Steve Waugh

Waugh in 2002

Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer. He is the twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. He was a right-handed batsman and was also a medium-pace bowler. He was the Australian cricket team's captain from 1997 to 2004. He led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen Test wins in a row. He also captained his country to victory at the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in cricket history. As captain, he won 41 matches and lost 9 matches, with a winning ratio of 72%.

Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004. He was given this award for his cricket feats and charity work.

Waugh was born in Campsie, New South Wales. He is a few minutes older than his twin brother Mark. He is married to Lynette. The couple have three children.

Steve Waugh Media

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

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  Stencil drawing depicting Steve Waugh

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  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

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  Steve Waugh's Test career performance graph

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  Australian cricketing legends Allan Border, Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh - all former Cricket World Cup winning captains - were in Delhi today for the India Today Group's Salaam Cricket conference, which considered whether India could again be victorious at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, which begins in Australia and New Zealand next February.

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