Mark Waugh's " ISSUES "

[Macca19]

Probably the most overrated Australian sportsperson ever.

Frustrating cricketer. Capable of the insanely brilliant but didnt produce it anywhere near enough.

 

[sen entertainment bloke]

Gee he took some good catches.

 

[dan warna]

Gee he took some good catches.

"gosh mark waugh dropped that you don't see that very often!" or words to that effect were amongst the most repeated statements in the last 3 years of his career.

 

[Renegade]

Gee he took some good catches.

Definately didn't marry one though.

 

[Smokey_22]

steve waugh = legend

mark waugh = carried.

i can't believe the tickets that folks had on mark waugh. sure he was elegant but basically his NSW cap and being the dopey bro of steve waugh carried mark waugh through a decade of average and slightly above average performances.

lehmann, dean jones, hayden, probably even siddons could have done a better job than m.waugh.

Thats rubbish mate. He was the most talented batsman in the country when he first made the aussie side, and for the rest of his career was the classiest. Throughout the 90's and early 00's when Mark Waugh scored a hundred Australia always won the match.
You will not see another slipsman like him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0yvdy57S0

 

[Bomber Bears]

im a big mark waugh fan personally. Wont deny he underachieved in test cricket but to still manage 20 test centuries is a great achievement. Best batsmen to watch around, and i think still holds record for slips catches? Supurb player.

 

[Cooldude]

Liked to watch him as a player but as a pundit he's pretty horrible. Horribly bias and adds nothing apart from either the odd snide comment or negativity to the screen

 

[Soups]

Few years ago a friend was at a training session and asked for his autograph and he said **** off, was about a group of 20-30 people with lots of kids there too.

When i was about 12, i loved to watch him play. Was easily my favourite player. Anyway, went to a game in SYD and after the game waited around for ages for the players to come out. First person i went up to was him. He signed about 2 autographs and when i came up to him hes like "that is enough" and walked off. I was deadset shattered.

 

[NSWCROW]

Liked to watch him as a player but as a pundit he's pretty horrible. Horribly bias and adds nothing apart from either the odd snide comment or negativity to the screen

DING !!
We have a winner

 

[Kirby]

Did he under-perform for his talent? --- yes

Was he an excellent test player anyway? --- yes

He was also the best slips fielder i have ever seen. Dead set freak catcher.

Also, it is a myth that he didn't perform when the pressure was on, in fact, he scored hundreds in some of the most pressurised situations in famous tests.

How people quickly forget innings such as his hundred in Port Elizabeth against South Africa to win the test on a dfficult pitch. I believe Wisden ranked it as one of the best test innings of all time. What about his hundred in Adelaide against England where he saved the test?

I havn't even mentioned the fast 120 he made against West Indies in the famous test where we finally knocked them over. That innings gets forgotten with his brothers magnificent 200 but was equally as important due to the devistation it created.

People have very short memories.

 

[dan warna]

Thats rubbish mate. He was the most talented batsman in the country when he first made the aussie side, and for the rest of his career was the classiest. Throughout the 90's and early 00's when Mark Waugh scored a hundred Australia always won the match.
You will not see another slipsman like him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox0yvdy57S0

thats your opinion, my observation and statistics would show otherwise.

flat track bully with the full array of shots.

when under pressure, you'd much rather s.waugh a.border, even martyn or deano.

 

[Kirby]

thats your opinion, my observation and statistics would show otherwise.

flat track bully with the full array of shots.

when under pressure, you'd much rather s.waugh a.border, even martyn or deano.

Statstics do NOT show otherwise.

He was a bit hit and miss whatever the situation.

You are blind or ignorant if you cant recall or recognise many great innings that were made when counted.

I love Steve Waugh too but the one thing that Mark Waugh didn't do that his brother Steve did is put his own wicket before the good of the team. Steve took alot longer to learn that trait.

 

[NSWCROW]

Muppet

 

[damochandler]

what the hell was this thread about. a rant about mark waugh as a player or as a commentator

 

[dan warna]

what the hell was this thread about. a rant about mark waugh as a player or as a commentator

2008 thread bumped.

Doesn't change anything, he's still a spud.

 

[THRILLHO]

Three years on and I'm still waiting for NSWCROW to explain what Mark Waugh did during that game to elicit that outburst.

 

[damochandler]

he was a lazy cricketer. would be the best word to describe him. he could be sublime at times and stupid other times. one of the best fielder i have seen

 

[damochandler]

Three years on and I'm still waiting for NSWCROW to explain what Mark Waugh did during that game to elicit that outburst.

i doubt we will get an answer

 

[NSWCROW]

In my case it's about his commentary.