Steve Waugh Test record against West Indies
1988-11-18 – 2003-05-09 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 32 Test matches against West Indies with recorded batting or bowling figures: 51 batting innings and 32 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 | 51 | 2,192 | 44 | 49.81 | 48.16 |
| Bowling | 32 | 944 | 19 | 49.68 | 97.94 |
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: 3.04 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,861.
Batting milestones in this sample: 7 centuries and 9 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 4,551.
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
- 1988256 runs
- 198975 runs
- 199132 runs
- 199269 runs
- 1993159 runs
- 1995429 runs
- 1996161 runs
- 199727 runs
- 1999409 runs
- 2000208 runs
- 2001141 runs
- 2003226 runs
- 198810 wickets
- 19890 wickets
- 19910 wickets
- 19922 wickets
- 19931 wickets
- 19955 wickets
- 19961 wickets
- 19970 wickets
- 19990 wickets
- 20030 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 226 | 115 | 75.33 | 51.95 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 435 | 4 | 0 | N/A | 3.16 | N/A |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 103 | 70.50 | 44.90 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 314 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 3 | 4 | 208 | 121 | 69.33 | 49.05 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 424 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1999 | 4 | 8 | 409 | 199 | 58.42 | 49.75 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 822 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.80 | N/A |
| 1997 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 26 | 9.00 | 30.68 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.71 | N/A |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 161 | 66 | 53.66 | 40.04 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 402 | 2 | 1 | 37.00 | 2.03 | 109.00 |
| 1995 | 4 | 6 | 429 | 200 | 107.25 | 52.76 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 813 | 4 | 5 | 12.40 | 2.58 | 28.80 |
| 1993 | 3 | 5 | 159 | 100 | 31.80 | 47.32 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 336 | 4 | 1 | 96.00 | 2.74 | 210.00 |
| 1992 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 38 | 17.25 | 40.82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 3 | 2 | 33.00 | 2.86 | 69.00 |
| 1991 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 16.00 | 45.71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 2.57 | N/A |
| 1989 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 55 | 37.50 | 41.89 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 179 | 4 | 0 | N/A | 3.57 | N/A |
| 1988 | 3 | 6 | 256 | 91 | 42.66 | 51.30 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 499 | 6 | 10 | 40.40 | 3.36 | 72.00 |
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 | 18 | 30 | 1,096 | 39.14 | 45.45 | 20 | 14 | 49.78 |
| Away | 14 | 21 | 1,096 | 68.50 | 51.21 | 12 | 5 | 49.40 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Brisbane Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 5/92
Test v West Indies · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- First century in this archive · 100 runs
Test v West Indies · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 200 runs
Test v West Indies · Sabina Park
- Latest available scorecard
Test v West Indies · Antigua Recreation Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-05-09 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 4 | - | - | 0 | 25 |
| 2003-05-09 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 3 | 45 | 70 | - | - |
| 2003-05-09 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 1 | 41 | 77 | - | - |
| 2003-05-01 | Kensington Oval | 3 | - | - | 0 | 6 |
| 2003-05-01 | Kensington Oval | 1 | 115 | 233 | - | - |
| 2003-04-19 | Queen's Park Oval | 2 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2003-04-10 | Bourda | 3 | - | - | 0 | 29 |
| 2003-04-10 | Bourda | 2 | 25 | 55 | - | - |
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | 38 | 76 | - | - |
| 2001-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | 103 | 238 | - | - |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | 20 | 42 | - | - |
| 2000-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 121 | 237 | - | - |
| 2000-12-01 | WACA Ground | 2 | 26 | 51 | - | - |
| 2000-11-23 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2 | 41 | 94 | - | - |
| 1999-04-03 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 3 | 4 | 27 | - | - |
| 1999-04-03 | Antigua Recreation Ground | 1 | 72 | 166 | - | - |
| 1999-03-26 | Kensington Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 19 |
| 1999-03-26 | Kensington Oval | 3 | 11 | 32 | - | - |
| 1999-03-26 | Kensington Oval | 1 | 199 | 376 | - | - |
| 1999-03-13 | Sabina Park | 3 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.