Top 10 Test all-rounders from Australia

#5 Steve Waugh

Steve Waugh is one of the greatest batsmen ever

Steve Waugh is one of the greatest cricketers of all time. The New South Wales native was a brilliant right-handed batsman who could bowl right-arm medium pacers. He is one of the 12 players to have scored 10,000 Test runs. Waugh even captained the Aussies in 57 Tests and ended up with a win percentage of 71.93%.

He played 356 first-class games and scored as many as 24052 runs and picked up 249 wickets. Waugh made his Test debut for Australia against India at Melbourne in 1985. He went on to play a staggering 168 Test matches before retiring in 2004. The prolific batsman amassed 10927 runs and picked up 92 wickets with his stringent medium pacers.

Apart from his cricketing heroics, Steve Waugh is even famous for his charitable works. He was awarded as the Australian of the year in 2004 for his cricketing achievements and philanthropy works.