Editing Mark Waugh (section)

===1999 World Cup===
Taylor retired after the Australian summer and Waugh's brother became the Test captain and the first assignment was a tour of the Caribbean.<ref>Knight, p. 288.</ref> Waugh had a modest Test series, finishing with 202 runs at 25.25 as Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy 2–2. His best score was 67 in the first innings of second Test, which was terminated when he was bowled by a ball that scooted along the ground.<ref>Knight, pp. 289–290.</ref> Speculation about his future began to simmer again. He then made 217 runs at 31.00 in the ODIs, Australia's second highest runscorer, before the team headed to England for the [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999 World Cup]].<ref>Knight, pp. 290–291.</ref>

Waugh started the tournament with a Man of the Match 67 against [[Scotland cricket team|Scotland]] in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] as Australia unconvincingly won by four wickets in its first match. He then scored two and 41 as Australia lost to New Zealand and Pakistan respectively, leaving them needing to avoid defeat in all of their remaining matches to win the World Cup.<ref>Knight, pp. 291–292.</ref> Waugh scored only 33 and three as Australia defeated [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] and the West Indies to progress to the Super Six phase. Needing to win all their matches, Waugh top-scored with 83 against India at The Oval in a win. He then scored 104 from 120 balls against Zimbabwe at Lord's in another victory. In the process, he passed Allan Border's Australian record of 6,524 ODI career runs and became the first person to score four centuries in World Cup competition. He dedicated this achievement to his dying grandfather. He was then run out for five in the final Super Six match against South Africa.<ref>Knight, p. 293.</ref> In the semi-final against same team, he was dismissed without scoring. Waugh participated in the final play of the match. With the scores tied in the last over of South Africa's run chase and with one wicket remaining, he fielded the ball as [[Lance Klusener]] and Allan Donald attempted the winning run. The South Africans had a mix-up and a run out resulted in a tie. The Australians progressed to the final as they had won their previous meeting.<ref>Knight, pp. 294–295.</ref>

In the final against Pakistan at Lord's, he set the tone of the match with a sideways diving catch to dismiss [[Wajahatullah Wasti]]. Pakistan were bowled out for 132. Waugh was 37 not out when [[Darren Lehmann]] struck the winning runs. He finished the tournament with 375 runs at 41.67, making him Australia's second highest runscorer for the tournament.<ref>Knight, p. 297.</ref>

In late 1999, Australia toured Sri Lanka. Waugh continued to perform in the ODIs, with 174 runs at 34.80, but his Test troubles continued with 29 runs at 7.25.<ref>Knight, p. 298.</ref> In six Tests on the island nation, he had managed 90 runs at an average of 9.00.<ref name="testlist"/> Australia proceeded to Zimbabwe, where Waugh scored 90 in a ten-wicket win. Had he reached his century, Waugh would have become the first player to record centuries against the eight other Test-playing nations. Waugh then scored 106 from 97 balls in the first ODI before scoring 54* in the second match. That ended his ODI year, with a total of 1468 runs at 44.48.<ref name="k299">Knight, p. 299.</ref>