Steve Waugh

Personal information

Full name

Stephen Rodger Waugh

Born

2 June 1965 (age 51)
Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nickname

Tugga

Height

179 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium

Role

All Rounder

Relations

DP Waugh, ME Waugh (brothers)

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.

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1984/85–2003/04

2002

1998

1987–1988

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.

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 12 players to have scored over 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.

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