{"id":5865,"date":"2020-12-05T19:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T20:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2020-12-06T10:40:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T10:40:19","slug":"waughs-son-walks-away-from-cricket-at-just-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=5865","title":{"rendered":"Waugh&#039;s son walks away from cricket at just 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/austin-waugh\" title=\"Austin Waugh\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Waugh<\/a>, the talented son of legendary Australian Test captain Steve Waugh, has taken a break from cricket at just 21.<\/p>\n<p>Waugh has reportedly told his Sydney grade club Sutherland that his interest in the game has waned and he won&#x27;t play this season.<\/p>\n<p>It has been suggested that the pressure of carrying such a famous surname may have contributed to the decision.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a73d1084-0000-4b01-ada2-cb28e9ff3f5f\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a73d1084-0000-4b01-ada2-cb28e9ff3f5f\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He wasn&#x27;t that interested in playing this year and wanted to spend a little bit of time away from it,&quot; Sutherland captain Ben Dwarshuis told <em>The Sunday Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s a great player with a lot of potential but you never want to push someone to play.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The game can take its toll and having Waugh as a surname just adds that little bit of extra pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think he&#x27;s enjoying a bit of time away. Hopefully he takes a year off and comes back refreshed and loving his cricket again.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Austin has represented Australia at Under-19 level, showing promise as an all-rounder; as his father once did.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"44e944c0-c5f5-4cf5-a485-1875c4e1b42b\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/44e944c0-c5f5-4cf5-a485-1875c4e1b42b\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Austin Waugh, the talented son of legendary Australian Test captain Steve Waugh, has taken a break from cricket at just 21. Waugh has reportedly told <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=5865\" title=\"Waugh&#039;s son walks away from cricket at just 21\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5867,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5865\/revisions\/5867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}