&quot;It&#39;s unfortunate when things like these happen. There is a need to educate the umpires. And also there is a need to put in place the lie-detector test,&quot; Waugh said during a promotional event which was held in the city. <img alt="Steve Waugh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Steve-Waugh_2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 517px;" /> Steve Waugh The former Aussie great had earlier also pushed for the technology to be put in place, saying that the players accused of match-fixing or spot-fixing should take the lie-detector tests in order to clear their names. Meanwhile, speaking on the ongoing Ashes series, Waugh said that the current Australian side, which is going through a painful transition, must have the self belief. &quot;It&#39;s very difficult. But I feel we have the talent and we just need to start believing in ourselves,&quot; said Waugh on the sidelines of a signing ceremony between two companies to culminate the development of &quot;Cricket County&quot;, a residential township project in Lucknow. Waugh also insisted that the Australia team touring England was not the worst batting units ever to have played in the Ashes. &quot;I don&#39;t think so (current Australia are the worst batting side ever in Ashes). I was the part of the worst batting side ever in 1989 but we won the Test series 4-0. There is a lot of talent here and in the ongoing Test (third Test) we got some 500-plus runs in the first innings, so that doesn&#39;t make the team&#39;s batting worst,&quot; he said. Waugh also lavished praise on young Steven Smith, who has batted well in the current Test match. &quot;He(Smith) is a real talent. He plays differently. That&#39;s good. He is very aggressive and backs himself. I think he has got a good future in Australian cricket. I like the way he plays.&quot; On Shane Watson lack of form at the top hampering Australia, Waugh observed, &quot;He has got an enormous talent and once he gets a hundred, he will get a lot more runs. He is frustrated, I am sure, but my advice to him would be to remain patient. Once he makes a breakthrough he will score a lot of runs.&quot;u00a0

In the wake of the IPL spot-fixing scandal, former Australia skipper Steve Waugh today said that the introduction of lie-detector tests would be a good way to combat the problem of corruption in cricket. 

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