The most underrated XI of all time in cricket
These players never got the deserved limelight but they always did the job for the team.
2. Mark Waugh
Nicknamed “Afghan” because he was overshadowed by his brother Steve Waugh and became the “Forgotten Waugh”, Mark Edward Waugh is one of the most charismatic and gifted stroke maker to have ever played the game. He had the ability to drive, pull, flick, cut and loft the ball, having all the shots in the book, executing them with consummate ease.
Apart from his batting, Waugh was a decent off-spinner and a spectacular slip fielder. Regarded as one of the best of all time in the slip cordon, holding on to so many of Warne’s and McGrath’s scalps, he held the record for taking the highest number of catches as a fielder in test matches till India’s Rahul Dravid broke it.
Having scored over 8029 test runs and 8500 runs in ODIs, Mark Waugh is one of the most underrated batsmen in the Aussie line-up that had the likes of Matthew Hayden, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist etc overshadowing him throughout his career.
But his contributions in all ways must not go without being remembered that set up so many wins for the Aussies in their golden period where they won literally everything.
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