Steve Waugh
Steve Waugh
Stephen Rodger Waugh, AOis a former Australian cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth2 June 1965
CountryAustralia
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I've said before what a great privilege it is to represent your country, this award takes this privilege to a new and totally unbelievable level for me,
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England have played excellent cricket and have met head on the challenges both on and off the field,
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England have got to get back switched on because if they lose this series in Australia people will say, 'Has England really progressed that much?'.
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To be having a rest at a crucial juncture in the one-day series is tempting fate and opening the door to both Sri Lanka and South Africa, who will see this move as a lack of respect and be motivated by it.
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I have had different politicians launch books on different occasions but that's not to say I'm strong for one side or the other, ... That was a good political answer actually.
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It's funny with Michael ... in his first book I was his mentor and in the second I had become his tormentor.
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They were using England players' nicknames in the press and that was something that hadn't been done before. They may have become too familiar to England and lost a bit of mystique.
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It's hard really to say who has the upper hand at this stage,
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It might have been that I praised the work of (former Test coach) Bob Simpson, who was his sworn enemy, or that I didn't spend hours in the bar drinking and regurgitating old cricket stories,
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They don't seem to have the hunger normally associated with Australian cricket sides.
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They don't seem to have had the hunger normally associated with Australian cricket sides. From Australia's point of view, there have been a few injuries and too many statements in the papers leading up to the series.
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There were bits and pieces, but nothing substantial.
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There may have been something behind that dinner, but I just took it as a casual conversation,
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Australia has the edge for the Ashes. They're playing in Australia, they're fairly confident and have been preparing for quite a while now. And, if you're the best in the world and you lose, you want to win and get back to where you were.