Australian cricketing brothers Steve and Mark Waugh reach 50 not out | Russell Jackson | Sport | The Guardian Sportblog Australian cricketing brothers Steve and Mark Waugh reach 50 not out The twins are still remembered fondly by the man who was convinced of their cricket ability from an early age, if not their enthusiasm for work in a sports store Steve and Mark Waugh, West Indies v Australia, 1st Test, Kingston, March 1991. Photograph: Patrick Eagar/Patrick Eagar via Getty Images Monday 1 June 2015 19.52 EDT Last modified on Monday 10 October 2016 21.52 EDT Share on Messenger Close “The boys are 50, can you imagine that? It makes me feel old,” says a mildly alarmed Harry Solomons. The “boys” he speaks of are twins Steve and Mark Waugh, whom Solomons gave their first proper jobs in his Kingsrove Sports store when they were teenagers in the early 1980s. There the budding cricket stars roamed the shop floor selling bats and packing boxes but, by their own admission, not setting any benchmarks for employee diligence.

“I ended up out the back in the warehouse,” Mark once told cricket writer Mark Gately. “I used to go to sleep in this huge, big box. I used to curl up and have a nap in there.” Steve would term his work-day approach as “looking busy, doing little,” but more importantly working at Kingsgrove gave the young prospects plenty of time to hone their skills. “They were both not the greatest of workers,” Solomons laughs. “They did their job but they were just hell-bent on cricket you know, you could see it in them. All they wanted to do was play cricket. I think they just both very well knew that they would make it to the next level and into the Australian side. Mark was very laid back. Steve was a lot more intense.” In a subtle sign of things to come, at first only Steve won a bat sponsorship from Solomons, then an agent for the Indian bat brand Symonds. “The only reason [Mark] didn’t get the deal is that I didn’t have the budget for it. I’d blown my budget by sponsoring so many others.

But in the end a few months later I said, ‘Bugger it, I’m going to do it’ and so I sponsored Mark too.” Their New South Wales underage squad team-mate Mark Taylor was another junior to benefit from Solomons’ patronage, as did the Symonds brand’s marquee name Allan Border, whose $11,000 deal to endorse the bats tripled the contracts on offer to all of his Australian team-mates. Equivalent deals now push the $500,000 mark. Pinterest Kingsgrove Sports store’s Harry Solomons with Mark and Steve Waugh in the late 1980s. Photograph: Supplied by Harry Solomons Back then juniors made do with a token fee and some bats, but the Waugh brothers’ time working at Kingsgrove was also when they started chasing the dream and finding their way in the world once their high school days were done. For them that period of upheaval was mercifully brief – barely 12 months – but certainly revealing of the character traits displayed in the international cricket careers that were to follow.

Steve enrolled in Milperra Teachers College but lasted a grand total of 90 minutes and only then after missing two weeks of classes whilst playing for the Australian Under-19s. Halfway through a music lecture he gathered his things and walked out. “Looking back it was a gutsy move but I knew it wasn’t for me,” Waugh told Gately. Later Milperra would put his name up on one of their honor boards. With that, Steve had made cricket the only option for himself. Solomons already knew that from the amount of times the deadly-serious teenager had sat down in front of him and earnestly discussed his plans for his life in the game. “Steve knew he was going to make it in the big leagues,” says Solomons, “you could see it in his eyes. He had burning eyes. He was very ambitious and knew exactly what he wanted and where he wanted to be.” Besides his time at Kingsgrove, Waugh worked a day each week for three months doing manual labour for the Bankstown Council “tree gang”, but soon he’d be done with 9-5 jobs for good. Cricket success came quickly.

It was Solomons who handed Steve the phone when the New South Wales selectors first called with good news, a point at which Waugh would later say he had $100 to his name. Within days he was rooming with Imran Khan and not much longer after that Solomons gathered all of Waugh’s colleagues around him, cracking open a bottle of champagne to celebrate his Test selection for Australia. Through all of that Mark hadn’t even bothered applying for university positions and when it came to cricket, the bus took a little longer to arrive as well. For a year while Steve’s career launched, he had to make do with his shifts at Kingsgrove, but his confidence that he’d make it too never waned. Real work, he thought, was for suckers. At 67, Solomons is now an institution of New South Wales cricket himself, having built his the Kingsgrove business from a storage space the size of a bedroom in 1976 to six showrooms around the state, along with practice facilities that have been utilised by a roll call of international cricket legends. “He’s pure gold,” said former Test all-rounder Greg Matthews of the cricket kit guru.

Though the edges on the bats he sells are now three times as thick as back then, Solomons remains something of a throwback to the days before junior cricket pathway systems, academies and centres of excellence. In the early 1980s, if you were an ambitious young cricketer in Western Sydney like the Waugh brothers were, Solomons was a good man to know. As well as sponsoring promising young players, Solomons helmed his own all-star touring team (“all my young hopefuls”) that travelled around New South Wales playing exhibition games and giving players like the Waughs more match practice. “I used to marvel at the way the boys fielded,” he says in something like paternal appreciation. “Mark would almost be able to snap out a fly. His anticipation was so good he never even got dirty.” In honour of the pair Solomons soon started producing ‘Star Waughs’ posters in the style of the George Lucas sci-fi classic. Perhaps there’s just some mystical quality hidden in the walls at Kingsgrove.

In a remarkable dovetailing of eras, a decade after the Waugh brothers passed through Solomons took on a far more diligent warehouse packer who harboured dreams of one day captaining his country on the SCG. His name was Michael Clarke. “He was a very good worker, packing boxes. He was a good staff member and had a great personality and always did the right thing.” Three years with Solomons and he was on his way too. Though he’s pained slightly to admit how quickly life has come full circle, Harry Solomons now sells Steve Waugh bats for his son Austin, a promising young New South Wales colt just as his father was when he first walked through the door. “I can’t believe it,” says Solomons. “Time certainly flies. I’m enthralled to think that these two young boys, to whom I was mentor of sorts, that those boys are now 50. It feels funny. It feels funny that Michael Clarke is in his 30s and maybe in the throes of contemplating retirement.” As Solomons departs and gets back to business he’s still full of pride at how life panned out for his famous employees.

“As far as these two boys are concerned, they’ve done very well for themselves.” Mark Waugh Profile - Cricbuzz | Cricbuzz.com vs South Africa at W.A.C.A. Ground, Feb 03, 2002 Profile If you had to describe Mark Waugh in just one word, then it has to be 'Elegance'. Blessed with the most pleasing cover drive in the cricketing world, Mark Waugh's batting was simply a sight to behold. Not only was he a gifted batsman, he was a canny medium pacer who switched to off-spin bowling due to injuries. He was one of the greatest slip fielders that Australia had ever seen. Known as Junior because he was born four minutes after the birth of his twin brother Steve Waugh, Mark spent a considerable amount of time under the shadow of his brother. During the 1984/85 season, Mark and Steve were selected in the New South Wales team. However, during that period, Steve was selected in the Australian team while Mark was ignored. This resulted in him being oddly named 'Afghan', in reference to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 which is often called the “Forgotten War”.

The period after 1987 was the most productive in his career as he piled on the runs. He won the Sheffield Shield Cricketer of the year and performed consistently for Essex. This earned him a call-up into the Australian team for the World Championship series featuring Pakistan and West Indies in 1988. After a lukewarm start, Mark got an opportunity to make his Test debut in the fourth Ashes Test against England in Adelaide in 1991. It was a bittersweet moment though, as he was chosen to replace his older twin, Steve in the team. Steve Waugh had a torrid time as he was undergoing a slump. Mark came in with Australia 104/4 and produced an innings that thrilled the crowd present. He became the 15th Australian player to score a century on debut and Mark proved to the world that he had arrived. However, the twins did have their moment of glory as well. In 1990, they were involved in a World Record in First class cricket for the highest fifth wicket partnership when New South Wales took on Western Australia. They shared an unbeaten 464 run for the fifth wicket, with both scoring double centuries.

Mark's purple patch started when he was promoted to open the batting in ODIs. He struck three centuries in the 96 World Cup, becoming the only player in the history of World Cups to achieve that feat. He scored tons against Kenya, India and New Zealand. The 126 in the quarter-final against New Zealand was breath-taking to say the least. In the Test Arena, Mark continued to dazzle. His crowning glory came during the fifth and final Test against West Indies. With the series poised at 1-1, Mark stroked a brilliant 126. However, it was his partnership with his brother Steve that put Australia on the verge of victory. Steve stole the show by stroking his first double century. However, the 231 run stand sowed the seeds for Australia's victory as they defeated the West Indies after 20 years to regain the Frank Worrell trophy. A new world order was ushered in cricket. However, towards the fag end of his career, Mark was embroiled in controversies.

In 1998, he and Shane Warne had accepted money in exchange for pitch and weather information from an Indian bookmaker during a tour of Sri Lanka in 1994. He continued to survive for some time but his consistency dipped. He duly announced his retirement in 2002 and ended up as the leading run scorer in ODIs. Mark's 181 catches in Test cricket are a testament to his great catching. A nimble footed fielder, Mark's reflexes were simply awesome. That record stood for some time until Rahul Dravid went past that mark in 2009. He now works as a cricket commentator for Fox Sports and gives commentary for the Australian domestic matches. Fun Fact: Both Mark and Steve Waugh overslept on Mark Taylor's 21st birthday in 1985. Coach Bobby Simpson punished the pair by forcing them to take hundreds of catches during the fielding drills. By Siddharth Vishwanathan Waugh vs Waugh Home Face Off For twin brothers both Steve and Mark Waugh are completely different personalities. Not only are they different but they are not even close to each other as twin brothers should be.

They don't even look like each other for twin brothers. Their contrasting dispositions and playing styles is rather surprising as both the brothers were raised in similar backgrounds. The Early Years: The Waugh twins Stephen and Mark were raised in Bankstown, a lower middle class suburb of Sydney. And sports was very much a part of their lives as their mother Beverly Waugh was the South Australian under 14 women's singles tennis champion and their father Rodger Waugh was a huge Tennis fan and he often hit balls with Aussie tennis legends like Tony Roche. Beverly Waugh had to give up tennis as she got married at the age of 18 and a year later she gave birth to twins Stephen and Mark. They were born on June 2nd 1965 and Steve was 4 minutes elder to Mark. Their mother Beverly mothered two more boys Dean and Daniel before their parents separated amicably. But all the four kids lived with their mother. The Waugh twins grew up on the banks of the Georges river and went to the East Hill Boys School in Panania. Incidentally the school have named their cricket nets after Stephen Waugh after Steve led Australia to an incredible World Cup win.

And they still live on the banks of the Georges river and identical twins as they are they have also built identical homes for themselves. Their homes have been hidden by bushes so that they can have their privacy. The Waugh bros were brought up in a hard way as their mother was the only earning member in their family. And it was not at all for easy for their mother Beverly Waugh as she had taken a loan for their house and had to repay it. She used to find it extremely difficult to meet their expenses and especially meet the expenses to buy all the cricket gear that the Waugh Twins needed. But she knew that the kids had some rare cricketing talent in them and she knew that even if they don't play for Australia they would surely play for their state New South Wales and it was with that confidence that she started approaching sponsors and sports shops for sponsorships and price concessions. But each time she was told to show her face again only if the twins get into the state team. The Twins finally found some work as umpires for indoor cricket tournaments thanks to a close family friend. Steve and Mark would spend long hours stretching upto almost mid night in near freezing temparatures umpiring indoor tournaments.

Both Steve and Mark were good students though Mark was slightly better at lessons than Steve was. He was also a more organised kid than Steve was. They were also good at sports and apart from cricket, they could have also been tennis and soccer professionals as they were both extremely good at the two sports. Contrast in characteristics even in their early years: The difference in characteristics and behaviour of the two brothers were evident even when they were growing up. According to their mother who was a working woman it used to get pretty difficult to manage work and raise the four kids at the same time. So the best dressed of the four brothers would always be the one who was up from bed the earliest and Mark was the one who always rose first. Stephen Waugh was the eldest of the brothers but he was also the shortest and often he used chewing gum to stick up his folded pants. Mark Waugh was very particular about the way he dressed but Steve was pretty casual. Quite in contrast to their cricketing styles today where Mark appears so casual about everything he does and Steve so serious.

A close study of the Waugh brothers today would suggest that Steve would be the guy who is more quiet and reserved and Mark would be most likely to play a prank and pull a fast one on his mates. But it wasn't to be at least not in their early years. It was Stephen who was more mischievous and he didn't need an invitation for any mischief whereas Mark would always be the one who would followed suit. But just because Mark always posessed a more mischievous face he would always appear more guilty than Steve. Steve also used to have more fun as a kid while Mark prefered to be quiet and he used to get scared often by little things like a street dog or a ride on the merry go round. There is this famous story told by his mother in numerous magazines about how at an amusement park a 6 year old Mark had climbed up a cliff and stood petrified not knowing what to do next. The difference is evident even today burt the roles are reversed: Although Mark appears to be more open, flamboyant and uninhibited both in his cricket and in his persona while Steve appears more reserved, conservative and stuck up, it is not the case.

Steve is just more focussed and gets a kick out of leading Australia or helping kids at Udayan. On the other hand Mark is more flamboyant both in his cricket and also the way he goes about his lifestyle. Although Steve has got involved in social work Mark prefers to spend his free time by going to the races. He loves horses and posesses a huge gambler's instinct. He owns quite a few horses along with Ricky Ponting down in Australia and both of them are regulars at the races. Perhaps that is the reason why he got involved in the whole bookie incident in Sri Lanka in 1994. Difference in batting styles: The way Cricket's most celebrated twins approach the game is completely different. Steve Waugh is a nudger and a pusher, a batsman who will protect his wicket with his life. He hardly will play an extravagant stroke and is the man for the crisis. Mark on the other hand loves to take chances. He is an artist and if he does not find a challenge in the bowling or find the situation challenging then he will play a loose shot and get out. He is extremely unpredictable, he will get out all of a sudden just when he has the bowlers at his mercy.

But he is an entertainer. His game is appreciated not because of the amount of runs he gets but the way he gets them. He does not bother a lot about records, whereas Steve does. Steve loves a challenge and is not scared to have a word or two with the opposition where as Mark is casual, prefers to be on his own self, if he is batting or even when he is standing at second slip, a position which he owns by right. Steve cares about his performance and does not mind showing it. Every Cricket lover knows that even Mark is as serious about his performances but he just does not show it. That is the reason why he is such a misunderstood cricketer. Steve is superstitious and tense, chewing gum all the time. He also keeps a red hanky as a good luck charm. Mark on the other hand just wears his cricket gear. Although the Waugh bothers are both phlegmatic in character, Steve normally shows a lot more emotion on the field than Mark.

One would see Steve Waugh throwing the ball high up in the air after taking a catch and embracing thre bowler if he takes an important wicket, but Mark would just go to the bowler or the gathering of players and pat the bowler on his back side and shake hands. Steve also claims that he gets premonitions about his brother Mark's dismissals (obviously it is something that Mark is not too happy about). Steve claims that he got it a ball before Mark was owled by Phil Tufnell for 99 in the 1993 Lord's Test. , a ball before he was caught off Ambrose in the Bridgetown Test in 1995. Quite amazingly when Steve was in the United States, he had a nightmare that his brother would be dismissed for a pair of ducks against Sri Lanka in the Colombo Test and he did! Not only that he bagged another pair in the following test. When asked about Steve's premonitions Mark Jokingly said, " Now Why wouldnt Stephen dream of me scoring a double century every now and then ?". No wonder the two brothers do not even look at each other when they are batting they will always look over the other's right shoulder.

Steve always wears his dark glasses on the ground but he never wears them he always has them behind his cap, whereas Mark always has his glasses on and he has them on even when he bowls. Steve Waugh has taken it upon himself to coach Glen McGrath and improve his batting whereas Mark Waugh is quite positive about the fact that he is the worst tail ender the World of Cricket has ever seen. In fact he has even laid a bet on the fact that McGrath will never ever get a test fifty. Steve is nick named "Tugga" for the tough manner in which he plays his cricket, where as Mark is called Junior because he is younger to Stephen by 4 minutes. He is also called "hollywood" by Shane Warne for his flamboyant and good looks. Steve Waugh found a life partner quite early on in his life and married her but Mark has always been shy of girls and it is only recently that he got engaged to his girl friend. Both Steve and Mark have a mysterious gap in their spinal vertebrae which accounts for their back spasms and stress fractures. Whether they were born with this defect or whether this was caused by their constant bowling in their developing years is unclear.

The spasms hinder them only when they bowl and not when they bat or play tennis or golf. They are both born on the same day but the two brothers are as different as two individuals can get. But when it comes to playing for Australia both play with a passion that typifies the Aussie spirit. The two brothers have also given cricket lovers around the world plenty to cheer about. Band of brothers: The siblings who played Test cricket together for Australia Band of brothers: The siblings who played Test cricket together for Australia Marsh become fifth pair of brothers to play in same Test for Australia In 137 years of Test cricket only five pairs of Australian brothers have played together in the same match. The selection of Shaun and Mitchell Marsh in the second Test against India in Brisbane marks the first time since 2002 that siblings have appeared together for Australia. Strangely, all the brothers have been batsmen and all except Shaun Marsh have been right-handers. Mitchell is a right-hand batsman who is playing in his third Test. Runs: 245 Average: 40.83 High score: 87 Shaun is a left-hand batsman who has played nine Tests for Australia and scored two centuries.

Runs: 493 Average: 32.86 High Score: 148 First Test together: December 17, 2014 Tests played together: 1 Steve and Mark Waugh Steve, a right-hand batsman, captained his country 57 times. He played 168 Tests, scoring 32 centuries. Runs: 10927 Average: 51.06 High score: 200 Mark, who is Steve's twin, was another right-hand batsman. He played in 128 Tests, scoring 20 centuries. Runs: 8029 Average: 41.81 High score: 153 n.o. First Test together: April 5, 1991 Tests played together: 108 Ian and Greg Chappell Ian was a right-hand batsman who played 75 Tests and scored 14 centuries. He captained Australia in 30 Tests.

Runs: 5345 Average: 42.42 High score: 196 Greg, a right-hand batsman, played 87 Test and in 48 of those he was captain. He scored 24 centuries. Runs: 7110 Average: 53.86 High score: 247 n.o. First Test together: December 16, 1970 Tests played together: 43 Charles and Alec Bannerman Charles was a right-hand batsman who played three Test. He was the scorer of the first run in Test cricket and the first century. Runs: 239 Average: 59.75 High score: 165 n.o. Alec was a right-hand batsman who played 28 Tests. He was a famous stonewaller and in the 1891-92 series against England took seven-and-a-half hours - over three days - to score 91.

Runs: 1108 Average: 23.08 High score: 94 First Test together: January 2, 1879 Tests played together: 1 Dave, a right-hand batsman, was Australia's first captain. He played three Tests, the first three. Runs: 60 Average: 20.00 High score: 43 Ned, also a right-hand batsman, only played one Test - the first one. He scored 11 and a duck - the first in Test history. Runs: 11 Average: 5.50 High score: 11 First Test together: March 15, 1877 Tests played together: 1 Steve Waugh | Australia's Sporting History Blog No Comments. Stephen Rodger Waugh was born on 2 June 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales Australia. Steve and his brother were one of the few federal twins in the Australian team able to star alongside each other. Steve was older than Mark by a matter of minutes, and Mark Waugh was given the nickname “junior”.

Steve Waugh is a right-handed batsmen and a medium pace bowler, who was thought as a cricketer with miserly talent at the start of his international career. He played for the legendary New South Wales from the very beginning of his career back in 1984. Tugga’s most decorated moment came in 1999, during which was the first of five years from 1999-2004 where he would lead Australia’s Test side. It was lifting the ICC ODI World Cup trophy; four years after Siri lanka had comprehensively beaten Australia in the 1996 World Cup Final. Although 1999 was the year when Australia paved their way in what would be marked as one of the biggest domination streaks in the whole of cricketing history, but the beginnings were humble. Both frontline players, Shane Warne and Steve Waugh seemed to have lost their touch until the quarter finals of the World Cup. It seemed that the semifinals had resurrected Shane Warne as he delivered one of the most memorable spells to capture the World Cup for his team.

Throughout his career, Steve Waugh was incredibly fit, a phrase which is not quite often used to describe an all-rounder. Waugh played 168 Test Matches, and held the world record for the most caps for half a decade, a record that was overtaken by India’s Sachin Tendulkar in 2010. Winning the 1999 World Cup was not the only highlight of Steve Waugh’s career, as he led Australia to win a consecutive 15 Test Matches, in addition to scoring more than 10,900 runs in his test career. Man-O’War received many honors throughout his career, including being named the Australian of the Year for 2004. It was six years after his retirement that Steve Waugh was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2010, during a Test Match played in front of his home ground in Sydney. The people of Australia recognize Waugh’s role in sculpturing and grooming the national team in the late 1990s, and early 2000s, before Ricky Ponting took hold of the captaincy.

In recognition to his services to both the nation and the game of Cricket, Steve Waugh was named one of the 100 Australian Living Treasures. Steve Waugh has had the prestige of being awarded Australian Sports medal, in addition to the Order of Australia. Steve Waugh’s role as a leader is often praised, quite more than his other contributions. He was often described by the opponents as an attacking and highly efficient captain who would fight to the finish. He was nicknamed the Iceman, and some referred to him as a cold-blooded leader who had a lot going through his mind, as he created the most ruthless of plans to defeat the opponent on a personal level. CRICKET PLAYERS & NICKNAMES ... endless!

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½ Flusher Maharajkumar of Vizianagram ï¿½ Vizzy W Max Walker ï¿½ Tangles Doug Walters ï¿½ Freddie, Bikki Shane Warne ï¿½ Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak Shane Watson ï¿½ Watto Steve Waugh ï¿½ Tugga, Iceman Mark Waugh ï¿½ Junior, Afghanistan (The forgotten waugh) Cameron White ï¿½ Carn Craig White ï¿½ Chalky Jeff Wilson ï¿½ Goldie Paul Wilson ï¿½ Blocker Matthew Windows ï¿½ Steamy Paul Wiseman ï¿½ Whizz Bill Woodfull ï¿½ The Rock John Wright ï¿½ Shake Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis ï¿½ The Two W's, The Sultans of Reverse Swing Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell ï¿½ The Three W's XYZ PM - Mark Waugh retires from cricket More Current Affairs: Transcript This is a transcript from PM.

The program is broadcast around Australia at 5:10pm on Radio National and 6:10pm on ABC Local Radio. Mark Waugh retires from cricket PM Archive - Monday, 16 February , 2004 18:44:12 Reporter: Edmond Roy MARK COLVIN: "Waugh retires". It's not much of a headline anymore, now that the Test Captain and Australian of the Year, Steve Waugh, is out of the cricketing picture, but there is of course another Waugh twin. Mark Waugh, arguably the most innately talented batsman and fielder of the two, today announced that he too would retire from first class cricket at the end of the season. But, as Edmond Roy reports, his announcement was almost overshadowed by fresh allegations of involvement by his former team mate, Shane Warne, with a prominent Indian bookie. EDMOND ROY: For a man whose stay at the crease was all about timing, Mark Waugh has the curious ability to pick the wrong moment.

One could argue that it all began after he arrived a few minutes later than his twin, but throughout their respective careers, it was always Mark who seemed to have the talent, but Steve who delivered. It was Steve who got the fairy tale send off when he decided to retire early this year, while Mark had the ignominy of being dropped from the test team, before he decided to call it quits. For a man who scored a century on debut against the old enemy England, Mark Waugh suffered under the weight of expectation, earning the moniker, "the forgotten Waugh". And so, when he decided to finally get off the pitch and find himself a new job, he almost true to form, picked yet another interesting day to break the news to the assembled media. It was the day news broke of the apparent sighting of Shane Warne in the company of known match fixer, Ratan Mehta, at a pizza restaurant in London in the spring of 1999. And if Mark Waugh thought the media would ignore that, in deference to his worthy announcement, he was wrong. REPORTER: Mark, we're seeing some allegation against Shane Warne today. What do you think of those?

MARK WAUGH: Well I haven't seen them, so I've got no idea what's going on there, so I can't really comment on that. REPORTER: How difficult� you've had that sort of situation in your career. How difficult is it for a cricketer to put up with that sort of� MARK WAUGH: Oh look, I mean, I've answered that question a hundred times so I'm not going to answer it now. REPORTER: There's allegations that Shane was seen with Indian punter Ratan Mehta during the 1999 World Cup. Did you (inaudible) MARK WAUGH: As I said, I don't know anything about it so it would be very unfair to comment on something I don't know anything about. REPORTER: So you don't recall organising� MARK WAUGH: I just answered your question. REPORTER: So you don't recall saying anything about having� MARK WAUGH: I just answered your question, didn't I? I said I don't know anything about it and I've got no comments so� MINDER: Any further questions? EDMOND ROY: And there the matter ended.

Clearly, the bookie scandal is something that still rankles, and it's something, regardless of his 108 catches, his average of 42 and his elegant batting style, that will always be part of the Mark Waugh story. Former team mate and Test batsman, Dean Jones. DEAN JONES: Well, here's one thing, both players knew in 1992 that you shouldn't take money from a bookmaker. They were advised on it. They were told on it and they had contacts the following year to be briefed on it. They were briefed on it right throughout their whole careers and both will finish their careers and they'll be fantastic careers but unfortunately through their biog. (biography) there will say that they took money from a bookmaker and it's probably one thing they wish they never did. EDMOND ROY: So in a sense are you suggesting there that Mark Waugh's career, for all its glorious bits on the cricket field, it's more what he did outside that will come up?

DEAN JONES: Well what I'm saying is we don't have the perfect careers of all time and they just made one bad decision back in the early 90s where they had the chance to make the right decision but they didn't, they took money, and unfortunately that'll be remembered as well as some of the great play and there's not much they can do about it. MARK COLVIN: Former Test batsman, Dean Jones, speaking to Edmond Roy. The Waugh Brothers turn 45 The Waugh Brothers turn 45 by SEKHAR @ 01 Jun 2010, 23:53 IST In a couple of hours from now, the Waugh twins, Steve and Mark, turn 45. Some snippets about “Tugga”, some of which are taken from his autobiography Out of my Comfort Zone. Waugh Brothers * An interesting fact about the Waugh brothers is that they are not two, as commonly believed, but four. The third is Dean Waugh who played first class cricket for New South Wales while the fourth is Daniel Waugh, who did not progress beyond NSW club cricket.

* “You’ve dropped the Cup, mate” is what is commonly believed to be Waugh’s sneer at Gibbs during the 1999 World Cup. What Waugh actually said was “You’ve dropped the match”. Throughout the book, Waugh speaks about not thinking too much into the future and focus only on the present. There was no way he would have assumed that Gibbs’ drop in the Super Six match would mean Australia would finally cruise to the final and win the cup. The myth remains uncleared till today as the media normally ignores first-hand reports. * During the 2001 tour of India, Waugh is believed to have taken a similar dig at Sourav Ganguly . When the latter dropped a catch at short leg, he was met with a jibe “You’ve dropped the Test, mate”. This, Ganguly says, spurred him and his team and the rest is history. Just before retirement, Ganguly expressed that he sometimes thought of Waugh when he walked in to bat. * Waugh has never shied away from praising players whom he sees as potential international stars.

Matthew Hayden was considered by Waugh to be a player who had the ability to average 50 in Test cricket and he has now ended up with 50.67. Shaun Marsh impressed the Waugh brothers when he scored his maiden first class century in 2003 for Western Australia. A knock of 212 by David Hussey during a chase of 455 during the 2003-04 season earned the praise of Waugh, who was captaining NSW then. * Though Waugh was the one who advocated mental disintegation of the opposition, there were times when he himself had no control when his players overdid it. Glenn McGrath sledging Ramnaresh Sarwan in the 2003 Test series is a case in point. Waugh says it happened all of a sudden, in a flash, while he was setting the field and by the time he could realise what transpired between the two, it was all over.

* In a recent interview with Cricinfo, Waugh shared an interesting fact that Matthew Hayden’s idea of using the mongoose bat came from Waugh’s son who got it as a present from Stuart Law who was the first international cricketer to use it. * In the same interview, he singled out players like Steven Smith, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc , Usman Khawaja and James Pattinson as Australian players to watch out for in the future. Khawaja, he says, has a good chance to wear the baggy green cap in the next one year. * Off the field, Waugh’s charity work is recognised everywhere and his regular visits to India for fund collection get good media coverage. It is said that charity begins at home but for Waugh, it began in Kolkata in 2001. After the defeat to India in 2001, he was approached by members of Udayan, a home for differently abled children, to pay a visit. That visit changed things for him and went a long way in setting up the Steve Waugh Foundation. * On his vision for the future, Waugh has been full of optimism about the survival of all three formats of the game.

He regards the Champions League T20 as a platform to bring out the best in the Australian domestic teams and is impressed with the Indian Premier League as well, where he has been approached by the Kochi franchise for a technical consultant role. * He describes the relationship with his twin Mark as ‘Siamese’ in that he was always around. So deep was the affection that Steve felt totally different when he took the field for a Test in 2002 and found his twin missing. At Sportskeeda, let us salute one of the greatest captains in the history of the game and the greatest cricketing brothers ever. Steve Waugh's debut in International Cricket Test Cricket Steve Waugh's debut in International Cricket Steve Waugh is recognised as one of the best players of his generation The traditional Boxing Day Test in 1985-86 was when Steve Waugh made his de ... Analysis 26 Aug 2014, 17:16 IST Steve Waugh is recognised as one of the best players of his generation The traditional Boxing Day Test in 1985-86 was when Steve Waugh made his debut for Australia.

The opponents were India and it was the second Test of the series with the first Test ending in a draw. The 20 year old from New South Wales was picked up as a batting all rounder and was slotted to come in at number 6 in the first innings. His first ever innings lasted just 32 deliveries from which he made 12. Not the ideal start, but he did contribute with the ball by picking up the wickets of Ravi Shastri and Syed Kirmani during India’s reply. In the second innings, he was moved up the order by one slot, but couldn’t capitalise on this chance as he made just 5 runs. The match ended in a draw and it took Waugh almost an year to establish himself as he scored some crucial runs in the Ashes at home. His first Test century came only in 1989, but by the time he ended his career, he had 32 to his name and had played the most number of Tests (168). A few days after his Test debut, he also made his ODI debut against feisty neighbours New Zealand. Unfortunately because of rain he didn’t get to bat but did pick up his first ODI wicket.

He went on to represent Australia in 325 ODI matches in total with the highlight being the captain of the successful 1999 World Cup winning team. He ended with 7500 runs in the 50 over format and close to 11,000 in the Test format. He played his final match for Australia against India at the SCG during the 2003-04 series for the Border-Gavaskar trophy and scored a memorable 80 in his final innings. He is well respected all over the cricketing world, and has a twin brother (Mark Waugh) who also had a successful career for Australia. Apart from winning the World Cup, he was also the captain of the side when it won 16 consecutive Test matches. He was named the ‘Australian of the year’ in 2004 for his philanthropic work and was inducted in the ICC’s Cricket Hall Of Fame in 2010 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Question: What is the surname of the Australian cricketing twins Mark and Steve?
Answer: Waugh