Steve Waugh

Steve Waugh

Player information
Surname	Stephen Rodger Waugh
Born	June 2, 1965 (age 55) Canterbury City , Australia
Nickname	Tugga, Iceman, Man-O'War
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Player role	Batsman
Relationships	DP Waugh , ME Waugh (brothers)
International games
National team	Australia
Test debut (cap 335)	December 26, 1985 v India
Last test	January 2, 2004 v India
ODI debut (cap 90)	January 9, 1986 v New Zealand
Last ODI	February 3, 2002 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	5
National teams
Years	team
1984 / 85-2003 / 04	New South Wales
2002	Kent
1998	Ireland
1987-1988	Somerset
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	List A
Games	168	325	356	436
Runs (total)	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
Highscore	200	120 *	216 *	140 *
Balls	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 play	0	n / A	0	n / A
Best bowling performance	5/28	4/33	6/51	4/32
Catches / stumpings	112 / -	111 / -	273 / -	150 / -
Source: Cricinfo , December 31, 2004

Steve Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury City , Australia ) is a retired Australian cricketer . In 1989 he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year .

Career

Steve Waugh completed 168 tests for Australia during his career . No other cricketer has participated in more test matches to date. Waugh made his test debut in December 1985 against India in Melbourne. In total, he scored 10927 runs (51.06 runs per wicket ) in his 168 tests played . To date, he is the only cricketer who was able to achieve at least 150 runs in a test innings against all the other nine teams with test status. Steve Waugh is one of only eight cricketers who have achieved at least 10,000 test runs during their career. He is also one of nine Australian players who have a career average of at least 50 runs per wicket when tested. In 1999 he replaced Mark Taylor as captain of the Australian test team. He was the captain of the Australian team in a total of 57 tests, 41 of which were won. No other captain in the history of test cricket has a higher win rate (71.93 percent). Steve Waugh completed his last test for the Australian team in January 2004 against India in Sydney. He also played 325 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia, in which he scored a total of 7569 runs (32.9 runs per wicket). With the Australian team Waugh took part in four cricket world championships (1987, 1992, 1996 and 1999). He won the title with the team twice, namely in 1987 and 1999. Steve Waugh is the older twin brother of Mark Waugh , also a test cricketer for Australia.

Others

Steve Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004. Because of his services to the sport of crickets he was awarded the Order of Australia by Elizabeth II in 2003 . He was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in January 2010.

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Entry on Cricinfo
2. ↑ Test matches - Batting records - Most runs in career. CricInfo, accessed January 12, 2013 . 
3. ^ Records - Australia - Test matches - Highest averages. CricInfo, accessed January 12, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Steve Waugh - Hall of Famers ( English ) ICC. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
5. ↑ Australian of the Year 2004. Retrieved January 12, 2013 (English). 
6. ^ Five Australian legends inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 31, 2013 ; Retrieved January 12, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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