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Steve Waugh, one of the SCG’s favourite sons, made a triumphant lap of honour on Monday when formally inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame.
Waugh, 44, was one of five Australians newly recognised by the ICC, along with Victor Trumper, Bill O’Reilly, Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall; but the only one still alive.
He received a standing ovation as he was driven around the ground in an open-topped orange sports car, accompanied by his three children Rosie, 13, Austin, 9, and Lily, 7, during the tea break in the second Test against Pakistan.
Waugh waved to his home town fans in stands named after two fellow inductees, Trumper and O’Reilly, and said he felt honoured to be included in such a “special group”.
“I felt privileged every time I walked out for Australia,” he told the crowd.
“I never took it for granted.”
The SCG was the scene of some of Waugh’s greatest triumphs, including his Ashes century off the last ball of the day in the 2003 New Year Test.
One of Australia’s most successful captains, and scorer of 10,927 Test runs and 32 centuries, Waugh was presented with an Hall of Fame cap by ICC director and Cricket Australia chairman Jack Clarke.
The families of the four late greats accepted caps on their behalf.
Waugh, the most capped Test player in history with 168 appearances, was dubbed the “Iceman” for his ability to remain calm under the pressure of big-time sport.
But that idea was anathema to Keith “Nuggett” Miller, a RAAF World War Two pilot who once famously said: “Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse, playing cricket is not.”
Miller and Lindwall, both members of Don Bradman’s 1948 Invincibles, formed one of Australia’s greatest new-ball partnerships.
Leg-spinner Bill “Tiger” O’Reilly was rated by Don Bradman as the best bowler he ever faced.
Trumper was rated the most stylish batsman of cricket’s so-called golden age, spanning the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The famous five were among 15 Australians inducted during 2009 when the Hall of Fame was created to celebrate the ICC centenary.
Nine NSW cricket volunteers honoured with an ICC Centenary Volunteer Medal before play included former Test all-rounder Alan Davidson.
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