Richard Edwards recalls Steve Waugh’s epic and career-saving century during the fifth Ashes Test of 2003

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What a moment: Steve Waugh hits the last delivery of the day to the boundary to bring up his century, right
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The Sydney Cricket Ground had rarely heard a noise like it. It had taken minutes for then England captain, Nasser Hussain, to set a field capable of denying Steve Waugh a fairytale end to day two of the final Test of the 2002/03 Ashes.
At the other, ball flipping nervously between his hands, stood Yorkshire’s rookie off-spinner R...