From the Vault: Waugh’s wonderful Ashes ton on debut



Making his debut in the Australian Test side at the expense of his twin brother Steve, a 25-year-old Mark Waugh made an immediate impact with 138 off 188 balls in his maiden innings of the fourth Ashes Test against England in January, 1991

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43 comments

  1. Such a graceful batter…and that’s coming from a kiwi 😊

  2. Can we just take the time to acknowledge, this was his first test hundred… but his 26th first class ton? That’s… quite a lot for a young cricketer before making a debut

  3. I cannot believe he never scored a test 150… always threw it away after getting to 100

  4. What a good innings by Mark Waugh, it was a treat to watch. Mark Waugh is one of my biggest inspirations in batting. So elegant

  5. One of the greatest I've seen.

  6. My childhood hero🔥🔥

  7. It only took the Australian selectors five years to pick him.

  8. Imagine the dominance of players like Mark Waugh and others of his era if they had the bats of today and the fields smaller with boundary ropes! M.E Waugh, my favourite player ever and childhood hero!!

  9. Mark Waugh made batting look ridiculously easy. He even looked elegant while fielding. He was a effortless cricketeer.

  10. Mark Waugh, Damien Martyn and Mike Hussey these 3 were the most elegant batsman Australia has ever produced.

  11. to be honest first time I have seen junior removing his helmet after scoring a century.

  12. Junior was my favourite player to watch as a kid, I got his gloves, pads and bat. With the multi-colour patterns.I even tried to be an all rounder off spinner.Its not as easy as he made it look hence my early retirement at 13.😂

  13. Very stylish and telented batsman but his test record not reflect his class

  14. His wrists were so much like subcontinent batsmen. Lovely timer and one of the most elegant batsman

  15. A stylish players off his legs upright player beautiful to watch Mark Waugh anyday

  16. The most elegant right handed batsmen Australia has ever produced

  17. Barry Richards, David Gower, Mark Waugh are the epitome of style n elegance

  18. Mark Waugh is more like the Indian batsman Azharuddin with his wrist work. Easy on the eyes and makes it look easy. Anything even close to the pads gets worked away for four.

  19. The gret legend Sir M Waugh 🌹🌹🇮🇳🇮🇳🌹🌹

  20. My favorite batsman
    Technically best
    Strong mindset

  21. pure and classical stroke maker. what a player. amazing debut.

  22. Man, I used to lust after Mark Waugh's V100 back when I was a kid…looks like an absolute splinter compared to bats of today 😯

  23. My favorite overseas cricketer

  24. I always found it strange that of the most naturally gifted batsmen of the 90s, ( Mark Waugh, Carl Hooper, Mohammed Azharuddin, Saeed Anwar and Brian Charles Lara), only one truly fulfilled his enormous talent, and that is BCL, and even he underachieved (despite averaging 53).Azharuddin averages in the late 40s but we all know his average should have been in the 50s.. I don't know if the game came to easy for them

  25. After Azharuddin Mark Waugh was an excellent wrist batsman.

  26. 2:58 – lol, the Aussie team look like a proper, modern professional team. England look like dad's army!

  27. Yesterday His scg ton I've seen…. now he becomes my favourite batsman.

  28. The greatest elegant right handed batsman of all time………sir Mark waugh.

  29. It took Steve Waugh 42 innings to make his first Test hundred, it took Mark 1..

  30. True story to this. NSW were playing a shield game in Sydney when the team was named. Mark Waugh couldn’t be contacted as he was with his parents. So they asked Steve Waugh to go tell him….. fancy being dropped and than go tell the bloke who’s replacing you. Never hear of it today. But shows the tough character of the entire Waugh family.

  31. This man didn't bat. He drew graffiti on the field using his willow as paintbrush. There are good batsmen, superb batsmen, extraordinary batsmen and of course there is Mark Waugh.

  32. Its his 26th first class hundred. Wow! In current time, score two to three hundreds, you are in a team. Duebto less first class cricket, you fail at big stage. And then you are no way to be found. Lol!

  33. to be part of Australian test team, you needed 25 first class hundred in those days… Wow…

  34. Another hometurf bully and a pussy anywhere else from Australia…

  35. This man was a pussy, he scored all his runs in Australia… he had no idea whatsoever how to score run outside Australia…