Stephen Rodger Waugh was born on 2 June 1965 and is an Australian former international cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh.
130 Facts About Steve Waugh
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Steve Waugh was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
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Steve Waugh was the world number 1 all-rounder in both Test and One Day International cricket until back issues forced him to give up bowling.
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Steve Waugh concentrated only on batting and went on to become one of the leading batsmen of his time.
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Steve Waugh is one of only thirteen players to have scored more than 10,000 Test runs.
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Steve Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004 for his philanthropic work, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010.
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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.
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Steve Waugh arrived four minutes before Mark, who went on to play cricket for Australia alongside him.
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Steve Waugh was about to join Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League, but had to give up his career due to family reasons.
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Steve Waugh's 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.
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However, Steve Waugh was dropped back to the Second XI, He was regarded as an aggressive player, something that characterised his early international career.
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Steve Waugh made his maiden First XI century during the season with tons against Sydney University and Waverley.
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Each club was allowed to have one professional; Steve Waugh was officially designated as such but would split the earnings with Mark.
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Steve Waugh was selected to replace Gilbert with Essex, leaving Mark as the lone professional.
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In December 2017, his son, Austin Steve Waugh, was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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Steve Waugh had more success in the one-day format during the season.
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Steve Waugh did not bat as the match was washed out.
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Steve Waugh was retained for all of Australia's 12 matches in the triangular tournament, scoring 266 runs at 38.00 with two half-centuries, including a top score of 81 in the Australia Day victory over India.
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Steve Waugh was retained for all four ODIs on the tour of New Zealand, scoring 111 runs at 27.75 and taking four wickets at 39.75.
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At this stage of his career, Steve Waugh bore a heavy workload as a bowler although he was ostensibly selected for his batting.
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Steve Waugh played in all six ODIs on tour, scoring 111 runs at 55.50 and taking seven wickets at 35.86.
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The win in the Fifth Test was the first time that Steve Waugh was in a victorious Test team, in his 13th match.
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Steve Waugh played in all of Australia's 13 ODIs for the home season, scoring 372 runs at 37.20 with two half-centuries and taking 21 wickets at 21.80.
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Early in his international career, Steve Waugh was a natural, uninhibited strokeplayer who liked to drive off the back foot.
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Batting first, Steve Waugh hit 16 from the final over of the innings in a cameo of 32*, a match that Australia won by 18 runs.
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Steve Waugh was a key player as Australia defended a target of 254 against England at Kolkata.
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Steve Waugh claimed the wickets of Allan Lamb and Phillip DeFreitas in the 47th and 49th overs as England stumbled towards the end of the run-chase.
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Steve Waugh compiled 167 runs at 55.66 and took 11 wickets at 26.18.
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Steve Waugh's bowling helped to keep him in the team, with nine wickets at 29.67.
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Steve Waugh continued to perform strongly in the ODIs, scoring 270 runs as 38.57 and taking seven wickets at 49.42.
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Steve Waugh finally scored his maiden Test century, 177 not out in the First Test at Leeds.
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Steve Waugh followed this with an unbeaten 152 in the Second Test at Lord's, adeptly shepherding his tailend partners to help Australia set up a winning 242 run lead in the first innings.
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Steve Waugh was not dismissed until the first innings of the Third Test for 43, by which time he had amassed 393 runs.
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Steve Waugh scored 92 in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford in another win.
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Steve Waugh did not pass 20 in either of the last two Tests and finished the series with 506 runs at 126.5.
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Steve Waugh bowled less frequently, with only two wickets in the six Tests.
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Steve Waugh scored 88 runs at 22.00 and did not bowl a ball.
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Steve Waugh scored 378 runs at 37.8 in the six Tests in Australia and the one-off Test in New Zealand.
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Steve Waugh played in all five ODIs in New Zealand, making only 72 runs at 18.00.
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Steve Waugh returned to the bowling crease in the Sharjah tournament, taking four wickets at 28.00 and scoring 98 runs at 49.00.
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In 1990, Steve Waugh joined his twin brother Mark in an unbeaten partnership of 464 in 407 minutes for NSW against Western Australia at the WACA Ground, setting a world first-class record.
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Steve Waugh was replaced by his twin Mark, who scored a century on debut.
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However, Steve Waugh remained a regular in the ODI team, playing in all ten ODIs, scoring 141 runs at 35.25 and taking seven wickets at 49.42.
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Steve Waugh played in all five ODIs and scored 86 runs at 28.66 and took five wickets at 30.60.
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Nevertheless, Steve Waugh played in all 18 ODIs for the season.
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Steve Waugh scored 187 runs at 26.71 and took eight wickets at 34.63.
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Steve Waugh continued to be a fixture in the ODI team, playing in all ten matches and scoring 213 runs at 23.66 with one half-century and taking nine wickets at 39.22.
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Solid performances on the tour of New Zealand, where he scored 178 Test runs at 44.50, enabled Steve Waugh to hold his position on the 1993 Ashes tour of England.
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Steve Waugh completed his tour with 120 runs at 30.00 and three wickets at 57.66 in the five ODIs.
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Steve Waugh gained the number six position ahead of two promising Western Australians, Justin Langer and Damien Martyn.
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Steve Waugh returned for the end of the ODIs and ended with 141 runs at 23.50 and taking four wickets at 54.50.
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Steve Waugh was named as the international player of the [Australian] season.
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Steve Waugh ended with 291 runs at 48.50 and five wickets at 56.40.
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Steve Waugh scored 53 runs at 17.66 and took five wickets in 16.20.
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Steve Waugh eventually fell when a bouncer struck his body and rolled onto the stumps.
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Steve Waugh scored 153 runs at 38.25 with two half-centuries and took two wickets at 72.00 as Australia won the ODI tournament.
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Steve Waugh ended the series with 345 at 49.28 and did not bowl for the entire series.
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Steve Waugh played only one ODI for the season, scoring a duck and not bowling a ball.
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Steve Waugh scored 81 runs at 27.00 in four matches and did not bowl.
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Steve Waugh scored 164 runs at 32.80 and took three wickets at 41.00.
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Steve Waugh was at the centre of a controversy during the First Test at Barbados when he claimed a low catch from Brian Lara in the first innings.
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Steve Waugh later faced accusations of dishonesty and cheating over the incident.
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Steve Waugh swore and told Ambrose to return to his bowling mark.
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Steve Waugh compiled a long partnership of 231 runs with his brother Mark, who was eventually out for 126.
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Steve Waugh was the last man to go, out for 200 after nine hours of batting.
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Steve Waugh played patiently and reached his double century with an all-run four to fine-leg off a quicker ball from Carl Hooper.
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Steve Waugh made an unbeaten 112 as Australia defeated Pakistan in the First Test at Brisbane and scored 200 runs at 50.00 for the series.
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Steve Waugh returned during the latter stages of the triangular tournament, playing in the last four matches after missing the first six.
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Steve Waugh scored his maiden ODI century, ten years after his ODI debut, with an unbeaten 102 against Sri Lanka in Melbourne.
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Steve Waugh ended with 128 runs at 42.66 and did not take a wicket, bowling only four overs on his comeback from injury.
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Steve Waugh made an unbeaten half-century in the quarter-final against New Zealand at Madras, sealing a successful run chase.
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Steve Waugh scored 366 runs at 40.66 with three half-centuries and took five wickets at 37.40 across nine matches.
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The tour ended with a solitary Test against India in Delhi, where Steve Waugh was the only Australian to make a half-century in a defeat.
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Steve Waugh missed the Second Test against the West Indies after injuring his groin while bowling in the First.
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The injury meant that Steve Waugh was only available for six of Australia's eight ODI matches in the annual triangular tournament.
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Steve Waugh managed only 159 runs at 26.50 and only bowled three overs without taking a wicket as he came back from injury as Australia missed the finals.
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Steve Waugh returned to form on the 1997 tour of South Africa, averaging 78.25.
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Steve Waugh scored 160 in the First Test at Johannesburg, compiling a 385-run partnership with Greg Blewett.
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Steve Waugh continued his strong run in the seven ODIs, scoring 301 runs at 50.16 with four half-centuries.
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Steve Waugh then scored 91 in the last match in a vain run chase.
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Steve Waugh himself struggled, scoring only 12 runs, including three ducks in his first six innings before scoring 45* in the last round-robin match to ensure Australia qualified for the finals ahead of New Zealand.
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Steve Waugh scored 53 and 71 in his two innings, and ended the series with 181 runs at 22.63.
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Steve Waugh bowled only four overs and took a solitary wicket in the series, which was his first ODI wicket in over a year.
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Steve Waugh bowled more often than in the preceding few years and took six wickets at 17.33.
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The southern hemisphere season ended with Steve Waugh leading his first overseas tour, a four-match ODI tour of New Zealand.
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Steve Waugh recovered to lead in the triangular tournament in India.
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However, Steve Waugh's men turned the tables in the final to beat the Indians by four wickets.
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Steve Waugh totalled 254 runs at 28.22 and eight wickets at 33.50 for the two tournaments.
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Steve Waugh began the Ashes series with centuries in the First Test at Brisbane and the Third Test at Melbourne but was criticised for taking singles off the first ball of the over, and exposing the tail-end batsmen to the strike.
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Steve Waugh struck the last ball of the match into the outfield, and attempted three runs to tie the match.
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The match continued after Campbell was reinstated, but Steve Waugh criticised the security and questioned the integrity of the match.
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Steve Waugh struggled in the lead-up to the World Cup, scoring 135 runs at 22.50 and taking two wickets at 33.00.
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When questioned about the ethics of this manipulation at a press conference, Steve Waugh retorted, "We're not here to win friends mate".
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Steve Waugh's nose made contact with Gillespie's shin as both attempted a catch.
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Gillespie suffered a broken leg that sidelined him for 15 months, and Steve Waugh had his nose broken.
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Steve Waugh had a lean stretch during the Pakistan series, scoring 58 runs at 14.50, but his team won by margins of ten wickets, four wickets and an innings respectively.
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Steve Waugh returned to form in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval, scoring 150 in the first innings.
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Steve Waugh only passed fifty once more in the series to end with 276 runs at 55.20.
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Steve Waugh led the way in the Second Test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington with an unbeaten 151 but otherwise did not pass 20, totalling 214 runs at 53.50.
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Steve Waugh's men had won all nine of their Tests during the southern hemisphere summer.
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Steve Waugh missed the Third Test with injury and Gilchrist led the team in his absence and kept the winning streak alive.
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Steve Waugh returned for the last two Tests and scored centuries in the first innings of both Tests with 121* and 103 respectively, which Australia won by 352 runs and six wickets respectively.
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Steve Waugh then led the Australians undefeated in the triangular ODI tournament against the West Indies and Zimbabwe, despite employing a rotation system which saw the team often understrength with players rested.
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Steve Waugh chose to enforce the follow-on, the only time that Australia had chosen to do so for more than five years.
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Steve Waugh scored 105 in the First Test at Edgbaston as the Australians started the series with an innings victory.
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Steve Waugh did not pass 50 in the next two Tests, but Australia won both by eight and seven wickets respectively to retain the Ashes.
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However, Steve Waugh pulled a calf muscle and missed the Fourth Test at Headingley which Australia lost.
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Steve Waugh failed to pass double figures until scoring 67 in the second innings of the final Test, finishing the series with 78 runs at 19.50.
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Steve Waugh managed only eight and 13 in the First Test, but Australia managed to win by 246 runs in any case.
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Steve Waugh's innings was ended by a run out decision, which the umpire did not refer to the video umpire.
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Steve Waugh attracted criticism for not leaving the ground until he had watched a replay of the incident on the stadium's video screen.
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Steve Waugh made his displeasure at the decision public and stated a desire to regain his place in the side.
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Steve Waugh left the tour once the ODI series began.
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However, Steve Waugh hit 103 not out in his last innings of the series, after scoring consecutive ducks.
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Steve Waugh left the ground to a standing ovation, having equalled Sir Donald Bradman's then Australian record of 29 Test centuries, as well as saving his own Test career.
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Steve Waugh had been using his newspaper column to promote his bowling abilities and had been increasingly using himself as a bowler in an attempt to strengthen his case for a recall.
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Steve Waugh scored 41 and 45* in the Fourth Test to end the series with 226 runs at 75.33.
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Steve Waugh received some criticism over claims he refused to control his players.
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Martyn, who had established himself at the crease, sacrificed himself by walking out of his ground for Steve Waugh, who had yet to score.
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Promoters paid tribute to Steve Waugh by handing out giant red handkerchiefs to incoming spectators; Steve Waugh had always used a red handkerchief to wipe perspiration while he was batting.
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Steve Waugh's approach led to a succession of victories and a record run of 16 consecutive Test match wins, beating the previous record of 11 by the West Indies.
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Steve Waugh holds the record of having scored over 150 runs in one innings against each Test playing nation at the time.
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Steve Waugh helps to raise funds for a leper children's colony, Udayan, in Kolkata.
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Steve Waugh reportedly encouraged his players to learn about and enjoy the countries they visited and played in.
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Steve Waugh is a keen photographer and has produced several "tour diaries" which feature his images.
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Steve Waugh insists on writing them himself rather than with the assistance of professional journalists.
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Steve Waugh is a prolific author and has written numerous tour diaries, leadership and self-help books such as Never Say Die and The Meaning of Luck.
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Steve Waugh was named Australian of the Year in 2004, in recognition of both his sporting achievements and charity work.
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Steve Waugh is married to Lynette with three children and was named Australian Father of the Year in 2005.
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Steve Waugh has stated that he has declined "a number of" approaches by the Australian Labor Party to run for political office, expressing the view that he is not suited to politics.