Together, the two took Australia to a safe victory, levelling the series with one more match to go.
Ideally, they would not have spent so much time batting, as it gave them less time to bowl England out twice to level the series.
England won the match by 212 runs, and had levelled the series.
Oakland comfortably won the second game to level the series at 1-1.
They lost the fourth and then won the sixth Test by over an innings to level the series.
But Australia took the third and fourth Tests to level the series.
When he was dismissed with the score at 8/218, the West Indies appeared set to level the series.
Australia can still level the series at 2-2 but, even if that happens in Sydney, questions still need to be asked and long-term answers provided.
Australia thus levelled the series in front of a 87,829 strong crowd.
Waugh took 2/48 in the final match as Australia levelled the series by one run.
