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Glenn McGrath

Full name: Glenn Donald McGrath

Born: 9th February 1970, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

Teams: Australia (Test: 1993/94-2006/07); Australia (ODI: 1993/94-2006/07); ICC World XI (ODI: 2004/05); Australia (Int Twenty20: 2004/05-2005); New South Wales (Main FC: 1992/93-2005/06); Worcestershire (Main FC: 2000); Middlesex (Main FC: 2004); New South Wales (Main ListA: 1992/93-2005/06); Worcestershire (Main ListA: 2000); Middlesex (Main ListA: 2004); New South Wales (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); All teams

Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1998

Worcestershire cap: 2000

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Articles: Delhi beat Mumbai, hang at the edge

McGrath bows out winning Player of the Tournament award

Glenn McGrath can finish career on a real high but Sri Lankan bowlers are also making strides in LG ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers

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Pictures: Glenn McGrath unsuccessfully appeals for lbw against AB de Villiers

Glenn McGrath celebrates the wicket of Kallis

McGrath & Hussey celebrate the wicket of Taylor

Glenn McGrath delivers a ball

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Catapulted from the outback of New South Wales into Test cricket to replace Merv Hughes in 1993, McGrath became the greatest Australian fast bowler of his time. He went on to beat Courtney Walsh's 519 wickets in the 2005 Super Test to become the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers and his claim to the title of Australia's greatest fast man is contested only by Dennis Lillee. He retired from Tests at the SCG - his home ground - after Australia whitewashed England 5-0 in the 2006-07 Ashes and was adjudged the Man of the Tournament during Australia's successful World Cup campaign in 2007, his final one-day appearance. McGrath's strength was an unerring off-stump line and an immaculate length. He gained off-cut and bounce, specialised in the opposition's biggest wickets - especially Atherton's and Brian Lara's - and he was unafraid to back himself publicly in these key duels. He was a batting rabbit who applied himself so intently that while playing for Worcestershire he won a bet with an Australian team-mate by scoring a fifty. The hard work eventually paid off in Tests, when he made 61, the third-highest score by a No. 11, against New Zealand in 2004-05. He rewrote the World Cup record-books in 2003 with 7 for 15 against the outclassed Namibians, on his way to adding another winner's medal to a bulging collection. An ankle injury threatened to derail his quest for 500 Test wickets, but after briefly contemplating retirement he bounced back with yet another five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka at Darwin in July 2004. Three months later, at Nagpur, he became the first fast bowler to play 100 matches in the baggy green, and his greatness was further confirmed when knocking down the brittle Pakistanis at Perth with 8 for 24, the second-best figures by an Australian.
Profile DateLine: 28th April 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	124	138	51	641	61	7.36	0	1	40.82	38

Test Career Bowling (1993/94-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Australia	29248	1471	12186	563	8-24	21.64	29	3	51.95	2.49

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1992/93-2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	189	193	67	977	61	7.75	0	2	54

First-Class Career Bowling (1992/93-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	41759	2118	17414	835	8-24	20.85	42	7	50.01	2.50

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1993/94-2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	249	67	38	115	11	3.96	0	0	48.93	36
ICC World XI	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	1
Overall	250	68	38	115	11	3.83	0	0	48.72	37

One-Day International Career Bowling (1993/94-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	12928	279	8354	380	7-15	21.98	9	7	34.02	3.87
ICC World XI	42	0	37	1	1-37	37.00	0	0	42.00	5.28
Overall	12970	279	8391	381	7-15	22.02	9	7	34.04	3.88

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1992/93-2006/07)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	305	80	43	124	11	3.35	0	0	45.92	48

One-Day Career Bowling (1992/93-2006/07)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	15808	347	10004	463	7-15	21.60	15	7	34.14	3.79

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2005)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Australia	2	1	0	5	5	5.00	0	0	41.66	1

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2005)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Australia	48	0	79	5	3-31	15.80	0	0	9.60	9.87

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	17	5	2	9	5	3.00	0	0	50.00	5

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	396	2	447	18	4-29	24.83	1	0	22.00	6.77