Ashes: Best Batting Performances in History

4. Steve Waugh

Before Steve Smith, there was another child prodigy who made his international debut at the age of 20. From there, he started his cricketing journey and ended as Australia's one of the most successful cricketers of all time. The legendary Steve Waugh had a solid technique and a determined personality which made him a fierce competitor in the game of cricket.

Waugh played in 46 Tests against England scoring 3,200 runs in 73 innings. During this time, he touched the three-figure mark, 10 times and had fourteen half-centuries to his name. His highest score of 177 in Ashes came at Leeds in a tough situation. He was regarded as one of the best middle-order batters during his playing days. 

Waugh senior made his Ashes debut in Brisbane in 1986. But he didn't have fond memories of that tour, which includes his first golden duck in Tests that too at his home ground. But life came to a full circle when he scored a well-fought 102 in his last Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Sadly, this match became his only Ashes Test loss as captain, while he won all eight previous matches.