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Glenn Donald McGrath

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Born: 9 February 1970, Dubbo, New South Wales
Major Teams: Australia, New South Wales, Worcestershire.
Known As: Glenn McGrath
Pronounced: glen magraa
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut: Australia v New Zealand at Perth, 1st Test, 1993/94
ODI Debut: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, World Series, 1993/94


Statistical Record:

TESTS
 (including 31/03/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting              62   76  23   316   39    5.96   -   -   19  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             2477.1  690  6458 288  22.42  8-38  17  2  51.6  2.60

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 16/04/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting             118   35  19    63   11    3.93   -   -   13  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             1048.5  119  4165 179  23.26  5-14   6  4  35.1  3.97

FIRST-CLASS
 (last updated 02/08/2000)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
Batting             112  119  38   511   55    6.30   -   1   31  -

                       O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
Bowling             4089.1 1167 10591 496  21.35  8-38  27  5  49.4  2.59


2000 ENGLISH FIRST-CLASS

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
All First-class      12   14   3   105   55    9.54   -   1    2  -
County Championship  11   14   3   105   55    9.54   -   1    2  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best   5 10    SR  Econ
All First-class      334.1  109   851  62  13.72  8-86   4  2  32.3  2.54
County Championship  323.1  102   841  58  14.50  8-86   4  2  33.4  2.60

2000 ENGLISH ONE-DAY

Batting               M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct St
National League      10    4   2     0    0*   0.00   -   -    -  -
Benson & Hedges Cup   1    0   -     -    -     -     -   -    -  -
NatWest Trophy        2    1   1     1    1*    -     -   -    1  -

Bowling                O      M     R   W    Ave  Best  4w 5w    SR  Econ
National League       76.4   20   175  23   7.60  4-9    2  -  20.0  2.28
Benson & Hedges Cup    2      0    21   0    -     -     -  -    -  10.50
NatWest Trophy        20      4    46   4  11.50  4-23   1  -  30.0  2.30

Profile:

One of the world's most devastating fast bowlers, Glenn McGrath is the spearhead of the current Australian attack. From humble origins in country New South Wales, his has been a meteoric rise: he won his first state cap (in 1992-93) a bare five years after first taking up the sport and then progressed to Test level in merely his eighth first-class appearance. The lanky McGrath's bowling is built around an unremarkable, slightly front-on but nevertheless sound action, from which he conceives consistent pace and suffocating accuracy. His stock delivery is an off-cutter; however, an ability to move the bowl both ways as well as maintain a relentless line and length are almost equally as apparent. He particularly enjoys bowling around the wicket to left handers and cramping them for room to play strokes but finds few batsmen equal to his mix of speed, control and hostility. At the other end of the pitch, his own generally unsuccessful returns with the bat have rendered him a regular number eleven and the target of good-natured derision from his teammates but, under the guidance of Steve Waugh, he is showing noticeable signs of improvement. Certainly more runs - he even registered a maiden first-class half century for Worcestershire in July 2000 - are gradually coming his way. In the field, he is a solid contributor and wields a bullet-like, flat throw from the deep. Highlights in his career have included a haul of 8/38 in the 1997 Lord's Test; his return of thirty wickets from the four Test series in the Caribbean in 1998-99; and the spectacular demolition of the Indian and West Indian top orders at the 1999 World Cup. Testaments to his brilliance have also come in the form of his success in being named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1998; in winning the inaugural Allan Border Medal (Australian cricket's highest individual award) in 2000; and his inclusion in the New South Wales 'Team of the Millennium'. Spirited and fiery on the field but mild-mannered and quietly spoken off it, he has clearly become on of his country's most outstanding cricketing success stories and appears well poised to secure for himself a longstanding mantle as one of its greatest ever international wicket takers.

(John Polack, July 2000)



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