Speedster McGrath mulls 2009 Ashes tour by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	GD McGrath
Event:	England in Australia 2006/07

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DateLine: 24th August 2006

 

Not content with making his international comeback in the upcoming Ashes series against England, Australian paceman Glenn McGrath has revealed he wants another crack at his old enemy in 2009.

 

McGrath, 36, will be pushing 40 when the Ashes is contested in England in 2009 but said he saw no reason why he could not still be playing at the top level.

 

“I know a lot of guys who have got a lot fitter and stronger when they are 40 than what they were when they were 25,” McGrath said at Australia's “boot camp” in Queensland state, where the team is undergoing gruelling training as they prepare for the Ashes. “The older you get the more experienced you are so mentally you're a lot stronger. As long as the body holds together then to me you've got to be a better cricketer, and the body's feeling great, I'm training hard and everything is going well, ” he added.

 

McGrath is returning to international cricket for the first time since January, when he stood down to support his wife Jane in fighting breast cancer.