two things that anyone can learn from the career of Steve Waugh - 1. The dignity of labour. 2. The importance of taking pride in whatever you do. Top leader.

Steve Waugh, remember the name. Haven't seen anybody more gritty, focused and a true leader. A gift from God, and for youngsters a bright star. Love from Pakistan :)

Such a beautiful interview. So great to hear two intelligent cricketers speak with each other. Love it.

Terrifc fellow, Steve Waugh. Met him in Sydney, absolute gentleman. Quiet and unassuming, but had the steely hardness that can't be faked. Top notch.

Andy Bichel was the most selfless player I have ever seen. Truly unsung hero. The greatest ever 12th Man. Wish he could have more chances.

Best thing about Steve Waugh was he had respect of his team mates, no matter how they reacted to his decisions they knew he had the ability to play them out of trouble with a captain's innings or organise the field and strategy to put them in a winning position. One of the best leaders in the game's history.

No wonder Steve waugh was such a great captain. He knew how to get the best out of players. His thought process about the game is excellent.

Steven Waugh in other words Legend. I think S Waugh inspires an awe that no one else does for me. Not just his cricketing ability or captaincy - also his off-field demeanor and worldly wise ways. TuggaHeroForever! I used to imagine I was Steve Waugh in my street cricket and during tough situations during exam preparation during school and college!

Great interview. I think Waugh accepted his responsibilities and was an inspirational leader. Very tough and determined the template for Australian captains.

Amazingly REAL and honest! Thats what made Waugh an all time great. He owns up to his actions and didnt shy away grom faults. Love the dude

Wow the Andy Bichel story was incredible! What a team player! 💕

The greatest captain i ever saw in all my time and i am 81 .But even more important was he was the man to have in a bad situation for the team.He took them all on and rarely failed.

This is easily the most quality cricket channel on the platform. It's "classy".

I still feel he is a bit underrated. You don’t find him in any playing XI because Ponting overshadowed him.. but if you look back carefully .. he turned Australia from good to great. Most of his successful innings came when it mattered. Ponting simply took over the already great team and made it even better... Not to undermine Ponting’s contribution ..Steve Waugh was the best Australian Captain.

Thoughtful, dignified and down-to-earth. Is it any wonder Shane Warne doesn't like him?

When his team was down Steve Waugh always stood up. He always lead by example. Best captain of the modern era.

Atherton is analytical, great listener and a gentleman. Sky Sports - keep him!

I have more respect for Steve Waugh, both as a captain and as a person, than I have for any other captain in ANY sport. Just quality to the core.

Warne's record in the West Indies was very ordinary. Almost as ordinary as his record in India. Waugh clearly did the right thing dropping him.

The sledging Waugh described about replays on the big screen and riling up a player about technique. That’s a real gentlemen sledge. Brilliant cricketing mind and he ran the team almost like a formidable CEO. Giving the people who work for you a fascinating and inspiring story about the organisation that they feel bloody special being a part of it and they work their back sides off to a be part of that story. Phenomenal thought process. The Ice man!!

Great captains are the ones who can take the big calls. Go against the flow and take the risks. Bask in glory if it works, but also stand up and take responsibility if it back fires.

Warne calls S.Waugh a selfish cricketer but actually it's Warne who's selfish.

Well done Steve Waugh. Warne was like a big baby saying he was selfish etc but Australia won the test so Waugh won the argument

Atherton is such a thoughtful interviewer. Can watch him interview an inanimate object just for his questioning prowess.

Great teams need great leaders. Steve waugh albeit had superstars with him. To manage those kind of characters required braveness . 9:51 loved this bit.

Watched this last year and few times after that. The technique by Athers amazing. Alot of people can learn alot from this on how to have a discussion.

What a fighter captain he was. Love his innings he played in Jamaica in 1995. He was my favourite player in that era along with azharudin & wasim akram. Can't forget his innings he played in 1999 wc aswell. I also used to enjoy his cow corner shot aswell.

Steve Waugh - grew up in Western Sydney with three brothers. That's why he was such a tough player.

The greatest thing about Mark Taylor's leadership. Youd never hear him or see him bag an opposition player on field. A true gentleman of the game

Steve enhanced what playing for Australia meant…

Fantastic interview. Stephen Waugh is a class act.

I hope there are many more parts to this interview

Wonderful interview with 2 intelligent cricketers.. Steve Waugh one of the true greats.. very few mentally tougher than Steve..

I’m a Steve Waugh fan, he’s a champion by me.

Until this day Warne holds a grudge against Waugh. Shows what sort of character Warne is

Just stumbled on this. Great interview.

Damien Martin, most underrated batsman of modern Australian cricket.

After Warne was dropped, Australia won the next test. The captain was just doing his job and made the best decision. His job was to choose the best 11 players for the conditions and he fulfilled his role perfectly...

This is an interviewing masterclass!!

Steve Waugh changed the white ball game for Australia 🇦🇺 it’s not easy captaining a side full of talent, he got the most out of all those players and most importantly he passed it onto Ponting and Clarke to follow. Amazing legacy 💚💛

Wonderful, classy interview. 2 blokes that personify class

He turned up at Tasker Park in Campsie about 20 years ago, whilst a few of me and my mates were playing, obv we all stopped then asked for autographs etc, then carried on. He watched us a for a while, shouting a few coaching tips etc., then left. Top bloke.

If I had to pick any team, Steve Waugh will always be captain!!

At first I thought, nearly 20 mins, this will be a struggle!!! In the end I didn't want it to finish.

That camera timestamp shows this is 16 hours into taping. Amazing concentration from two of the best! Kudos. And hopefully in the future they can learn to get it on the first take ;-)

Steve Waugh was the only gutsy No 5 batsman in the history of cricket. Mentally he was never scared of any bowlers. As a captain he did very well with the team after Taylor retirement and because of him Ricky Pointing won 2003 and 2007 world cup!!

I don't care what anyone says. In my humble opinion, Steven Waugh became a legend because he had gone through the baptism of fire in the mid 80', with 19 players gone. Put in the Australian team at 20 after only 10 1st class games. I saw all of what happened when I was playing juniors in 1979. Went through that golden period and saw Chappell, Lillie & Marsh retire, and the rebel tour within a year later. With Allen Border made captain and new players, such as Steve Waugh come, we Australians knew that we were in a new and raw era. This is what made Steve Waugh the champion he turned out to be and it can never be understated. Kind regards. Johno

One of my favourite aussie batsman.Did the hard yakka and always gave 200% as a player and captain .

RIP WARNIE! The Best there is, the best there was and and the best there ever will be! Thanks for the memories mate, watching in 2022 after Warne passed away.

Steve Waugh was a true introvert

Mohinder amaranth Faroukh Engineer Bishan Singh bedi The names in the background.. Legends of Indian cricket.

Great interview

True sign of a great leader. Not scared to drop star players if they don't perform, something England Cricket has never been able to comprehend.

A great cricketer and in my opinion, the best captain of Australia.

Steve Waugh was a leader and as a leader not all the decisions made are well received at the time. It was very candid nonetheless. Atho is sports version of David Frost. Well done to both.

I'VE GOT THE POWER!!! That opening jingle is ear shredding.

Athers was a damn good opening bat. He is an equally good cricket jouurnalist too.

Nice to the names of former Indian greats in the background Amarnath and Farooq Engineer. Love Mike Athertons style and graceful voice.

Watching this again 9 months later... still our gr8st captain. Full stop

Fantastic points of view from a great leader

I'd back Steve Waugh on the choice of dropping Warne. Warney great bowler but history would prove Waugh made the right choice. Warne also mentioned of the curfew at the World cup but never acknowledge that Waugh himself realised it wasn't right. Holding a salty grudge is never nice.

Easily one of the Best captains and bats men Australia has produced.

Warne had his own reasons not to have excluded.But as a captain , The great Waugh had many reasons not to include him in the playing eleven.

That's why Captain's shouldn't be a selector in my view, I've always thought that.and this just reinforces that view. At the end of the day, Steve Waugh had a tough decision to make, and he didn't flinch doing it. Leaders have to do that, and he did. It's easy for us to argue the rights and wrongs of it, and debate the toss of it, but it wasn't us in his shoes having to do that

I personally believe Steve Waugh commands much respect from the cricket fraternity than Shane Warne.

A great leader makes a decision and lives with it, right or wrong.

Just love listening to Athers and Nass. Fantastic 👌👌

You are my favorite cricket player Australia team forever

In 90s both Australia and South Africa had great players . Australia were lucky to have Waugh as captain.

Steve Waugh was tough as nails! Mentally rock solid!

9:15 Steve Waugh Sir's response to Atherton's baggy green tradition question. That's what shows how a leader should be. Ethics, hardwork and patience... That's what earns you a baggy green. That kind of tradition to be followed, is amazing. Great captain according to me. Being an Indian, we have MSD in our arsenal, but Steve Waugh was great too. Brought the best out of players. Just like MSD, Ponting. My top captains ever. No specific order but I kind of lean towards Steve Waugh and others on same spot.

We could of taken on the Windies in the 70s and given them a run for their money! _Great respect by Steve for the great West Indies players of the 70s/80s !!!_

Great player, i remember the fast test hundred he smashed as a protest to the selectprs who left him out of the worldcup side

A true Great of Australian cricket,right up there, Bradman,Benaud,Chappell, Border,Taylor

My respect for this man is massive.

Quality player

What a hero. He'll be immortalized in the annals of cricket for discarding the greatest cricketer to ever play the game. Waugh is in no position to put the mocker on sledging. He was one of the first to adopt it and implemented and promoted it to the bitter end.

Steve Waugh is David Gilmour of cricket!

Very brave decisions. Dropping Shane Warne was a big dicision and the right one aswel. If Shane played that test match and hurt his shoulder more, he could off been out off action for a long time and would off lost his confidence. Brave guy and love how Steve admits he had to make notes on paper and curfew not working. Admits his bad points. Yes Andy Bickel was deffo under rated.

On the face of it, dropping one of the all-time great bowlers when you need to win a Test to draw a series seems like a crazy thing to do but consider this: Warne didn't get a wicket in the first Test of that series, took 1/94 in the second Test and 1/139 in the third Test and this was after ending the tour of India with figures of 10/540!

One of Australia's best ever captains. (footnote; Warney, ssshhhhhhhhhh.)

Whilst this interview, was excellent. Cant say Bumble as the interviewer wouldnt have been a instant classic 😉 The man was a true leader. Dropping Shane warne was a real test of his Integrity and leadership. If you want to see he effect on the team. Just listen to how Langer, Gilchrist or Ponting speak about him even now.

Got a bit emotional when he said the players had to give 30 seconds on what Gallipoli meant to them. John Buchannon wore his Grandfathers medals, i bet to this day his chest will never have been as puffed out as it was then. You cannot beat life experience, especially if you can convey it in a way that it gets at your heart. Love these interviews.

what a person

What a great captain. We were lucky to have border, Waugh and Taylor. Taylor was the best for mine, but the other two were great leaders. Poor Ponting; a good captain who’ll be haunted by the decision to put England in without a third man in 2005.

Great captain.....tough..Chappell would never had the guts to drop an established player..his mates

Steve Waugh talks about winding people up, The man he's speaking to Athers ignored it put up a brick wall, Mark Ramprakash on the other hand

It's difficult to determine what makes a great captain. You can't just count the win/loss column because a really great side like Australia had through the 90's and 2000's could win a match from virtually anywhere. You could almost see a push to steamroll the other team, and I don't think it had much to do with the captaincy. However, when a captain can make an ordinary team look good, I think that is the mark of a good captain. I felt sometimes Ricky Ponting was left a little wanting with ideas and ways to motivate his team, whereas I don't recall Steve Waugh ever having that problem. But, I could be mistaken and looking at that time through rose-coloured glasses. But I will say, as good as Steve Waugh was in the field, he was no match for Ricky Ponting.

I wanted him to ask him about the Curtly Ambrose incident.

SRW. Legend.

Infront of Brian Lara, warne is no match. Brian lara can handle him easily. Greatest player. Lara was in absolute magic form that waugh has to absolutely take this decision

Says a lot about Ian Chappell. Whilst many who played in his side thought he was a great captain, he isn't very much liked. Then again Chappelli was pretty arrogant and wouldn't give a crap..lol

British and Aussies are very different people culturally

What words ' Stand for Something or Fall for Everything '

Warne 2 wickets @ 134 for Warne after 3 Tests, for him to be upset about Steve's decision show he himself is the selfish one, not Steve.

Legend.

Brian Lara was responsible for him getting dropped

Steve Waugh was ruthless and nobody was assured of a place in his 11. Contrast that to today's cricket where spots are locked in even if you go years without doing anything.

West Indies of the 1980's surely? The West Indies of the 1970's were a pretty average side for the most part-especially when WSC hit. The bowling attack we know wasn't really full formed until the early 1980's-some of those great players didn't debut until the late 1970's-Haynes, Marshall, Garner.

Athers gave Steve a bit of an easy ride at the end there. There was a lot more unpleasantness in talking loudly to teammates about opponents who were intended to hear it all. That said, SRW once said that England weren’t Australia’s main rivals and barely merited a 5 Test series... here in December 2021 he must be lamenting that yet another whitewash beckons. So he’s right!