Mark Waugh is a former Australian cricketer who scored centuries (100 or more runs) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Described by Cricinfo writer John Polack as "one of the world's most elegant and gifted strokemakers", he played most of his career under the captaincy of his older twin-brother Steve Waugh. Waugh represented Australia in 128 Test matches and 244 ODIs between 1988 and 2002, scoring 20 and 18 centuries respectively. He was primarily a batsman who played as an opener in ODIs, while normally at number four in Tests.
Waugh made his Test debut against England at the Adelaide Oval in January 1991, scoring a century; he became the fifteenth player from Australia to score a hundred on debut when he made 138 in the innings. He ended the season with one more century, aggregating 554 runs at an average of 61.55. Following his performances, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him as one of their five Cricketers of the Year the same year. Waugh was instrumental in Australia's victory in the 1995 Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies when he made 126 in the deciding game. His highest score of 153 not out was achieved against India during the third Test of the 1998 Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore. In Tests, Waugh was most successful against England scoring six centuries. As of , his position is eleventh in the list of Test century-makers for Australia.
Although Waugh made his ODI debut against Pakistan in December 1988, he did not score his first century until four years later. Between his debut and the 1996 World Cup he made five centuries, all against different opponents. Waugh was more prolific at the 1996 World Cup scoring three centuries. Waugh set the record for the highest individual score by an Australian when he made 173 against the West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2001. The following month he scored a match-winning 133 not out against India at Nehru Stadium in Pune which also became his last century in the format. Despite a slow start to his ODI career, he became the third highest century-maker in ODIs at the time of scoring his last century.
Key * Remained not out Man of the match
Test centuries + Test centuries scored by Mark WaughNo.ScoreAgainstVenueRef 1 138 6 1 4/5 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Draw 2 139* 6 1 5/5 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Away Won 3 112 4 1 2/5 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 4 137 4 2 5/6 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Away Won 5 111 4 1 2/3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Won 6 113* 5 3 3/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Away Draw 7 140 4 1 1/5 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 8 126 4 2 4/4 Sabina Park, Kingston Away Won 9 116 4 2 3/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Lost 10 111 4 2 1/3 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 11 116 4 4 2/3 St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth Away Won 12 100 4 2 2/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 13 115* 4 4 3/3 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Draw 14 153* 4 2 3/3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away Won 15 117 4 3 3/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away Draw 16 121 4 1 5/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 17 100 4 2 1/3 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 18 119 5 2 2/5 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 19 108 4 2 2/5 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Won 20 120 4 1 5/5 The Oval, London Away Won
ODI centuries + ODI centuries scored by Mark WaughNo.ScoreAgainstVenueRef 1 108 2 1 82.44 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away Lost 2 113 3 2 92.62 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Away Won 3 107 4 1 96.39 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home Won 4 121* 3 1 90.29 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away Lost 5 130 2 1 90.27 WACA Ground, Perth Home Won 6 130 2 1 101.56 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Neutral Won 7 126 1 1 93.33 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Won 8 110 2 2 98.21 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Neutral Won 9 102 1 1 89.47 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Lost 10 115* 1 2 92.00 St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth Away Won 11 104 1 2 92.03 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 12 104 2 1 86.66 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Neutral Won 13 106 1 1 109.27 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 14 116 2 1 88.54 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Home Won 15 112* 2 2 87.50 The Gabba, Brisbane Home Won 16 102* 2 2 90.26 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home Won 17 173 2 1 116.89 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home Won 18 133* 1 2 96.37 Nehru Stadium, Pune Away Won
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