Steve Waugh

This article is about the Australian cricketer. For the American politician, see Stephen Waugh (politician).

Steve Waugh

AO
Waugh in 2002
Personal information
Full name
Stephen Rodger Waugh
Born (1965-06-02) 2 June 1965 (age 59)
Campsie, New South Wales, Australia
NicknameTugga, Ice Man
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
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/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner 1987 India and Pakistan
Winner 1999 England-Wales
-Ireland-Scotland-Netherlands
Runner-up 1996 India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2004

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]

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]

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  3. ^ "25 Best Cricketers Of All Time". list25. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. ^ "The Best Cricket Players of All Times!". playco. December 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ "RECORDS / TEST MATCHES / INDIVIDUAL RECORDS (CAPTAINS, PLAYERS, UMPIRES) / MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Steve Waugh ICC Test All-Rounder Ranking". relianceiccrankings. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Steve Waugh ICC ODI All-Rounder Ranking". relianceiccrankings. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ Rajesh, S. An Ashes superstar and much more from CricInfo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Australian of the Year Awards". Archived from the original on 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  10. ^ Lewis, Wendy (2010). Australians of the Year. Pier 9 Press. ISBN 978-1-74196-809-5.
  11. ^ "Lindwall, Miller, O'Reilly, Trumper and Waugh – Australian legends inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  12. ^ Haigh, Gideon, One hundred per cent Australian from CricInfo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  13. ^ Barnes, Simon. The man who changed the game from CricInfo. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  14. ^ Engel, Matthew. Australia v India – Wisden Report. Fourth Test, At Sydney, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January 2004 from Cricinfo and Wisden. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  15. ^ "The Best Australian Ashes XI revealed". CA. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2009.