Mark Waugh

Australia · AR · 1988 to 2002 · on scorecards: ME Waugh

BATTING

Matches: 244
Innings: 236
Runs: 8500
Average: 39.35
Strike rate: 76.9
High score: 173
100s / 50s: 18 / 50

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 85
Average: 34.56
Economy: 4.78
Strike rate: 43.3
Best figures: 5/24
4w / 5w: 1 / 1
Catches / Stumpings: 108 / 0
Run-outs effected: 19

CAREER IN BRIEF

Mark Waugh played 244 ODIs for Australia in CricArcade's archive, from 1988 to 2002. The first came against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval, and the last against South Africa at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in 2002.

The most productive decade was the 1990s: 6,839 runs at 39.8 in 191 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 173 from 148 balls against West Indies at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2001, in a match Australia won. In all: 18 hundreds, 50 fifties.

At home the average was 37.2 across 119 ODIs; away it was 41.3 across 82 ODIs. The most runs came against West Indies: 1,708 runs at 39.7 in 47 ODIs. Sydney Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 38 ODIs and 1,309 runs at 37.4. The scorecards record 21 player-of-the-match awards. Australia won 152 of the ODIs Mark Waugh played and lost 86.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 244 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
173	148	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2001	Won
133*	138	India	Nehru Stadium	2001	Won
130	144	Sri Lanka	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	1996	Won
130	128	Kenya	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium	1996	Won
126	135	India	Wankhede Stadium	1996	Won

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
5/24	6	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1992	Won
4/37	10	England	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1991	Won
3/20	6	New Zealand	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1990	Won
3/24	5	Zimbabwe	R Premadasa Stadium	1996	Won
3/29	10	New Zealand	Sydney Cricket Ground	1991	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
West Indies	47	1,708	39.72	3/11	28	22.21
South Africa	42	1,111	29.24	2/5	16	36.88
New Zealand	39	1,362	40.06	3/9	19	30.21
Pakistan	29	671	26.84	1/1	5	47.60
India	27	974	38.96	3/4	4	74.75
Sri Lanka	23	906	41.18	1/9	2	128.00
England	21	834	43.89	1/6	8	30.13
Zimbabwe	13	704	100.57	3/4	3	31.67
Bangladesh	1	33	33.00	0/0	0	–
Kenya	1	130	130.00	1/0	0	–
Scotland	1	67	67.00	0/1	0	–

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	119	3,827	37.16	8/22	47	25.38
Away	82	3,059	41.34	7/19	27	44.37
Neutral	43	1,614	41.38	3/9	11	49.73

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1980s	7	131	21.83	0/0	0	–
1990s	191	6,839	39.76	13/44	81	32.99
2000s	46	1,530	40.26	5/6	4	66.50

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Sydney Cricket Ground	38	1,309	37.40	1/11	10	27.60
Melbourne Cricket Ground	36	914	28.56	1/4	25	21.16
Adelaide Oval	13	473	52.56	2/3	5	26.20
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	11	394	43.78	1/1	2	31.50
Brisbane Cricket Ground	11	381	38.10	2/1	4	36.00
R Premadasa Stadium	8	316	39.50	0/4	3	39.67

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v Pakistan, 1988 at Adelaide Oval
Latest in the archive: v South Africa, 2002 at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 2 June 1965
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium
Balls faced (career): 11,053
Ducks: 16
Four-wicket hauls: 1

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