His ODI highest score of 38 not out was made late in the innings at number 10, which included a massive six off Steve Waugh and almost brought England back from the brink of defeat against Australia during the 1990/91 tour (Australia won by three runs).
More success soon followed in the coming years as Sri Lanka won their first Test against Australia in 1999, which still remains the Sri Lanka's only Test win against Australia; a game remembered for the dreadful collision between Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie.
The clubs most famous players include all four Waugh brothers (Steve, Mark, Dean and Danny), Jeff Thomson, Len Pascoe, Trevor Chappell, Corey Richards and Aaron Bird.
As the band are all avid cricket supporters, inside the album sleeve, the band thanks, among others, Australian cricketers Mark and Steve Waugh.
At one point of time, MRF was the bat sponsor of world-class batsmen including Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, and former Australian captain Steve Waugh.
During this period the club has fielded prominent cricketers such as Learie Constantine, Kapil Dev and Steve Waugh.
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In a Super Sixes match in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, South Africann Herschelle Gibbs caught Australian captain Steve Waugh but Waugh was given not out when Gibbs was ruled to not have control of the ball when attempting to throw the ball in celebration.
Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and cricketers Mark and Steve Waugh are notable former students.