Waugh trains sights on Gavaskar's record

Steve Waugh admitted that he had his sights set on Sunil Gavaskar's Test record tally of 34 centuries but said that even if he did wrest the top position for himself, it would be for a short time only.

"There's always a chance (of making 35 hundreds). It doesn't really matter what I set, Sachin Tendulkar (with 31) is going to waltz past that one anyway," Waugh told the media after going past Tendulkar's tally with an unbeaten 156 in the second Test against Bangladesh.

"I know once I got a hundred today I was pretty focused on getting 150. I knew I wouldn't get another chance. I'm pleased with that. It's nice to have that record," said Waugh of his added distinction of having made a score of 150 or more against every Test-playing nation.

Waugh is also drawing ever closer to Allan Border's record for most Test runs, but this had hardly seemed possible late last year when a run-drought fuelled controversy over his retention in the Test team.

"If I was going to finish up last year, I wanted to go out on my terms and that was playing some shots," Waugh said. "Perhaps that may have released some pressure and I've gone out there and just tried to play the ball on its merits. Really, I just wanted to be positive. I knew I was good enough to play for Australia still and I wanted to prove that to myself and I wanted to come back and show people."