Waugh's Final Stand Is Still Fairytale Stuff ; End of an Era As Australia's Skipper Plays His Last Test

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RIGHT to the very end, the fevered imagination of Steve Waugh's scriptwriter worked overtime. In the last hour of his hero's unsurpassed 19-year career, he tried out one final plotline in which Waugh bows out with a match-winning ton on his home ground to lead the Aussies to perhaps the most unlikely triumph in Test history. Sadly, it was just a bit too outrageous.

What he gave us, though, was still fairytale stuff. Here was Waugh encapsulating his indefatigable career with an innings in Sydney which showcased all his tungsten will and, not for the first time, saved Australia from defeat, enabling them to emerge with a 1- 1 draw from this utterly compelling series against India.

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Waugh's Final Stand Is Still Fairytale Stuff ; End of an Era As Australia's Skipper Plays His Last Test

Then, as if this was not enough, the man who has rewritten the rules of modern Test cricket even dared in his 168th and last Test to turn his last stand into another exercise in the unthinkable, briefly l...

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