Steve Waugh: Cricket
Steve Rodger Waugh, (born June 2, 1965) is a former professional cricketer who played for the Australian National Team, New South Wales, Kent, Ireland and Somerset. He was a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium bowler. He captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004 and became the most capped Test cricket player in history with 168 appearances.
Greatest Sporting Achievements
Waugh is one of the eleven players to score over 10,000 Test runs, leading Australia to fifteen of their sixteen consecutive record Test wins and the 1999 Cricket World Cup. In 2004, he was named Australian of the Year and was later inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. As of 2015, Steve Waugh holds the most number of batting not-outs in Cricket World Cup history with 10.
Why Was He So Good?
During the early years of his professional cricketing career, he was known to be a “moderately talented player”. He even lost his Test place to his brother Mark, but he went on and became one of the leading batsmen of his era. He was considered to be “cold-blooded” and “scientific” as a leader as written by Simon Barnes, cricket columnist of The Times. Steve Waugh is the ultimate evolved cricketer.
What You May Not Know
- His brother Mark Waugh is his fraternal twin and is also a former Australian cricketer. Their younger brother Dean Waugh was a cricketer as well.
- Steve was nicknamed “Tugga” (tug of war) by his friends and “Iceman” by the cricket fans for his ability to remain calm and cool during a pressured situation.
- Waugh was included into the Australian Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia, member of the Order of Australia and was awarded the Australian Sports Medal.
- Steve Waugh is a keen photographer and produced a couple of tour diaries that are mostly his images. After his pro years, he wrote for various newspapers and later wrote his autography “Out of My Comfort Zone”.
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