Why Steve Waugh's only played cricket three times since retirement

He was Australia's most successful Test cricket captain - so why did he decline to ease into a post-retirement life of media commentary and coaching?

Still a man of action: former Test cricket captain Steve Waugh was quick to sort out seating arrangements at Sealevel Restaurant in Cronulla, Sydney. Louise Kennerley

Andrew BurkeAFR Weekend editor

Dec 23, 2020 – 8.50am

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“Right, what’s the plan?”

Steve Waugh has just arrived at the Sealevel Restaurant and everything is not as it should be. Waugh chose the restaurant, about 200 metres from his foundation’s office, partly because the food is good but mainly because the curved, floor-to-ceiling glass walls look straight down Cronulla Beach, making it very photogenic.

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Andrew BurkeAFR Weekend editorAndrew Burke is the editor of AFR Weekend, based in the Sydney newsroom. He has worked at the Financial Times in London, the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and reported from across Asia and the Middle East.