20 Facts About Steve Waugh

1. Steve Waugh does not agree with head coach Ravi Shastri's comments on the current Indian team being the best Indian side in the past 15 years.

2. Steve Waugh spoke in reference to Indian coach Shastri's comments that this.

3. Steve Waugh said Maxwell was the kind of player who At 35, he is an experienced head in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner.

4. Steve Waugh spoke in reference to India coach Ravi Shastri's comments.

5. Steve Waugh was no less competitive and the same can be said of Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.

6. Steve Waugh picks an all-time record that Virat Kohli will never be able to break.

7. Steve Waugh said Kohli will break all batting records in cricket, except for one.

8. Steve Waugh worked as an athletics liaison officer for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

9. Steve Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004, in recognition of both his sporting achievements and charity work.

10. Steve Waugh helps to raise funds for a leper children's colony, Udayan, in Kolkata.

11. Steve Waugh returned to form in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval, scoring 150 in the first innings.

12. Steve Waugh returned to form on the 1997 tour of South Africa, averaging 78.25.

13. Steve Waugh played patiently and reached his double century with an all-run four to fine-leg off a quicker ball from Carl Hooper.

14. Steve Waugh scored 92 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in another win.

15. Steve Waugh finally scored his maiden Test century, 177 not out in the First Test at Leeds.

16. Early in his international career, Steve Waugh was a natural, uninhibited strokeplayer who liked to drive off the back foot.

17. Steve Waugh had more success in the one-day format during the season.

18. Steve Waugh has been included in a list of one hundred Australian Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia, awarded the Order of Australia and the Australian Sports Medal.

19. In December 2017 his son Austin Steve Waugh was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

20. Steve Waugh responds to calls for him to become Cricket Australia chairman.