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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Ashes Series 2002-2003 > I still deserve a place in the Australia team: Waugh 10.32 IST 24th Dec 2002 By IndiaExpress Bureau 
Aussie Test skipper Stephen Rodger Waugh believes he still deserves a place in the team and will refuse to make any decision on his playing future until after the Ashes series finishes next month.Australia's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said on Sunday the panel had spoken to Waugh about his international playing future and that the 37-year-old captain had their backing until the fifth Test against England in Sydney (starting on January 2). Speaking at a news conference at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday ahead of the fourth Ashes Test which starts on Thursday Waugh said, "I've never asked for a guarantee not did I want a guarantee. I've always played my cricket under the belief that you pick your best 11 players and that's never changed. I think it's wrong to give players guarantees. If I'm not one of the 11 then that's fair enough ... I know I am one of the best 11 players." Waugh gradually grew tired during the news conference of constant questions on his playing future which eventually led Australian Cricket Board media manager Brian Murgatroyd to interject: "Any questions about the Test match, guys?" "The next two Test matches are about the Australian side playing an Ashes series," Waugh said. "So I'd like to think that the focus would be on the cricket rather than speculation about myself. I'll make a decision after the Sydney test match." Waugh, who was dropped from the national one-day side in March, said he had found it difficult to read Australia newspapers in the past six weeks as some mounted a campaign for him and some were against him playing on next year. "A lot of people writing stuff don't know what's going on," Waugh said. "One lot of newspapers are for me, the other newspapers are against me, that's just the way it is." Waugh is Australia's most successful Test captain with 32 wins from 43 matches in charge, including big victories in the first three tests of this Ashes series. The former promising junior soccer player from western Sydney will equal Allan Border's world record of 156 test appearances when he plays in the fifth test in Sydney. Waugh, who has expressed a desire to play on the West Indies test tour next year, has averaged 26.50 in the first three tests of the Ashes series. His highest score of 53 came during the third test in Perth last month after illness had caused him a sleepless night. Waugh has averaged under 28 in 15 matches since the 2001 Ashes tour to England. in-depth coverage > Ashes Series 2002-2003 > |
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