Mark & Steve Waugh Trivia

1. Who has played more Test matches, Mark or Steve?

From Quiz Brothers at Waugh

Answer: Steve Waugh 168 tests

Steve Waugh set the record for most test matches played with 168. Mark finished his career having played 128 test matches.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: V800

Throughout most of his career, Mark used a Slazenger V100 cricket bat. He has been sponsored by Slazenger throughout most of his career.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: Rodger

His middle name is the same as his father's name. Steven Rodger Waugh was born four minutes before his fraternal twin brother, who was named Mark Edward (sharing his middle name with their paternal grandfather). Their younger siblings Dean (who also represented Australia) and Danny (who played cricket for the Sydney University Cricket Club) also joined a family tradition of sporting achievement. Their mother and father had both been successful tennis players, and their father had experienced success in Rugby League before he had to retire to take care of their mother, who had contracted polio.

From Quiz Brothers at Waugh

Answer: Steve Waugh 200

Steve scored 200 in his 76th test match against the West Indies in 1995. Mark scored his highest score 153* against India in 1997-98.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: Beverly

Beverly too was a very sport orientated person. She especially enjoyed tennis.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: Tugger

Officially, this is said to be a reference to the fact that he is a great team member in a close match which is turning into a tug-of-war. One suspects a somewhat cruder locker room origin. He was also nicknamed Ice Man, because of his reputation for coolness under pressure. It has been said by a number of cricket fans (including me!) that while Mark Waugh was by far the more graceful to watch batting, if you needed someone to make a score to save your house, the choice would be Steve. Punter was Ricky Ponting's nickname, Junior was Mark Waugh, and Gilly was Adam Gilchrist.

From Quiz Brothers at Waugh

Answer: Mark Waugh 38 (20 test & 18 ODI)

Steve amassed 35 centuries in both tests and ODI's. He didn't score his first century in tests until his 27th test and 187 ODI's until his first in the one day game. Mark however started his test career with a century!

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: Rodger

Rodger and Beverly were both very strong influences throughout Mark's childhood.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: A red rag

The red rag originated as a red handkerchief, carried to wipe sweat from his face while batting. It became a lucky talisman (not that cricket players are superstitious), and he carried the tattered rag through his last match. At that match, against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January of 2004, promoters gave all the fans red handkerchiefs to wave in tribute as they watched him play his last innings. He reached a score of 80, his highest for the season, and enough to secure a draw for the Australians (after Tendulkar had smashed 241 not out, making a win out of the question). Sadly, they had needed a win to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy, which returned to Indian hands.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: New South Wales

He was born and grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, and (along with his twin brother Mark) started serious competitive cricket at a young age. The twins represented Bankstown Under-10s when they were eight, and moved on up through the age divisions, playing for the seniors team at 14. Shortly after finishing high school they were selected for the national under-19 squad, and joined the New South Wales squad the following year. Steve made his First Class debut in the 1984-85 season, primarily as a medium pace bowler - he batted at 9 (a spot in the batting order reserved for the bowlers). In that year's Sheffield Shield final he scored 71 runs, helping NSW to victory.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: 5/24

Mark had one of the best One Day International bowling figures in Australian cricket history.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: MCG

Once Mark had reached 100, he cut loose and helped Australia onto a comfortable victory.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: All listed

Mark obviously used this tactic to put off Tendulkar. It definitely worked.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: 200

The * after a batter's score indicates that they were not out - play ended while they were still at the crease. When batting averages are calculated, the number of runs scored is divided by the number of times they were out, rather than the number of times they batted, so a not out score makes an excellent contribution to a player's statistics. Steve Waugh scored 200 against the West Indies at Jamaica in 1995. He batted for 9 hours and took a number of hits on his body in the process. (This was at the time when the Windies had one of the most feared pace attacks in the game.) He had compiled a partnership of 231 with his brother before Mark was out for 126. Steve Waugh scored 120 not out in a One Day International match against South Africa at Headingly during the 1999 ICC World Cup (which Australia went on to win). His highest score in a Sheffield Shield match was 216 not out, against Western Australia at Perth in 1990. Brian Lara scored 400 not out in 2004 in a match between the West indies and England played in Antigua. This was the first time that the record for highest score in test matches was recaptured - Lara had been the record holder for ten years, with 375, before it was taken by Australian Matthew Hayden (380) in 2003.

From Quiz Brothers at Waugh

Answer: 1

Steve scored 108 & 116 on the Ashes tour in 1997 at Manchester and Mark scored 108 & 120 at Lord's on the 2001 Ashes tour.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: West Indies

During this partnership, Steve reached his highest test score of 200*.

From Quiz Steve Waugh

Answer: Jason Gillespie

It was the Victorian Jason Gillespie whose shin collided with Steve's face while they were both trying to make a catch in Kandy. Gillespie's leg was broken, and he was out of cricket for over a year. Waugh's nose was broken (producing blood that emphasized the drama of the clash), but he managed to play again in the next match. Unfortunately, the Australians lost the match, and the other matches in the series were drawn, so the series was lost.

From Quiz Brothers at Waugh

Answer: Mark 52.04

While Steve has the higher test batting average of 51.06 Mark's first class average was slightly higher than Steve's 51.94.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: West Indies

Mark dominated against a full strength West Indian pace attack. Australia won, and made their way through to the finals of the series.

From Quiz This Means Waugh

Answer: Sue

Mark first met Sue when she was his supervisor at a sport's retail store. Their relationship ended in 2004.

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