Global InformationList of international cricket centuries by Steve Waugh information
Steve Waugh is a former cricketer and captain of the Australia cricket team. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium bowler.[2] Described as one of the most consistent batsmen,[3][4] and by Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid as "a gritty player who did not throw away his wicket easily and is someone who valued his wicket",[5] Waugh scored centuries (scores of 100 or more) in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). During his career in international cricket he scored centuries on 35 occasions and half centuries on 95 occasions. Considered to be one of the greatest modern day cricket captains,[6][7][8] Waugh led Australia to 41 wins out of the 57 Test matches under his captaincy.[9] "He was named Cricketer of the Year in 1988 by Indian Cricket, and a year later by Wisden.[10][11] In January 2010, the ICC inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[12]
Waugh made his Test debut against India in December 1985,[13] and scored a century for the first time in a match against England in 1989 which Australia won.[13][14] In Test matches, Waugh has scored centuries against all Test cricket playing nations, the second player to do so.[15][N 1] He has scored a century in at least one cricket ground of all Test cricket playing nations, except Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[16] He has made scores of 150-plus in an innings on 14 occasions.[17] His career best score of 200—his only double century—came against West Indies in April 1995.[15] Waugh has been most successful against England,[18] scoring ten centuries against them, the first in 1989 and the last one in 2003. On 25 July 2003 he became the first player to score 150 runs in an innings against all Test-playing nations, a world record.[19] He has been dismissed eight times between scores of 90 and 99, with a further two innings not out in the 90s.[20] As of August 2015, Waugh is ninth in the list of leading century makers in Test cricket.[1]
Although he made his ODI debut in January 1986,[21] it was not until 1996 that Waugh scored his first century, when he made 102 against Sri Lanka in a match which Australia lost.[22] He went on to score centuries on two more occasions until the end of his career. His highest score of 120 came against South Africa during the 1999 Cricket World Cup; the innings ensured Australia's victory and earned him a Man of the match award.[23] Having played for Australia for nineteen years, Waugh retired from international cricket after the final Test of the 2003–04 series against India.[24]
- ^ a b "Records – Test matches – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ^ "Steve Waugh by numbers". The Age. 3 January 2004. Archived from the original on 10 May 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Cricketer extraordinaire". The Hindu. 22 May 2003. Archived from the original on 24 November 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Panicker, Prem. "S'Africa in awesome form in Titan Cup triumph over Australia". Rediff. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Steve Waugh my role model: Rahul Dravid". The Indian Express. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Look for value buys". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Waugh and Love torment Bangladesh". The Hindu. 28 July 2003. Archived from the original on 4 February 2005. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ John Bloomfield (1 July 2003). Australia's Sporting Success: The Inside Story. UNSW Press. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-86840-582-7. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ Mallett, Ashley. "Clarke treads in the footsteps of the greats". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Indian Cricket Cricketers of The Year". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Wisden Cricketers of The Year". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Reporter, Staff (4 January 2010). "Waugh finds a place in Hall of Fame". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Statistics – Statsguru – SR Waugh – Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ "The Ashes – 1st Test England v Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ^ a b c "Steve Waugh factfile". Rediff. Reuters. Archived from the original on 25 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Steve Waugh – Centuries at venues outside Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Sizzling Sangakkara sets new world record". Rediff. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Waugh at peace". The Guardian. 23 April 2006. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Most 150'S scored against Test-playing Nations". Guinness World Records. Jim Pattison Group. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Records – Test matches – Batting records – Most nineties in career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ "Players – Australia – Steve Waugh". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series – 12th match Australia v Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "ICC World Cup – 39th match, Super Sixes Australia v South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Waugh says goodbye". BBC Sport. 6 January 2004. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
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