All time captains’ XI in ODI cricket
The cricketing world has produced enough tales of legendary captains for us to relish it for centuries to come.
5. Steve Waugh
Losing the 1996 World Cup final to Sri Lanka, Australian skipper Mark Taylor paved way for Steve Waugh to take over the mantle. A lot of pundits doubted if the aggressive all-rounder could take this team to greater heights, but as it turned out, his phase as the leader was a critical chapter in Australian cricket, if not world cricket history.
During this period began the era of what we called the “Mighty Aussies”. Australia had a dramatic outing in the 1999 World Cup, which they eventually won and Waugh made a stellar contribution with the bat. Coming in predominantly in the middle order, he scored 7,569 runs in 325 ODIs for the five-time World Champions.
He captained Australia in 106 ODIs and won 67 games, with a win percentage of 65.23 and under his tenure, some great names like Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden made huge progress.
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