Stephen Waugh

Steve Waugh

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Rodger Waugh
Born	(1965-06-02) 2 June 1965 (age 52) Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Tugga, Ice Man
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All Rounder
Relations	DP Waugh, ME Waugh (brothers), Austin Waugh (Son)
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 335)	26 December 1985 v India
Last Test	2 January 2004 v India
ODI debut (cap 90)	9 January 1986 v New Zealand
Last ODI	3 February 2002 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	5
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1984/85–2003/04	New South Wales
2002	Kent
1998	Ireland
1987–1988	Somerset
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A 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 n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 5/28 4/33 6/51 4/32 Catches/stumpings 112/– 111/– 273/– 150/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2004

Stephen Rodger Waugh, AO (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler. In December 2017 his son Austin Waugh was named in Australia’s squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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. Thought of in the early stages of his career as only a "moderately talented" player, at one point losing his Test place to his brother Mark, he went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time. He is one of only twelve players to have scored more than 10,000 Test runs, led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

He was named Australian of the Year in 2004 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.

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, Waugh rebuffed criticism over "manipulation of the points system" during the Cricket World Cup to ensure his team's progression, and was often critical of the media. Described in 2003 as a "cold-blooded, scientific" leader, cricket columnist of The Times Simon Barnes noted that "Waugh wants to defeat you personally." At the end of his final Test match, Waugh was carried by his teammates in a lap of honour around the Sydney Cricket Ground.