CRICKET WICKETSteve Waugh Test record against New Zealand
1986-02-21 – 2001-11-30 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 23 Test matches against New Zealand with recorded batting or bowling figures: 34 batting innings and 22 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 | 34 | 1,117 | 29 | 38.51 | 45.09 |
| Bowling | 22 | 414 | 14 | 29.57 | 82.28 |
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: 2.15 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,152.
Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 7 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,477.
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
- 198687 runs
- 1987147 runs
- 198917 runs
- 199050 runs
- 1993394 runs
- 1997130 runs
- 2000214 runs
- 200178 runs
- 19865 wickets
- 19872 wickets
- 19933 wickets
- 19974 wickets
- 20000 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 4 | 78 | 67 | 19.50 | 36.79 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 212 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 3 | 6 | 214 | 151 | 53.50 | 50.83 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 421 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.85 | N/A |
| 1997 | 3 | 5 | 130 | 96 | 32.50 | 50.58 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 257 | 2 | 4 | 7.50 | 2.00 | 22.50 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7 | 394 | 147 | 78.80 | 50.12 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 786 | 9 | 3 | 37.33 | 1.89 | 118.00 |
| 1990 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 25 | 25.00 | 36.49 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 137 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | 35.41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1987 | 3 | 4 | 147 | 61 | 36.75 | 38.78 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 379 | 5 | 2 | 84.50 | 2.25 | 225.00 |
| 1986 | 3 | 5 | 87 | 74 | 17.40 | 36.70 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 237 | 4 | 5 | 16.60 | 2.30 | 43.20 |
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 | 13 | 17 | 588 | 42.00 | 44.37 | 11 | 7 | 34.28 |
| Away | 10 | 17 | 529 | 35.26 | 45.92 | 11 | 7 | 24.85 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · Basin Reserve
- Best recorded bowling · 4/56
Test v New Zealand · Lancaster Park
- First century in this archive · 147 runs
Test v New Zealand · Brisbane Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 151* runs
Test v New Zealand · Basin Reserve
- Latest available scorecard
Test v New Zealand · WACA Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-11-30 | WACA Ground | 4 | 67 | 154 | - | - |
| 2001-11-30 | WACA Ground | 2 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| 2001-11-22 | Bellerive Oval | 1 | 0 | 18 | - | - |
| 2001-11-08 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 3 | 24 | - | - |
| 2000-03-31 | Seddon Park | 4 | 18 | 32 | - | - |
| 2000-03-31 | Seddon Park | 3 | - | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2000-03-31 | Seddon Park | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 2000-03-24 | Basin Reserve | 4 | 15 | 22 | - | - |
| 2000-03-24 | Basin Reserve | 2 | 151 | 312 | - | - |
| 2000-03-24 | Basin Reserve | 1 | - | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2000-03-11 | Eden Park | 3 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| 2000-03-11 | Eden Park | 1 | 17 | 34 | - | - |
| 1997-11-27 | Bellerive Oval | 4 | - | - | 1 | 10 |
| 1997-11-27 | Bellerive Oval | 3 | 2 | 18 | - | - |
| 1997-11-27 | Bellerive Oval | 2 | - | - | 3 | 20 |
| 1997-11-27 | Bellerive Oval | 1 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 1997-11-20 | WACA Ground | 2 | 96 | 161 | - | - |
| 1997-11-07 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 3 | 23 | 61 | - | - |
| 1997-11-07 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 1993-12-03 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | 147 | 281 | - | - |
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.