- Earned the nickname Afghan because he was considered the "forgotten Waugh".
- Member of the Australian Test cricket side 1991-2001.
- Retired with an aggregate of 8500 runs in 244 ODIs, which at that time was the 4th highest tally in the format and Australia's highest. [2004].
- First batsman to score 3 centuries in a single edition of the Cricket World Cup, he achieved this feat in 1996. He is also the first Australian batsman to score 3 centuries in the same Australia tri-series, which he completed during the 1999-00 VB Series against Zimbabwe and the West Indies, which included his career best 173, an Australian record which stood till 2006-07 when broken by Matthew Hayden's 181.
- Currently works as a commentator and analyst for Fox Sports Australia.
- At the time of his announcement from international cricket in 2003, he held the record for the most individual catches by a non-wicketkeeper in tests, with 182. This tally was overtaken by India's Rahul Dravid in 2009.
- Made his test debut as a replacement for his then out of form twin brother Steve in the 4th test of the 1991 Ashes, scoring 138. In the process he became the 15th Australian to score a century on debut.
- In 2002, Wisden ranked him as the 6th greatest ODI batsman of all-time. He is one of the four Australians in the top-10 of the countdown, below Dean Jones(#4) and Michael Bevan(#5) and above Ricky Ponting(#10).
- Like his Pakistani contemporary Saeed Anwar, his highest individual score in tests happens to be lower than his highest individual score in ODIs. His top score in tests is a match winning 153 not out against India at Bangalore during the 1998 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Coincidentally, Anwar's top score too happens to be an unbeaten match winning 188, also made against India at Kolkata during the Asian Test Championship of 1998-99.
- Of the 9 active test playing nations at the time of his retirement, Waugh toured 8 of them apart from 2 tests played at the neutral UAE both against Pakistan. He averaged over 40 in 6 of them namely England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the West Indies.
- During the 1992 tour of Sri Lanka, he got a pair in the second and third tests consecutively, leading to his infamous nickname "Audi".
- As of January 2023, he holds the record for the most number of catches by a non-wicketkeeper in the Frank Worrell Trophy with 45 in 28 tests.
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