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Stephen Rodger "Steve" Waugh, AO born 2 June 1965 is a former Australian cricketer, and fraternal twin of former Australian cricketer Mark Waugh. Steve Waugh captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. He was the most capped Test cricket player in history with 168 appearances until 3 August 2010, when Sachin Tendulkar of India broke this record. He is known amongst friends as "Tugga as in tug of war , and amongst the public as "Iceman" for his ability to remain calm and cool in high-pressure situations throughout his career. Dean Waugh, another of Steve's brothers, is also a cricketer, having played first-class and list A cricket in Australia. He is known for his philanthropic work, and he was named Australian of the Year in 2004On 30 September 2009, Steve Waugh was one of five new members announced as part of the growing class of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame On 4 January 2010, he was formally inducted into the Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 International career
o 2.1 Early international career
o 2.2 1987 World Cup
o 2.3 Breakthrough tour of England
o 2.4 Omission
o 2.5 New approach
o 2.6 Frank Worrell Trophy regained in 1995
o 2.7 No 1 batsman
* 3 Captaincy
o 3.1 ODI captain
o 3.2 Struggles in the Caribbean
o 3.3 1999 World Cup victory
o 3.4 World record of 16 consecutive Test victories
o 3.5 Failure in India
o 3.6 ODI captaincy changed
o 3.7 Farewell season
o 3.8 Legacy
* 4 Playing style
* 5 Outside cricket
* 6 Honours
* 7 Footnotes
* 8 References
* 9 External links
Early life
Main article: Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh
Born at Canterbury Hospital in Campsie, a suburb in South-Western Sydney on 2 June 1965, Waugh was one of twin boys born to Rodger and Beverley Waugh. He arrived four minutes before Mark who went to play cricket for Australia alongside him. Their father was a bank official and his mother was a teacher within the New South Wales Department of EducationThe family settled in the western Sydney suburb of Panania.The twins were later joined by two more brothers, Dean and Danny.From an early age, the parents introduced their children to sport By the age of six, the twins were playing organised soccer, tennis and cricket. In their first cricket match, the brothers were both dismissed for ducks
The twins came from a sporting family. Their paternal grandfather Edward was a greyhound trainer. Raised in the northern coastal town of Bangalow, Edward earned selection for the New South Wales Country team in rugby league He was about to join Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League, but had to give up his career due to family reasons.Rodger was Edward's only son and was promising tennis player, who was ranked eighth in Australia in his junior years and was the state champion at under-14 level. On the maternal side, Bev was a tennis player who won the under-14 singles at the South Australian Championships. Her eldest brother Dion Bourne was an opening batsman who played for Bankstown in Sydney Grade Cricket and remains the leading runscorer in the club's history
The twins made their first representative cricket team when they were selected the Bankstown District under-10s at the age of eight. In 1976, the twins were the youngest ever to be selected in the New South Wales Primary Schools' soccer team. Playing for Panania Primary School, the twins swept their school to win the Umbro International Shield, a statewide knockout soccer competition, scoring all of their team's three goals in the final.They were a key part of their school's consecutive state cricket championships,and were part of school tennis team that came second in the state in their final year.In his final year, Steve was the vice-captain of the cricket team and captained the state soccer team.The twins were instrumental in New South Wales winning the cricket carnival without a defeat, in one match combining in a partnership of 150
By this time, the increasing time demands led to conflicts between the sports, and were in one case delisted from a team due to a conflict of commitments The twins progressed to East Hills Boys Technology High School, which had a history of producing Australian international representatives in a number of sports.Aged 13, the twins were invited by their uncle Bourne, then the captain of Bankstown's first grade team, to trial for the club's under-16 team for the Green Shield, and both were selected. Aged fourteen, both made their senior grade cricket debut in 1979–1980, playing in the Fourth XI. The twins broke into East Hills Boys First XI in the same season,and achieved the same level in soccer. In 1980–81 the brothers were elevated to the Third XI mid-season
The brothers often won formed a two man team—in one match taking 16/85 between them At the end of 1980, the twins were selected in the state under-16 team for the national carnival.The pair changed soccer teams to play in the reserve grade for Sydney Croatia in the state league being paid small amounts in the professional league. However, they quickly left as their cricket careers increasingly demanded more time
The brothers were promoted to Bankstown's Second XI,before being selected for the First XI in the 1982–83 season, aged 17, both making their debut against Western Suburbs. However, Waugh was dropped back to the Second XI He was regarded as an aggressive player, something that characterised his early international career
The twins finished high school at the end of 1983. In 1983–84, both were members of New South Wales Combined High Schools and the state under-19 team.Waugh made 170 against Great Public SchoolsThe brothers were then selected for Australia for the first time. They had been named in the national under-19 team to play a Test and ODI series against the touring Sri Lankan counterparts.
The under-19 series pitted several future international players against one anotherWaugh scored 187 in the Third Test at Melbourne as Australia won After leaving high school, Waugh enrolled in a teaching course, but withdrew after a few lectures He made his maiden First XI century during the season with tons against Sydney University and Waverley
At the start of the 1984–85 season, the brothers were included in the New South Wales state squad

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