What is Steve Waugh?
[[File:SRWaugh.png|thumb|200px|Waugh in 2002]] '''Stephen Rodger Waugh''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AO]]}} (born 2 June 1965) is a former [[Australia]]n [[cricket]]er. He is the [[twin]] brother of cricketer [[Mark Waugh]]. He was a right-handed [[batsman]] and was also a medium-pace [[bowler]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/steve-waugh-by-numbers-20040103-gdx1wa.html|title=Steve Waugh by numbers|date=3 January 2004|access-date=23 April 2020|work=[[The Age]]}}</ref> He was the [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]]'s [[captain (sports)|captain]] from 1997 to 2004. He led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen [[Test cricket|Test]] wins in a row. He also captained his country to victory at the 1999 [[Cricket World Cup]]. Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in cricket history. As captain, he won 41 matches and lost 9 matches, with a winning ratio of 72%. Waugh was named [[Australian of the Year]] in 2004. He was given this award for his cricket [[feat]]s and [[Charity (practice)|charity]] work. Waugh was born in [[Campsie, New South Wales]]. He is a few minutes older than his twin brother Mark. He is married to Lynette. The couple have three children. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *{{Cricketarchive}} {{Australians of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waugh, Steve}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian cricketers]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:Cricketers from Sydney]] [[Category:Twin people from Australia]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}