Steve Waugh News

A list highlighting legendary Test cricketers who have dominated the first innings with exceptional consistency and run-scoring ability, featuring past icons and an active modern-day star.  

Steve Smith achieved the big milestone of 10,000 Test runs during Australia's 1st Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle. Smith became the 15th cricketer globally to reach 10,000 Test runs, joining the ranks of legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, who have left a lasting legacy. Here's is a list of all 15 batters who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket:

In these collection of pictures, we take a look at captains with best win-percentage in international cricket. From India's Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to Australia's Ricky Ponting.

Australia dropped Todd Murphy for the fourth Test. Steve Waugh criticised the team management’s decision. England dominated Day 2 of the Test.

The 2001 series win under Ganguly is considered one of the finest in the history of Test cricket. India managed to halt Steve Waugh’s Australians at the ‘final frontier’ after they had won 16 Tests in a row, including the first one of this series in Mumbai by 10 wickets.

The term ‘Mankading’ came into existence for the first time when legendary Indian all-rounder Vinod Mankad dismissed an Australian batsman Bill Brown during a Test match in 1947. If a player leaves the field for more than 15 minutes, he won’t be allowed to bat/bowl for that much amount of time in the next innings of the game. Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh was famously out handling the ball in the 2001 series against India.

In 132 Tests, Kumble picked up 619 scalps at an average of 29.55 and 337 ODI wickets from 271 games as well in a career spanning 18 years.

Under Kohli's captaincy, India became the first Asian side to defeat Australia in a Test series Down Under in 2018-19. India and Australia are slated to play four-match Test series, beginning December 17 at the Adelaide Oval. Australia will be boosting with confidence due to the return of their former skipper Steve Smith and former vice-captain David Warner.

The 48-year-old achieved the feat on the second day of the opening Test of the two-match Test series between Australia and Zimbabwe in 2003. Matthew Hayden finished his incredible innings at 380 off 437 balls--which was the highest individual Test score of that time. His knock was also decorated with 38 boundaries and 11 sixes. Hayden's record was broken by Brian Lara a year later during West Indies' Test match against England.

Former cricket historian Raiji had scored 277 runs at a batting average of 23.08 in nine first-class games he played during his cricketing career.

Waugh reached his highest Test score of 200 during the final Test of the four-match series against West Indies in 1995.

Hardik and Krunal Pandya have been playing together for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians for the last four years.

The twin bothers eventually went on to play 108 Test matches together for the Australian men's cricket team..

The match played between an English team led by James Lillywhite against the Australians was later given the accolade of being cricket's first official Test.  

A video of a three-year kid from Muchipara in Kolkata's Behala area playing some exquisite cricketing shots had created a storm on social media a few months back. The boy, who went viral on social media, was seen wearing diapers and a pair of gloves as he played some straight drives and cover drives with his plastic bat.

 Australia`s Tim Paine has said the upcoming test series against Pakistan and New Zealand may be the last time he captains the side at home as he enters the twilight of his career.

Waugh said that while the performance alone is extraordinary, the fact that this is Smith's first Test series in 16 months after his fall from grace in the 2018 Newlands ball-tampering scandal that led to him losing the Australian captaincy and being slapped with a one year ban by Cricket Australia makes it all the more incredible.

The 30-year-old reached this milestone after he added 122 runs in the ongoing fourth Ashes Test.

Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh went a step further and said that Smith has the ability to read the opposition and their tactics and that helps him in trying situations.

Team mentor Steve Waugh believes Australia’s bowlers just need to stick to their task on the third day of the first Ashes Test and look for some early breakthroughs to get right back into the match.