CRICKET WICKETSteve Waugh Test record against England
1986-11-14 – 2003-01-02 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 46 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 73 batting innings and 40 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 73 | 3,200 | 55 | 58.18 | 53.28 |
| Bowling | 40 | 914 | 22 | 41.54 | 85.72 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.90 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,886.
Batting milestones in this sample: 10 centuries and 14 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 6,005.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 1986237 runs
- 198773 runs
- 198827 runs
- 1989506 runs
- 199020 runs
- 199162 runs
- 1993416 runs
- 1994146 runs
- 1995199 runs
- 1997390 runs
- 1998394 runs
- 1999104 runs
- 2001321 runs
- 2002197 runs
- 2003108 runs
- 19869 wickets
- 19871 wickets
- 19883 wickets
- 19892 wickets
- 19901 wickets
- 19910 wickets
- 19932 wickets
- 19970 wickets
- 19982 wickets
- 20021 wickets
- 20031 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 15 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 108 | 102 | 54.00 | 73.97 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 7.00 | 0.70 | 60.00 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 197 | 77 | 32.83 | 56.28 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 350 | 4 | 1 | 36.00 | 2.40 | 90.00 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 | 321 | 157 | 107.00 | 56.81 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 565 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 104 | 96 | 52.00 | 52.26 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 199 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 4 | 8 | 394 | 122 | 98.50 | 53.89 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 731 | 3 | 2 | 14.00 | 2.54 | 33.00 |
| 1997 | 6 | 10 | 390 | 116 | 39.00 | 51.45 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 758 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.80 | N/A |
| 1995 | 3 | 6 | 199 | 99 | 39.80 | 53.20 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 374 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | 2 | 4 | 146 | 94 | 73.00 | 46.34 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 315 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1993 | 6 | 9 | 416 | 157 | 83.20 | 43.56 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 955 | 6 | 2 | 41.00 | 2.56 | 96.00 |
| 1991 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 48 | 31.00 | 69.66 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.85 | N/A |
| 1990 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 10.00 | 39.21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 50.00 | 2.08 | 144.00 |
| 1989 | 6 | 8 | 506 | 177 | 126.50 | 62.70 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 807 | 8 | 2 | 104.00 | 3.64 | 171.00 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27.00 | 31.76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 3 | 17.00 | 2.23 | 45.66 |
| 1987 | 1 | 2 | 73 | 73 | 36.50 | 42.19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 19.00 | 1.58 | 72.00 |
| 1986 | 4 | 6 | 237 | 79 | 47.40 | 58.23 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 407 | 6 | 9 | 35.22 | 3.28 | 64.33 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 24 | 41 | 1,567 | 47.48 | 53.66 | 23 | 18 | 30.44 |
| Away | 22 | 32 | 1,633 | 74.22 | 52.93 | 17 | 4 | 91.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Brisbane Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 5/69
Test v England · WACA Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 177* runs
Test v England · Headingley
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Sydney Cricket Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| 2003-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | - | - | 0 | 5 |
| 2003-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | 102 | 135 | - | - |
| 2003-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 2002-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 14 | 25 | - | - |
| 2002-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | - | - | 0 | 9 |
| 2002-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 13 |
| 2002-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 77 | 117 | - | - |
| 2002-11-29 | WACA Ground | 2 | 53 | 89 | - | - |
| 2002-11-21 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 34 | 40 | - | - |
| 2002-11-21 | Adelaide Oval | 1 | - | - | 0 | 9 |
| 2002-11-07 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 12 | 42 | - | - |
| 2002-11-07 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 0 | 5 |
| 2002-11-07 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 7 | 37 | - | - |
| 2001-08-23 | Kennington Oval | 1 | 157 | 256 | - | - |
| 2001-08-02 | Trent Bridge | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2001-08-02 | Trent Bridge | 2 | 13 | 30 | - | - |
| 2001-07-19 | Lord's | 2 | 45 | 97 | - | - |
| 2001-07-05 | Edgbaston | 2 | 105 | 181 | - | - |
| 1999-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 8 | 28 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.