Mark Waugh Mosman. At the start of the 1984–85 season, the brothers were included in the New South Wales state squad. At the end of the season, the Waugh twins signed a contract to spend the Australian winter to play for Egerton in the Bolton League in Lancashire in northern England. Each club was allowed to have one professional; Steve was officially designated as such but would split the earnings with Mark. The twins were billeted with a local family. However, during the year, an Australian rebel tour to South Africa was staged, breaking the boycott against the apartheid regime. Some players
Early life of Mark and Steve Waugh be characterised in his international career. The Bankstown yearbook noted that "accomplished . . . apart from the occasional lazy shot in no-man's land . . . A very good right-hand medium-pace bowler and one of the safest pairs of hands." Steve was regarded as an aggressive player, something that characterised his early international career. The twins finished high school at the end of 1983. In 1983–84, both were members of New South Wales Combined High Schools and the state under-19 team. Mark was named as the player of the series in the New South Wales Schoolboys Championships, having scored