Editing Mark Waugh (section)

===Close to omission and 100th Test match===

He made a strong start to the 1999–00 Australian summer, scoring 100 in the first Test against Pakistan in Brisbane<ref name="k299"/> and then taking a reflex catch to dismiss Inzamam-ul-Haq in the second Test at Bellerive Oval, although he only scored five and a duck.<ref name="k300">Knight, p. 300.</ref> However, after a duck in the third Test in Perth,<ref name="k300"/> he gave a poor display in the first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval which led to calls for his axing. After being dismissed for five in the first innings,<ref name="k301">Knight, p. 301.</ref> he came out to bat in the second innings late on the third day and was protected from the strike by [[Greg Blewett]], who refused to take singles hit into the outfield.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} After being jeered,{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} he was eventually dismissed the next day for eight, after batting almost an hour.<ref name="k301"/> Waugh made only one and 25 in an interstate match following the Test but was retained for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<ref name="k302"/> He managed a survivalist 41 in the first innings and an unbeaten 51 against the backdrop of a supportive crowd.<ref name="k302">Knight, p. 302.</ref> He was then on a hat-trick in the second innings as Australia won the Test. Waugh was retained and made his 100th Test appearance in the 2000 New Year's Test in Sydney, where he scored 32 in his only innings.<ref name="k302"/>

Further poor displays in the early phase of the subsequent ODI tournament, including an innings of 3 from 30 balls, lead to repeated calls for his omission,{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} until he scored a 116 at the Adelaide Oval on [[Australia Day]] against India to lay the foundation for Australia's largest ever total on home soil of 5/329. Waugh ended the series with 305 runs at 30.50 and was retained for the tour of New Zealand, where he scored a respectable 206 runs at 41.20 in the abbreviated form of the game including two half-centuries.<ref name="k303">Knight, p. 303.</ref> He then scored an unbeaten 72 in the first Test at Eden Park to set up a victory in a low-scoring game—only one other player passed 20. Waugh ended the series with 190 runs at 47.50 as Australia won 3–0.<ref name="k304">Knight, p. 304.</ref> However, a run of seven ODIs during the 2000 Australian winter including two series against South Africa in which he tallied only 84 runs at 12.00 again saw further media speculation of impending demise.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="Knight, p. 308">Knight, p. 308.</ref>