often formed a two man team in one match taking 16 85 between them 31 At the end of 1980 the twins were selected in the state under 16 team for the national carnival 32 The pair changed soccer teams to play in the reserve grade for Sydney Croatia in the state league being paid small amounts in the professional league However they quickly left as their cricket careers increasingly demanded more time 33 The brothers were promoted to Bankstown s Second XI 33 before being selected for the First XI in the 1982 83 season aged 17 both making their debut against Western Suburbs However Waugh was dropped back to the Second XI 34 He was regarded as an aggressive player something that characterised his early international career 21 The twins finished high school at the end of 1983 35 In 1983 84 both were members of New South Wales Combined High Schools and the state under 19 team 36 Waugh made 170 against Great Public Schools 37 The brothers were then selected for Australia for the first time They had been named in the national under 19 team to play a Test and ODI series against the touring Sri Lankan counterparts 35 The under 19 series pitted several future international players against one another 38 Waugh scored 187 in the Third Test at Melbourne as Australia won 1 0 38 After leaving high school Waugh enrolled in a teaching course but withdrew after a few lectures 37 He made his maiden First XI century during the season with tons against Sydney University and Waverley 37 At the start of the 1984 85 season the brothers were included in the New South Wales state squad 39 At the end of the season the twins signed a contract to spend the Australian winter to play for Egerton Cricket Club in the Bolton League in Lancashire Each club was allowed to have one professional Steve was officially designated as such but would split the earnings with Mark The twins were billeted with a local family 40 However during the year an Australian rebel tour to South Africa was staged breaking the boycott against the apartheid regime Some players defected from the Australian Test team to play in South Africa This resulted in Dave Gilbert being promoted to the national squad forcing him to forfeit his Esso scholarship which allowed him to play Second XI cricket in the County Championship 41 Steve was selected to replace Gilbert with Essex leaving Mark as the lone professional 42 In December 2017 his son Austin Waugh was named in Australia s squad for the 2018 Under 19 Cricket World Cup 43 Domestic career EditWaugh made his first class debut for New South Wales NSW in 1984 85 37 batting at number nine and bowling medium pace 44 In the Sheffield Shield final that season he scored 71 37 while batting with the tail to help NSW to victory International career EditAfter ten first class matches for NSW 45 he made his Test debut against India in the 1985 86 season in the Second Test at Melbourne He scored 13 and 5 and took 2 36 in the first innings 46 47 Failing to make a substantial score in the series he tallied 26 runs in four innings Waugh was retained for the subsequent tour of New Zealand He had a good all round match in the Second Test at Christchurch making 74 and claiming 4 56 but his batting average was only 17 40 for the series scoring 86 runs 47 Waugh had more success in the one day format during the season He made his debut against New Zealand at the MCG and took 1 13 and a catch He did not bat as the match was washed out 48 49 He was retained for all of Australia s 12 matches in the triangular tournament scoring 266 runs at 38 00 with two half centuries including a top score of 81 in the Australia Day victory over India 48 49 He took seven wickets at 33 00 48 Waugh was retained for all four ODIs on the tour of New Zealand scoring 111 runs at 27 75 and taking four wickets at 39 75 48 49 The Australian selectors persisted with Waugh and he toured India in 1986 despite having scored only 113 runs at 12 56 in his Test career 47 During the three Tests Waugh had limited opportunities and scored 59 runs for once out and took two wickets At this stage of his career Waugh bore a heavy workload as a bowler although he was ostensibly selected for his batting citation needed He played in all six ODIs on tour scoring 111 runs at 55 50 and taking seven wickets at 35 86 48 49 He bowled a long spell taking 3 76 in the First Test against England at Brisbane in 1986 87 then scored 0 and 28 as Australia slumped to defeat In the Second Test at Perth he made 71 and had match figures of 5 159 including 5 69 in the second innings then he scored 79 not out in the drawn Third Test at Adelaide Scores of 49 and 73 in the last two Tests gave him series figures of 310 runs at 44 29 and ten wickets at 33 60 a fighting effort in a team defeated 1 2 The win in the Fifth Test was the first time that Waugh was in a victorious Test team in his 13th match 47 50 Waugh played in all of Australia s 13 ODIs for the home season scoring 372 runs at 37 20 with two half centuries and taking 21 wickets at 21 80 48 49 Waugh regularly performed with both bat and ball In a match against Pakistan he scored 82 and then took 4 48 but could not stop the visitors taking a one wicket victory from the second last ball He then scored 83 and took 2 30 in an Australia Day victory against England 48 49 He was unable to maintain his form in the finals scoring one and one and taking a total of 1 78 as England won 2 0 48 49 Early in his international career Waugh was a natural uninhibited strokeplayer who liked to drive off the back foot He could score quickly but was inconsistent at Test level 51 and seemed better suited to ODI cricket 52 In the shorter game he often accelerated the scoring in the later overs of the innings As a bowler he was known for his astute change of pace and was the pioneer in inventing a carefully disguised slower ball bowled from the back of the hand 52 and regularly sent down the final overs when his astute change of pace was difficult to score from Allan Border often used Waugh as a final overs specialist in crunch situations and at his peak as a bowler Waugh was the top slog overs specialist bowler for any conditions 1987 World Cup Edit The 1987 World Cup played on the Indian subcontinent was the turning point of Waugh s career Having scored 19 in the death overs against India in the first match Waugh s tight bowling in the closing overs finished with his dismissal of Maninder Singh in the final over which secured a one run victory 52 In the following match against Zimbabwe Waugh scored 45 before conceding only seven runs in six overs of bowling as the Australians won by 96 runs 48 49 In the following match against New Zealand Waugh bowled the last over with the Kiwis requiring seven runs for victory he restricted them to only three runs by taking two wickets in the over 53 He ended with 2 36 53 54 In the second round robin rotation Waugh took 1 59 and scored 42 in a 56 run loss to India before taking 2 37 in a 17 run win over New Zealand In Australia s final group match Waugh scored 10 before taking 1 9 from four overs in a 70 run win over Zimbabwe Australia qualified for the semi finals and faced co hosts Pakistan on their home soil in Lahore Batting first Waugh hit 16 from the final over of the innings in a cameo of 32 48 49 a match that Australia won by 18 runs 52 In the final he scored an unbeaten five in a brief innings at the end of the innings He was a key player as Australia defended a target of 254 against England at Kolkata He claimed the wickets of Allan Lamb and Phillip DeFreitas in the 47th and 49th overs as England stumbled towards the end of the run chase Australia won by seven runs to claim the World Cup for the first time 52 Waugh compiled 167 runs at 55 66 and took 11 wickets at 26 18 48 These performances in tight situations earned him the nickname of Iceman 50 Breakthrough tour of England Edit However Waugh continued to be inconsistent in Test matches He made only 194 runs at 32 33 in five Tests in 1987 88 against the touring New Zealand England and Sri Lanka teams 47 His bowling helped to keep him in the team with nine wickets at 29 67 47 Waugh s ODI form remained strong playing in all of Australia s 11 ODIs for the season scoring 226 runs at 32 29 and taking 18 wickets at 23 50 He scored one half century and took a haul of 4 33 in one match against Sri Lanka 48 49 A Test tour of Pakistan in late 1988 was unproductive with 92 runs at 18 40 with one half century and two wickets at 108 00 47 In 1988 89 against the West Indies Waugh mixed some batting failures with two entertaining innings of 90 and 91 on the faster pitches of Brisbane and Perth respectively He bowled a series of bouncers at Viv Richards at Brisbane and claimed 3 77 and 5 92 in the Third Test at Melbourne Of Waugh s spell at Brisbane Bill O Reilly wrote The most significant incident of the Brisbane Test was the salutation young Steve Waugh served up in the form of three consecutive bouncers to visiting captain Viv Richards I took it immediately as an uncompromising message to the opposing skipper that Waugh was sick to death of the bouncer policy that the West Indies have for so long adopted as their standard method of attack 55 Waugh continued to perform strongly in the ODIs scoring 270 runs as 38 57 and taking seven wickets at 49 42 His highest score and best bowling analysis occurred in the same match taking 3 57 before scoring 54 against West Indies in Melbourne Despite this Australia still lost the match 48 49 Heading into the 1989 Ashes series Waugh s batting average was 30 52 from 26 Tests 56 In the three match ODI series that preceded the Tests Waugh scored 113 runs at 37 66 and took three wickets at 54 00 48 49 Waugh finally scored his maiden Test century 177 not out in the First Test at Leeds It was a free flowing innings marked by square driving in just over five hours of batting which helped Australia set the platform for a win with a large first innings He followed this with an unbeaten 152 in the Second Test at Lord s adeptly shepherding his tailend partners to help Australia set up a winning 242 run lead in the first innings He was not dismissed until the first innings of the Third Test for 43 by which time he had amassed 393 runs Waugh scored 92 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in another win He did not pass 20 in either of the last two Tests and finished the series with 506 runs at 126 5 He bowled less frequently with only two wickets in the six Tests It was on this tour that he first experienced back problems that would hinder his bowling On the brief tour of India for the Nehru Cup ODI tournament that followed the Ashes series Waugh played as a specialist batsman for the first time 57 He scored 88 runs at 22 00 and did not bowl a ball 48 As Australia returned home for the 1989 90 international season He scored 378 runs at 37 8 in the six Tests in Australia and the one off Test in New Zealand The highlight was an unbeaten 134 against Sri Lanka in the Second Test in Hobart This followed twin half centuries in the First Test His focus on batting saw him aggregate only 1 19 with the ball for the seven Tests Thereafter his Test form tapered off The ODIs followed a similar pattern Australia played ten ODIs on home soil during the season followed by five in New Zealand 49 After taking two wickets at 38 50 in the first three ODIs Waugh did not bowl again for the season After scoring only 99 runs at 19 80 in the first nine ODIs in Australia Waugh was dropped for the Second Final against Pakistan which Australia won 48 49 He played in all five ODIs in New Zealand making only 72 runs at 18 00 48 He returned to the bowling crease in the Sharjah tournament taking four wickets at 28 00 and scoring 98 runs at 49 00 48 In 1990 Waugh joined his twin brother Mark in an unbeaten partnership of 464 in 407 minutes for NSW against Western Australia WA at the WACA Ground setting a world first class record Both teams were at full strength and WA s attack included Test bowlers Terry Alderman Bruce Reid and Chris Matthews The twins ended with 216 and 229 respectively 58 Omission Edit He suffered a form slump during the 1990 91 Ashes series in Australia and was dropped for the Fourth Test at Adelaide after making only 82 runs at 20 50 47 He was replaced by his twin Mark who scored a century on debut 58 However Waugh remained a regular in the ODI team playing in all ten ODIs scoring 141 runs at 35 25 and taking seven wickets at 49 42 48 49 Recalled for the Third Test in Trinidad during the 1991 tour of the Caribbean he and Mark became the first twins to play in a Test match together 58 However he failed to post a significant score and was dropped for the Fifth Test Australia s only win for the series He played in all five ODIs and scored 86 runs at 28 66 and took five wickets at 30 60 48 49 Waugh remained out of the Test team for eighteen months and did not see action in the five day format in 1991 92 season 47 Nevertheless Waugh played in all 18 ODIs for the season 48 49 In the triangular series he scored only 146 runs at 18 25 but consistently took wickets with 16 scalps at 19 00 48 49 As a result he retained his position in the team for all eight of Australia s group matches in the subsequent 1992 Cricket World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand He scored 187 runs at 26 71 and took eight wickets at 34 63 48 49 He scored 55 and took 2 28 in a 128 run win over Zimbabwe as Australia failed to progress beyond the group stage 48 49 He returned as number three batsman for the 1992 93 home Test series against the West Indies but his form was again moderate His 228 runs at 25 33 was bolstered by a score of 100 in the Third Test in Sydney Waugh called this probably the most important hundred of my Test career word had reached me that if I didn t get runs then I was going to be dropped 59 He continued to be a fixture in the ODI team playing in all ten matches and scoring 213 runs at 23 66 with one half century and taking nine wickets at 39 22 48 49 Solid performances on the tour of New Zealand where he scored 178 Test runs at 44 50 enabled Waugh to hold his position on the 1993 Ashes tour of England He completed his tour with 120 runs at 30 00 and three wickets at 57 66 in the five ODIs 48 The three match ODI series in England preceded the Tests and Waugh scored 41 runs at 20 50 and took five wickets at 30 20 48 49 During the Test series Michael Slater became the regular opener and Boon returned to the middle order Waugh gained the number six position ahead of two promising Western Australians Justin Langer and Damien Martyn In the Fourth Test at Headingley Waugh s 157 not out earned comparisons to his efforts in 1989 and he shared an unbroken stand of 332 with Allan Border 60 He also scored half centuries in the First and Fifth Tests and ended with 416 at 83 2 from limited opportunities he played nine innings only five of which were completed Australia s top order batting dominated the English attack and the tourists retained the Ashes 4 1 New approach Edit Returning to Australia he solidified his position by scoring an unbeaten 147 against New Zealand in an innings victory in the Third Test at Brisbane ending the series with 216 runs once dismissed 47 He missed part of the 1993 94 triangular ODI tournament with New Zealand and South Africa due to a hamstring injury in late December as well as the first two Tests against the South Africans He returned for the end of the ODIs and ended with 141 runs at 23 50 and taking four wickets at 54 50 48 49 Waugh played in the Third Test at Adelaide Oval in late January with Australia trailing 1 0 61 He scored a 160 and took 4 26 as Australia won the Test and levelled the series 47 He was named as the international player of the Australian season He took 5 28 and scored 86 in the Second Test of the return series in South Africa at Newlands Cape Town to help Australia level the series 1 1 after losing the first at Wanderers in Johannesburg Another half century saw him end with 195 runs at 65 00 and his bowling was at its most productive in five years with 10 wickets at 13 00 47 In the ODI series he received the player of the series for his all round efforts which hauled Australia back from a deficit of 2 4 to draw the series at 4 4 62 Waugh took 2 48 in the final match as Australia levelled the series by one run He ended with 291 runs at 48 50 and five wickets at 56 40 48 49 At the conclusion of the tour the Australian Cricket Board interviewed Waugh along with David Boon Mark Taylor and Ian Healy to discern their opinions on the direction of the team after the impending retirement of Allan Border as captain In spite of Waugh s greater experience Taylor was granted the captaincy while Healy was made vice captain 63 The new leadership took the team to Sri Lanka for the Singer World Series ODI tournament and then on a Test playing tour of Pakistan 49 Waugh scored 53 runs at 17 66 and took five wickets in 16 20 48 On the latter tour Waugh made 73 in the First Test which Australia agonisingly lost by one wicket 47 His 98 in the Second Test at Rawalpindi was notable for his survival against a hostile barrage of short pitched bowling from Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis He eventually fell when a bouncer struck his body and rolled onto the stumps 64 65 A shoulder injury forced him out of the final Test which Australia drew and therefore lost the series 66 Waugh scored 153 runs at 38 25 with two half centuries and took two wickets at 72 00 as Australia won the ODI tournament 48 49 During the 1994 95 Ashes series against England he narrowly missed centuries in the Second and Fifth Test in Melbourne and Perth respectively when he was 94 and 99 not out respectively when the last wicket fell 47 67 In the second instance his brother Mark was run out after a mix up while running for the injured Craig McDermott 68 It was an uneven series performance scoring 94 and 26 in the Second Test and 99 and 80 in the Fifth but not passing 20 in the six innings of the other three Tests He ended the series with 345 at 49 28 and did not bowl for the entire series 47 Waugh played only one ODI for the season scoring a duck and not bowling a ball 48 The season ended with short ODI tournament in New Zealand which Australia won Waugh scored 81 runs at 27 00 in four matches and did not bowl 48 49 Frank Worrell Trophy regained in 1995 Edit The West Indies had been the bete noire of Australian cricket since winning the Frank Worrell Trophy in 1978 At the beginning of Australia s 1995 tour of the Caribbean the West Indies had not lost a Test series since 1980 69 and had not lost a Test series to Australia at home since 1973 70 71 The Tests were preceded by an ODI series that was lost 1 4 Waugh scored 164 runs at 32 80 and took three wickets at 41 00 48 49 In a low scoring four Test series Waugh compiled 429 runs at an average of 107 25 and claimed five wickets for 62 runs 47 to win the player of the series award his twin Mark was the next best batsman with 240 runs at 40 average nbsp Curtly Ambrose the West Indian bowler with whom Waugh had a much publicised altercation during the 1995 Frank Worrell TrophyWaugh was at the centre of a controversy during the First Test at Barbados when he claimed a low catch from Brian Lara in the first innings Television replays were inconclusive but suggested that the ball may have hit the ground Lara noted for accepting the word of the fielder without question left the field 72 Following his dismissal the West Indies batting collapsed and Australia went on to win by ten wickets 73 Waugh later faced accusations of dishonesty and cheating over the incident 52 After scoring 65 not out in the drawn Second Test at Antigua 47 Waugh defied the Caribbean pacemen on a green pitch at Trinidad suited to their hostile bowling during the Third Test 74 In the first innings he scored an unbeaten 63 of Australia s 128 and had a mid pitch confrontation with Curtly Ambrose 52 75 After Waugh had evaded a bouncer from Ambrose the pair exchanged glares Waugh swore and told Ambrose to return to his bowling mark An angry Ambrose had to be physically dragged away by his captain 76 a photograph of this moment has become one of the iconic images of cricket in the 1990s It symbolised the point when Australia was no longer intimidated by the West Indies Waugh showed he was prepared to put it all on the line said Justin Langer in the toughest conditions against probably the best fast bowler of our time To stand up to him Ambrose and go toe to toe gave us a huge boost 69 Nevertheless the West Indies won the match and levelled the series In the decider in Jamaica Waugh took 2 14 in the West Indies first innings of 265 47 and then arrived at the crease with Australia at 73 for three in reply 77 He compiled a long partnership of 231 runs with his brother Mark who was eventually out for 126 58 78 Waugh was the last man to go out for 200 after nine hours of batting Steve had made up his mind to bat and bat wrote Paul Reiffel to stay out there and anchor the proceedings H e copped a lot of blows on his arms chest and ribs When he came back to the dressing room at the end of day two we could see the spots and bruises on his body I remember when I walked in he didn t say anything to me but then he didn t need to We all pretty much knew that we just had to support him He was in a trance like state I n the wee hours of the second morning a security guard was found rifling through Steve s kit bag That incident didn t affect his concentration It all just went to show how strong a character he was 69 Waugh played patiently and reached his double century with an all run four to fine leg off a quicker ball from Carl Hooper He was the last man out With a large lead on first innings Australia dismissed the opposition for a low score to win a crushing victory 79 After some post win wassailing Waugh retired to bed in his cricket whites socks and baggy green Y ou could say that Steve s legacy gained a lot of momentum from his efforts at Jamaica wrote Reiffel 69 No 1 batsman Edit Waugh started the 1995 96 Australian season ranked as the world s leading Test batsman 80 He made an unbeaten 112 as Australia defeated Pakistan in the First Test at Brisbane and scored 200 runs at 50 00 for the series 47 75 Suffering an injury in December he missed the First Test against Sri Lanka and part of the triangular ODI tournament then returned for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne to score 131 not out 81 Waugh returned during the latter stages of the triangular tournament playing in the last four matches after missing the first six 48 49 He scored his maiden ODI century ten years after his ODI debut with an unbeaten 102 against Sri Lanka in Melbourne Despite this Australia lost by three wickets Waugh ended with 128 runs at 42 66 and did not take a wicket bowling only four overs on his comeback from injury 48 49 He helped Australia to a 3 0 result in the Test series by scoring 170 and 61 not out at Adelaide to end the series with 362 runs for once out He also took 4 34 in the Third Test 47 81 During the 1996 Cricket World Cup on the subcontinent Waugh scored 82 and featured in a 207 run partnership with his brother during Australia s first match against Kenya an Australian record partnership at the World Cup He made an unbeaten half century in the quarter final against New Zealand at Madras sealing a successful run chase However he was less effective in the semi final and final failing to pass 20 on either occasion Australia lost the final to Sri Lanka at Lahore After the World Cup Geoff Marsh replaced Bob Simpson as coach 82 The Australians started the new era with two ODI tournaments in Sri Lanka and India 49 Waugh scored 366 runs at 40 66 with three half centuries and took five wickets at 37 40 across nine matches 48 The tour ended with a solitary Test against India in Delhi where Waugh was the only Australian to make a half century in a defeat 47 Waugh failed to make a century in the five Tests of the 1996 97 Australian season against the West Indies scoring 255 runs at 36 42 with three half centuries 47 52 He also missed the Second Test against the West Indies after injuring his groin while bowling in the First The injury meant that Waugh was only available for six of Australia s eight ODI matches in the annual triangular tournament Waugh managed only 159 runs at 26 50 and only bowled three overs without taking a wicket as he came back from injury as Australia missed the finals 47 48 Waugh returned to form on the 1997 tour of South Africa averaging 78 25 He scored 160 in the First Test at Johannesburg compiling a 385 run partnership with Greg Blewett They batted for the entire third day s play to set up an innings victory Waugh then top scored with half centuries in both innings of the Third Test which Australia lost After the team s vice captain Ian Healy was suspended for throwing his bat after his dismissal 83 Waugh replaced him as Mark Taylor s deputy 81 Waugh continued his strong run in the seven ODIs scoring 301 runs at 50 16 with four half centuries After scoring 50 and 50 in the first two matches he scored 89 in a run chase in the sixth match as Australia sealed the series 4 2 with one over in hand He then scored 91 in the last match in a vain run chase 48 49 On the 1997 Ashes tour Australia started poorly with a 0 3 loss in the ODI series with Waugh managing only 60 runs at 20 00 This continued as Australia lost the First Test by nine wickets drew the Second Test then won the toss in the Third Test at Manchester Gambling on batting first on green pitch Australia slumped to 3 42 in the first hour when Waugh came out to bat He made 108 Similarly he began his second innings with Australia on 3 39 and scored 116 These two centuries in a low scoring match won the game Australia levelled the series and regained the initiative retaining the Ashes with a 3 2 result Waugh s only other notable score was 75 scored in the Fifth Test win at Nottingham and he finished with 390 runs at 39 average for the series Captaincy EditSteve Waugh s record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win Test 84 57 41 9 7 0 71 93 ODI 85 106 67 35 0 3 1 65 23 Date last Updated 2 September 2015ODI captain Edit Waugh took over the captaincy of the one day side in 1997 98 after captain Mark Taylor and vice captain Ian Healy the two oldest players in the team were dropped 86 following Australia s failure to qualify for the Australian tri nations tournament in the 1996 97 season citation needed Planning began for a more modern team for the 1999 Cricket World Cup 86 with the batting prowess of new wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist to prove critical The new team made a difficult start losing all four of its preliminary matches against South Africa 48 49 as Michael di Venuto Tom Moody and Stuart Law were all tried as Mark Waugh s new opening partner 87 Waugh himself struggled scoring only 12 runs including three ducks in his first six innings before scoring 45 in the last round robin match to ensure Australia qualified for the finals ahead of New Zealand 48 49 However with Gilchrist s elevation to opener in the finals series Australia defeated the South Africans 2 1 88 Waugh scored 53 and 71 in his two innings and ended the series with 181 runs at 22 63 He bowled only four overs and took a solitary wicket in the series which was his first ODI wicket in over a year 48 nbsp Stencil drawing depicting Steve WaughWaugh scored steadily in the 1997 98 Test season against New Zealand and South Africa getting to 80 three times in six Tests without going on to a century and averaging 40 89 Australia won both series He bowled more often than in the preceding few years and took six wickets at 17 33 The southern hemisphere season ended with Waugh leading his first overseas tour a four match ODI tour of New Zealand He scored 112 runs at 37 33 and took three wickets at 42 00 as the series was drawn 2 2 48 49 On the 1998 tour of India he hit 80 in the Second Test at Calcutta but missed the following Test due to injury He ended with 152 runs at 38 He recovered to lead in the triangular tournament in India Australia won both games to Zimbabwe but lost both to India However Waugh s men turned the tables in the final to beat the Indians by four wickets Waugh contributed with bat and ball taking 2 42 and scoring 57 This was followed by a triangular tournament in Sharjah where Australia won all four group matches against India and New Zealand This time the Indians turned the table to win the final by six wickets despite Waugh s 70 48 49 Waugh totalled 254 runs at 28 22 and eight wickets at 33 50 for the two tournaments 48 Later in the year he top scored with 157 in the First Test against Pakistan at Karachi enabling Australia to force an innings victory and gain their first victory in the country for 39 years It formed the basis of Australia s 1 0 series win in which Waugh scored 235 runs at 58 75 Waugh led the ODI team in a 3 0 sweep of Pakistan after the Tests but he managed only 40 runs at 13 33 48 49 The following season Waugh suffered hamstring injuries and missed the majority of the ODI tournament citation needed In the two matches in which he played Waugh made only a duck and 20 and Australia lost both matches 48 49 Shane Warne led Australia to victory in his absence citation needed winning eight of the remaining 10 matches 49 Waugh began the Ashes series with centuries in the First Test at Brisbane 112 and the Third Test at Melbourne but was criticised for taking singles off the first ball of the over and exposing the tail end batsmen to the strike Stuart MacGill and Glenn McGrath fell to Darren Gough after one such instance as Australia collapsed in the second innings whilst chasing a small target This criticism could be considered more than a little unfair however given his strong record overall of batting well with lower order batsman such as Merv Hughes Jason Gillespie Ian Healy Shane Warne and even Glenn McGrath precisely by putting his faith in them In the Fifth Test of the season Waugh was involved in a century partnership with brother Mark for the second consecutive year Again however he fell within sight of triple figures for 96 while his brother reached his century Australia won the Test and the series 3 1 Struggles in the Caribbean Edit Mark Taylor retired at the end of the 1998 99 season and Waugh replaced him as Test captain beginning with a tour of the Caribbean Australia was expected to win as the West Indies had just been whitewashed 5 0 by South Africa citation needed After easily winning the First Test Australia was stymied by West Indies skipper Brian Lara who batted with Jimmy Adams for the entire second day of the Second Test This led to a victory for the home side and in the Third Test Lara batted for the entire final day to secure an unlikely win by one wicket This result placed Waugh under immense pressure and he made a controversial decision to drop Shane Warne from the team for the final Fourth Test citation needed Australia won the final Test despite a third consecutive century from Lara and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy 2 2 89 The subsequent ODI series between the two teams was drawn 3 3 90 The series was notable for two incidents In the fifth match at Georgetown Guyana 91 Waugh was facing the bowling of Keith Arthurton with his team needing four runs from the final over to win citation needed He struck the last ball of the match into the outfield and attempted three runs to tie the match 91 A crowd invasion resulted in all the stumps being removed with Waugh out of his ground when the ball was returned by the fielder The match was declared a tie 91 During the West Indies run chase in the final match in Barbados local batsman Sherwin Campbell was run out after he fell over because of a collision with the bowler Brendon Julian who was attempting to field the ball 91 This resulted in a crowd riot and Waugh was nearly struck in the head with a glass bottle 90 The match continued after Campbell was reinstated but Waugh criticised the security and questioned the integrity of the match Waugh struggled in the lead up to the World Cup scoring 135 runs at 22 50 and taking two wickets at 33 00 48 1999 World Cup victory Edit Australia then had a slow start to the 1999 World Cup in England After a scratchy win against Scotland Australia suffered defeats to New Zealand and Pakistan 90 so they had to win their two remaining group matches against Bangladesh and the West Indies then all three Super Six matches to progress to the semi finals this meant seven consecutive matches without defeat to win the World Cup 92 After defeating Bangladesh Waugh and Michael Bevan were criticised for deliberately batting slowly in order to minimise damage to the net run rate of the West Indies This would enhance Australia s chances if the West Indies run rate remained high they would qualify ahead of New Zealand Since the Australians had lost to New Zealand it would be the Kiwis that carried two points through to the next phase if the West Indies was eliminated If the West Indies proceeded then Australia would carry over two points from the win 93 When questioned about the ethics of this manipulation at a press conference Waugh retorted We re not here to win friends mate 94 Having beaten India and Zimbabwe in their first two Super Six matches Waugh saved his best for two must win games against South Africa he scored an unbeaten 120 against South Africa in the Super Six phase and 56 in the semi final 48 The latter match was tied and Australia progressed to the final 95 where they crushed Pakistan by eight wickets to win the trophy 96 The World Cup victory did not immediately turn around Waugh s fortunes in the Test arena The following tour to Sri Lanka continued the difficulties when Australia lost the First Test in Kandy 70 a result exacerbated by a horrific fielding collision between Waugh and Jason Gillespie Waugh s nose made contact with Gillespie s shin as both attempted a catch Gillespie suffered a broken leg 97 that sidelined him for 15 months citation needed and Waugh had his nose broken 97 98 Although Waugh returned for the following match 97 the last two Tests were drawn due to interruptions from monsoonal weather citation needed Waugh had a lean series with 52 runs at 17 33 47 Waugh s team then travelled an inaugural Test against Zimbabwe at Harare Australia won by ten wickets and Waugh s 151 not out was the first century in Tests between the nations 97 99 After the team s return home John Buchanan replaced Geoff Marsh as team coach World record of 16 consecutive Test victories Edit The 1999 2000 Test season his first as captain in a home series saw further change as Gilchrist ousted Healy from the wicket keeper s position 97 With Gilchrist averaging over 50 citation needed the team went on to claim a clean sweep of both Test series 3 0 against Pakistan and India respectively 100 Waugh had a lean stretch during the Pakistan series scoring 58 runs at 14 50 47 but his team won by margins of ten wickets four wickets and an innings respectively 70 Waugh returned to form in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval scoring 150 in the first innings Waugh only passed fifty once more in the series to end with 276 runs at 55 20 47 Australia won all three Tests by comfortable margins of 285 runs 180 runs and an innings respectively 70 After losing their first match his team proceeded to win the season s triangular ODI tournament without further defeat They then toured New Zealand and won the ODI series 5 1 losing their final match which ended a world record of 14 consecutive ODI victories 101 They then swept the Tests against New Zealand 3 0 in early 2000 102 taking the Tests by 62 runs six wickets and six wickets respectively 47 Waugh led the way in the Second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington with an unbeaten 151 but otherwise did not pass 20 totalling 214 runs at 53 50 47 His men had won all nine of their Tests during the southern hemisphere summer 70 His team continued their winning streak with an undefeated home season in 2000 01 when the West Indies were white washed 5 0 The first two Tests were won by an innings 47 and the Second Test at the WACA brought a twelfth consecutive Test victory surpassing the record held by the 1980s West Indies team led by Clive Lloyd 103 Waugh missed the Third Test with injury and Gilchrist led the team in his absence and kept the winning streak alive citation needed 47 Waugh returned for the last two Tests and scored centuries in the first innings of both Tests with 121 and 103 respectively 47 which Australia won by 352 runs and six wickets respectively 70 Waugh compiled 349 runs at 69 80 47 Waugh then led the Australians undefeated in the triangular ODI tournament against the West Indies and Zimbabwe despite employing a rotation system which saw the team often understrength with players rested 104 Failure in India Edit The only significant result that Australia had failed to achieve during Waugh s international career was victory in a Test series in India Waugh began calling this the Final Frontier 105 as Australia had not won there since 1969 70 106 Australia easily won the First Test at Mumbai by ten wickets to extend the winning sequence to 16 107 108 India looked set for defeat in the Second Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata after conceding a first innings lead of 274 107 Waugh top scored in the first innings with 110 47 Waugh chose to enforce the follow on the only time that Australia had chosen to do so for more than five years 70 However VVS Laxman 281 and Rahul Dravid 180 107 batted for the entire fourth day s play and set Australia a target of 384 on a dusty spinning wicket The Australians were unable to cope with the spin of Harbhajan Singh on the final day and became only the third team to lose a Test after enforcing the follow on 109 110 111 Starting the final Test well Australia s batting collapsed on the second morning losing 6 26 after Waugh became the sixth batsman to be given out handled the ball he pushed a ball from Harbhajan away from the stumps after being hit on the pads 112 113 Waugh s pair of 47s was not enough as Harbhajan finished with 15 wickets in the match to lead India to a two wicket win in another thrilling finish 47 114 115 Waugh s team regrouped and won a 4 1 series victory over England during the 2001 Ashes tour 116 He scored 105 in the First Test at Edgbaston as the Australians started the series with an innings victory Waugh did not pass 50 in the next two Tests 47 but Australia won both by eight and seven wickets respectively to retain the Ashes 70 However Waugh pulled a calf muscle and missed the Fourth Test at Headingley which Australia lost 117 In his final Test innings on English soil at The Oval he combined with brother Mark 120 in a partnership of 197 and scored 157 not out 117 Australia won by an innings to seal the series 4 1 with Waugh scoring 321 runs at 107 00 116 He was unable to maintain this form during the 2001 02 Australian season failing to score a century in the six Tests against New Zealand and South Africa 47 The first two Tests against New Zealand were drawn due to rain and the Third also ended in a draw 70 118 Waugh failed to pass double figures until scoring 67 in the second innings of the final Test finishing the series with 78 runs at 19 50 47 Australia then went on to face South Africa who were the second ranked Test team in the world and were seen as the leading challengers to Australian supremacy Waugh managed only eight and 13 in the First Test 47 but Australia managed to win by 246 runs in any case 70 His best score of the series was 90 in the Second Test at the MCG 47 His innings was ended by a run out decision which the umpire did not refer to the video umpire Waugh attracted criticism for not leaving the ground until he had watched a replay of the incident on the stadium s video screen citation needed Australia powered to a nine wicket win and then polished off a 3 0 sweep with a ten wicket triumph in the Third Test at the SCG with Waugh scoring 30 47 70 ODI captaincy changed Edit nbsp Waugh s ODI career batting performance The red bars indicate his innings and the blue line the average of his 10 most recent innings The blue dots indicate innings in which Waugh finished not outAustralia made an uncertain start to the 2001 02 VB Series losing the first three of its preliminary matches A rotation policy designed to ease the workload on older players while giving younger players experience appeared to unsettle the team and was scrapped Following this decision Australia won four of the last five matches but failed to qualify for the finals for only the third time in 23 years In their final match Australia needed a win and a bonus point against South Africa as New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming in retaliation to Waugh s tactics in the World Cup had conceded a bonus point to South Africa in the previous match 119 The team s performance caused a reaction similar that of 1997 With an eye toward the next World Cup the selectors dropped the Waugh brothers and handed the captaincy to Ricky Ponting Waugh made his displeasure at the decision public and stated a desire to regain his place in the side 120 Continuing as Test captain Waugh led the team to a 2 1 victory in South Africa to retain Australia s ranking as the number one team citation needed 70 Australia crushed the hosts in the First Test by an innings and 360 runs won the Second Test by four wickets before losing the last 70 His own form was poor 121 with 95 runs at 19 00 47 He left the tour once the ODI series began Arriving in Australia alone he faced media questioning over his playing future Waugh s reply was We ve just beaten the next best team in the world 5 1 and all you want to talk about is getting me out of the team The speculation continued about the future of both Waugh brothers in the lead up to the Test series against Pakistan played in mid 2002 122 The matches were hosted in the United Arab Emirates and Sri Lanka due to security concerns following a bomb blast inside Pakistan 123 Australia had a crushing 3 0 win winning the two latter matches by an innings 70 but the Waughs had little influence on the result However Steve hit 103 not out in his last innings of the series after scoring consecutive ducks 47 This may have saved his career his brother was dropped for the 2002 03 Ashes series and promptly announced his retirement from international cricket 124 Despite his team being well on top Waugh struggled in the early part of the Ashes series and he scored only 106 runs in four innings in the first three Tests 47 It mattered little to the match results Australia crushed England in the First Test by 384 runs and proceeded to record consecutive innings victories 70 In the Fourth Test at the MCG he scored 77 in the first innings and took his first Test wicket in four years 47 he did not bowl himself often as captain However his score of 14 in the second innings was characterised by many inside edges and false strokes led to increased speculation that he would be dropped citation needed Australia managed to reach their target with five wickets down 70 despite a stumble on the final morning citation needed The Fifth Test in his hometown Sydney started with speculation that it would be Waugh s last Test unless he reversed his ongoing form slump 125 Asked before the final Test to nominate the defining moment of a career likely to soon be over Waugh made a prediction rather than reflecting stating It might be yet to come 126 On the second day of the match he then fulfilled this prophecy scoring a chanceless century bringing up three figures with a cover driven boundary from the last ball of the day bowled by off spinner Richard Dawson 127 Waugh left the ground to a standing ovation having equalled Sir Donald Bradman s then Australian record of 29 Test centuries 127 as well as saving his own Test career In the second innings Australia faced a large target and slumped to a heavy defeat by 225 on a deteriorating pitch its only loss of the series citation needed 47 When he was dismissed cheaply in the second innings Waugh ran off the field as the crowd gave him a standing ovation amidst speculation he may choose to retire after what was regarded as a fairytale century The 2003 World Cup came and Waugh s desire to return for a fifth World Cup was denied A chance for a last minute reprieve came when all rounder Shane Watson was injured before the tournament Waugh had been using his newspaper column to promote his bowling abilities and had been increasingly using himself as a bowler in an attempt to strengthen his case for a recall However his successor Ricky Ponting publicly called for the inclusion of then out of form Andrew Symonds Ponting got his wish and although the selection was regarded as being highly controversial at the time Symonds established himself at international level with a series of match winnings innings During the April 2003 tour to the West Indies Waugh made 25 in the First Test and did not bat in the Second before scoring 115 in the Third Test victory 47 Australia won all three Tests by nine wickets 118 runs and nine wickets respectively 70 He scored 41 and 45 in the Fourth Test to end the series with 226 runs at 75 33 It was in this match that Australia lost as the home team broke the record for the highest successful Test run chase citation needed Waugh received some criticism over claims he refused to control his players This came after a heated confrontation between Glenn McGrath and West Indian batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan as the hosts headed towards their target citation needed The Australian winter of 2003 saw Waugh score consecutive unbeaten centuries of 100 and 156 as Australia took a 2 0 sweep over Bangladesh with innings victories 47 70 The Australian summer started in late 2003 and after scoring 78 and 61 in the two Tests against Zimbabwe 47 which Australia won by an innings and nine wickets respectively 70 Waugh announced that the 2003 04 series against India would be his last Farewell season Edit nbsp Steve Waugh s Test career performance graphIn the First Test Waugh was involved in a controversial run out when he had a mix up with Damien Martyn and both players ended up at the same end Martyn who had established himself at the crease sacrificed himself by walking out of his ground for Waugh who had yet to score This generated criticism that Waugh s farewell series was being put ahead of team victory With long bowling spearheads Shane Warne and McGrath unavailable due to drugs suspension and injury respectively Australia struggled to bowl out the Indian batsmen After a rain affected draw in the First Test the next two Tests were shared and Australia needed a win to reclaim the Border Gavaskar Trophy in the final Fourth Test at Waugh s home ground at the Sydney Cricket Ground Promoters paid tribute to Waugh by handing out giant red handkerchiefs to incoming spectators Waugh had always used a red handkerchief to wipe perspiration while he was batting Any hope of a win for Waugh s Australians disappeared when India batted into the third morning and amass 7 705 with Sachin Tendulkar smashing 241 obliging Australia to chase 449 with just over one day s play Waugh s highest Test score of the season was his last 80 in the Fourth Test at Sydney which secured a draw for Australia After an obdurate start to his innings he took a more aggressive style once Australia had moved into a position of safety striking several fours It was the highest fourth innings score of his Test career When he passed 50 several ferries on Sydney Harbour sounded their horns in acknowledgement A record fifth day SCG crowd turned out to watch Waugh s final day as an Australian player Legacy Edit nbsp Waugh in 2014Steve Waugh s approach led to a succession of victories and a record run of 16 consecutive Test match wins beating the previous record of 11 by the West Indies His 168 Test matches was the record for Test matches played until 2010 of these he captained Australia on 57 occasions the fourth highest of all time and Australia s 41 victories under his leadership was the most of any Test captain until Ricky Ponting surpassed him in December 2009 128 129 He holds the record of having scored over 150 runs in one innings against each Test playing nation at the time citation needed He holds the record for scoring the most career centuries in test history when batting at number 5 position 24 130 Career best performances EditSee also List of international cricket centuries by Steve Waugh BattingFormat Score Fixture Venue SeasonTest 200 Australia v West Indies Sabina Park Kingston 1995 131 ODI 120 not out Australia v South Africa Headingley Leeds 1999 132 First class 216 not out New South Wales v Western Australia WACA Perth 1990 133 List A 140 not out Somerset v Middlesex Lord s London 1988 134 Playing style EditA shot that Waugh gradually developed during the 1998 Commonwealth Games specifically against spin bowling the slog sweep is theoretically technically unsound but has proven highly effective against the spinners and even against faster bowlers at times What was also noticeable about Waugh particularly in the Test arena on his return to the side was his reluctance and eventual refusal to play what he viewed as the risky hook shot rather simply to either play defensively on the back foot sway or duck out of the way With this shot removed from Waugh s repertoire his batting developed a safer more reliable look and his Test match batting average steadily rose to around 50 for the remainder of his Test career Waugh s ability to continue to play despite a back injury that largely prevented him bowling further enhanced his reputation He contributed to many one day victories but often batting in the middle order his first one day hundred did not come until his 187th match for Australia against Sri Lanka at Melbourne in 1995 96 As a bowler and all rounder early in his career he had a great leg cutter that is full length and aims at off stump that tempts batsmen to hit over mid wicket or right down the ground against middle order batsmen or aiming outside off to tempt lower order batsmen to drive into the infielders 135 Outside cricket EditWaugh helps to raise funds for a leper children s colony Udayan in Kolkata He reportedly also encouraged his players to learn about and enjoy the countries they visited and played in Waugh is a keen photographer and has produced several tour diaries which feature his images In his latter years as a cricketer he wrote for a number of newspapers He insists on writing them himself rather than with the assistance of professional journalists He is a prolific author and has written numerous tour diaries 136 leadership and self help books such as Never Say Die and The Meaning of Luck as well as an autobiography Out of my Comfort Zone 137 Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004 138 in recognition of both his sporting achievements and charity work Waugh is married to Lynette with three children and was named Australian Father of the Year in 2005 Following retirement Waugh established the Steve Waugh Foundation The foundation is aimed at children who have a disease an illness or an affliction that does not meet the set criteria of other charitable organisations Waugh has stated that he has declined a number of approaches by the Australian Labor Party to run for political office expressing the view that he is not suited to politics 139 140 Honours EditHe was named as the captain in Australia s greatest ever ODI team 141 On 3 February 2009 Steve Waugh became the 30th cricketer inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame Waugh was awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 14 July 2000 He was awarded the Allan Border Medal by the CA in 2001 142 Waugh was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia AO in the 2003 Birthday Honours for service to cricket as a leading player and to the community particularly through the Udayan children s home 143 He was awarded the Australian of the Year award in 2004 for his cricketing feats also for his work with charities most noticeably Udayan Home in Barrackpore India helping children suffering with leprosy References Edit 50 Greatest Cricketers of all Time gamezy Retrieved 5 January 2023 Woodcock s 100 Greatest Cricketers of all Time Wisden Retrieved 5 January 2023 25 Best Cricketers Of All Time list25 19 August 2019 Retrieved 5 January 2023 The Best Cricket Players of All Times playco December 2020 Retrieved 5 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no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Waugh relishes challenge BBC Sport 15 February 2001 Retrieved 22 July 2008 Knight 2003 pp 268 271harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help a b c Knight 2003 p 322harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help 1st Test India v Australia at Mumbai 27 February 3 March 2001 Ball by Ball commentary ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 28 February 2007 2nd Test India v Australia at Calcutta 11 15 March 2001 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 28 February 2007 Incredible India defeat Australia BBC Sport 15 March 2001 Retrieved 2 March 2007 Tests Victory after Following On ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 3 March 2007 Tests Unusual Dismissals ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 3 March 2007 Indian batsmen on top BBC Sport 19 March 2001 Retrieved 2 March 2007 Knight 2003 p 323harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help 3rd Test India v Australia at Chennai 18 22 March 2001 Ball by Ball Commentary ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 28 February 2007 a b Knight 2003 p 329harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help a b Knight 2003 p 328harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Knight 2003 pp 329 331harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Richard Boock Paul Coupar VB Series 2001 02 Wisden ESPN Sports Media Retrieved 23 September 2009 ABC TV 7 30 Report 13 February 2002 transcript Australian Broadcasting Corporation 13 February 2002 Archived from the original on 5 February 2010 Retrieved 23 September 2009 Neil Manthorp The Australians in South Africa 2001 02 Wisden ESPN Sports Media Retrieved 23 September 2009 Knight 2003 p 342harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Knight 2003 p 341harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Knight 2003 pp 346 349harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Knight 2003 p 351harvnb error no target CITEREFKnight2003 help Waugh s last ball century YouTube www youtube com Archived from the original on 17 November 2021 Retrieved 9 January 2021 a b 5th Test Australia v England at Sydney 2 6 January 2003 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 23 September 2009 Test matches won as Captain ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 23 September 2009 Australia captain Ricky Ponting sets Test win record BBC Sport 30 December 2009 Retrieved 30 December 2009 Most career tons when batting at each positions HowStat Australia tour of West Indies 1994 95 West Indies v Australia Scorecard ESPNcricinfo 3 May 1995 Retrieved 14 January 2016 ICC World Cup 1999 9th Super Australia v South Africa Scorecard ESPNcricinfo 13 June 1999 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Sheffield Shield 1990 91 WA v NSW Scorecard ESPNcricinfo 23 December 1990 Retrieved 14 January 2016 Refuge Assurance League 1988 Middlesex v Somerset Scorecard ESPNcricinfo 26 June 1988 Retrieved 14 January 2016 From the Vault Tugga s fighting five fer Steve Waugh Books Biography and List of Works Author of Out of My Comfort Zone Waugh Steve 2013 The Meaning of Luck Stories of Learning Leadership and Love SteveWaughBooks ISBN 978 0 9875641 0 8 Waugh named Australian of the Year Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 January 2004 Archived from the original on 27 October 2004 Retrieved 19 July 2008 Steve Waugh declines invitation to join political fray AM ABC News 24 October 2005 Retrieved 23 October 2018 Durkin Patrick 22 August 2013 Steve Waugh celebs should stay out of politics The Australian Financial Review Archived from the original on 23 October 2018 Retrieved 23 October 2018 Australia names greatest ODI team Daily Times Pakistan 28 February 2007 Retrieved 1 March 2007 Australian Cricket Awards Cricket Australia www cricketaustralia com au Retrieved 17 May 2021 The Queen s Birthday 2003 Honours Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Special National 1977 2012 9 June 2003 p 1 Retrieved 28 July 2023 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steve Waugh Steve Waugh at ESPNcricinfo Steve Waugh Foundation website Waugh GlobalSporting positionsPreceded byEric Simons Nelson Cricket Club professional1987 Succeeded byAnthon Ferreira Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Steve 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