Steve Waugh  

Sachin Tendulkar being carried on his teammates shoulders after winning the World Cup 2011 was voted the Laureus best sporting moment of the past two decades (2000-2020). Tendulkar received the Laureus award from Steve Waugh in Berlin

A 12-year-old boy raised money by taking out his neighbours’ trash for four years to fulfil his dream of watching Australia take on arch-rivals England in the Ashes and was also rewarded with a bus ride with his heroes

'I don’t really go in for much talk of who are the favourites, all that matters most is who stays calm and in the present without looking too far ahead and worrying about what has just happened or what might happen,' wrote Steve Waugh

'The Australian selectors must be congratulated for the bold selection of Jason Behrendorff and the faith they showed in presenting him with the new ball (against England at the ICC World Cup 2019),' wrote Steve Waugh

'Encouragingly Australia’s big match players are all in good form (at the World Cup 2019) with Steve Smith searching and closing in on the rhythm and unorthodox creativity that bamboozles opposing attacks,' wrote Steve Waugh

'This guy (Hardik Pandya) might just be the equivalent of Lance Klusener in the 1999 World Cup. He has the ability to begin his innings like most finish with clean hitting that no opposing captain can protect,' wrote Steve Waugh after watching Pandya hit a 27-ball 48 against Australia in ICC World Cup 2019

'They are the most watchable team in the tournament (World Cup 2019) with a batting line-up that can kidnap any bowling attack with brute force. No ground is big enough when this behemoth of a batting order clicks into overdrive but they also have a vulnerability against high-quality bowling as they tend to play one dimensional at times,' wrote Steve Waugh

Apart from Sourav Ganguly’s century, Sachin Tendulkar was again at the receiving of a horrendous umpiring decision, just like in the previous tour. In 1999, he was given out LBW by Daryl Harper. This time, it was West Indian Steve Bucknor, who raised the dreaded finger wrongly, sending back Tendulkar for a three-ball duck. Both India and Australian media slammed Bucknor for his decision

Steve Smith and David Warner were handed one-year suspensions in the ball tampering scandal which hit the Australian team in South Africa earlier this year