Editing Steve Waugh (section)

===Breakthrough tour of England===
However, Waugh continued to be inconsistent in Test matches. He made only 194 runs at 32.33 in five Tests in 1987–88 against the touring New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka teams.<ref name="testlist"/> His bowling helped to keep him in the team, with nine wickets at 29.67.<ref name="testlist"/> Waugh's ODI form remained strong, playing in all of Australia's 11 ODIs for the season, scoring 226 runs at 32.29 and taking 18 wickets at 23.50. He scored one half-century and took a haul of 4/33 in one match against Sri Lanka.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/>

A Test tour of Pakistan in late 1988 was unproductive, with 92 runs at 18.40 with one half century and two wickets at 108.00.<ref name="testlist"/> In 1988–89 against the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], Waugh mixed some batting failures with two entertaining innings of 90 and 91 on the faster pitches of Brisbane and Perth, respectively. He bowled a series of bouncers at [[Viv Richards]] at Brisbane and claimed 3/77 and 5/92 in the Third Test at Melbourne. Of Waugh's spell at Brisbane, [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]] wrote:
<blockquote>The most significant incident of the Brisbane Test ... was the salutation young Steve Waugh served up, in the form of three consecutive bouncers, to visiting captain Viv Richards ... I took it immediately as an uncompromising message to the opposing skipper that Waugh was sick to death of the bouncer policy that the West Indies have for so long adopted as their standard method of attack.<ref>{{Harvnb|Egan|2004|p=42}}</ref></blockquote>

Waugh continued to perform strongly in the ODIs, scoring 270 runs as 38.57 and taking seven wickets at 49.42. His highest score and best bowling analysis occurred in the same match, taking 3/57 before scoring 54 against West Indies in Melbourne. Despite this, Australia still lost the match.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/>

Heading into the [[1989 Ashes series]], Waugh's batting average was 30.52 from 26 Tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=player;playerid=1795;class=testplayer;filter=basic;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;season=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;startdefault=1985-12-26;start=1985-12-26;enddefault=2004-01-06;end=2004-01-06;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;result=0;followon=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=bat_cumulative;runslow=;runshigh=;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype|title=Statsguru – SR Waugh – Test Batting – Cumulative career averages|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 September 2009}}</ref> In the three-match ODI series that preceded the Tests, Waugh scored 113 runs at 37.66 and took three wickets at 54.00.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/>

Waugh finally scored his maiden Test century, 177 not out in the First Test at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Leeds]]. It was a free flowing innings marked by square driving, in just over five hours of batting which helped Australia set the platform for a win with a large first innings. He followed this with an unbeaten 152 in the Second Test at [[Lord's]], adeptly shepherding his tailend partners to help Australia set up a winning 242 run lead in the first innings. He was not dismissed until the first innings of the Third Test for 43, by which time he had amassed 393 runs. Waugh scored 92 in the Fourth Test at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]] in another win. He did not pass 20 in either of the last two Tests and finished the series with 506 runs at 126.5. He bowled less frequently, with only two wickets in the six Tests. It was on this tour that he first experienced back problems that would hinder his bowling. On the brief tour of India for the Nehru Cup ODI tournament that followed the Ashes series, Waugh played as a specialist batsman for the first time.<ref>{{Harvnb|Egan|2004|p=61}}</ref> He scored 88 runs at 22.00 and did not bowl a ball.<ref name="odilist"/>

As Australia returned home for the 1989/90 international season. He scored 378 runs at 37.8 in the six Tests in Australia and the one-off Test in New Zealand. The highlight was an unbeaten 134 against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] in the Second Test in Hobart. This followed twin half centuries in the First Test. His focus on batting saw him aggregate only 1/19 with the ball for the seven Tests. Thereafter his Test form tapered off.

The ODIs followed a similar pattern. Australia played ten ODIs on home soil during the season, followed by five in New Zealand.<ref name="auslistodi"/> After taking two wickets at 38.50 in the first three ODIs, Waugh did not bowl again for the season. After scoring only 99 runs at 19.80 in the first nine ODIs in Australia, Waugh was dropped for the Second Final against Pakistan, which Australia won.<ref name="odilist"/><ref name="auslistodi"/> He played in all five ODIs in New Zealand, making only 72 runs at 18.00.<ref name="odilist"/> He returned to the bowling crease in the Sharjah tournament, taking four wickets at 28.00 and scoring 98 runs at 49.00.<ref name="odilist"/>

In 1990, Waugh joined his twin brother [[Mark Waugh|Mark]] in an unbeaten partnership of 464 in 407 minutes for NSW against [[Western Warriors|Western Australia]] (WA) at the [[WACA Ground]], setting a world first-class record. Both teams were at full strength and WA's attack included Test bowlers [[Terry Alderman]], [[Bruce Reid]] and [[Chris Matthews (cricketer)|Chris Matthews]]. The twins ended with 216 and 229 respectively.<ref name="c322"/>