Glenn McGrath

Glenn Donald McGrath

Personal information
Full name	Glenn Donald McGrath
Born	9 February 1970 (1970-02-09) Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Pigeon, Nobby, Millard, Kuly, Ooh Ah
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 358)	12 November 1993 v New Zealand
Last Test	2 January 2007 v England
ODI debut (cap 113)	9 December 1993 v South Africa
Last ODI	28 April 2007 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	11
T20I debut (cap 9)	17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	13 June 2005 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992–2008	New South Wales (squad no. 11)
2000	Worcestershire
2004	Middlesex
2008	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	LA
Matches	124	250	2	305
Runs scored	641	115	5	124
Batting average	7.36	3.83	5.00	3.35
100s/50s	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0
Top scores	61	11	5	11
Balls bowled	29248	12970	48	15808
Wickets	563	381	5	463
Bowling average	21.64	22.02	15.80	21.60
5 wickets in innings	29	7	0	7
10 wickets in match	3	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	8/24	7/15	3/31	7/15
Catches/stumpings	38/–	37/–	1/–	48/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2017

Glenn Donald McGrath AM (born 9 February 1970) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of the greatest bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the mid 2000s.

Known throughout his career for maintaining an accurate line and length, McGrath's consistency enabled him to be one of the most economical and dangerous fast bowlers of his time. McGrath holds the world record for the highest number of Test wickets by a fast bowler and is fourth on the all-time list, with the top three wicket takers Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, and Anil Kumble all being spin bowlers. He has also taken the seventh-highest number of one day international wickets (381), and holds the record for the most wickets in the Cricket World Cup. McGrath announced his retirement from Test cricket on 23 December 2006, with his Test career coming to an end after the fifth Ashes test in Sydney in January 2007, whilst the 2007 World Cup marked the end of his one-day career, in which he won the man of the tournament award for his outstanding bowling which was instrumental in Australia winning the tournament.

McGrath later played for the Indian Premier League team of the Delhi DareDevils, and was one of the tournaments' most economical bowlers during its first season, but he saw no action in the second season, ultimately having his contract bought out.

McGrath is the director of MRF Pace Foundation, Chennai, replacing Dennis Lillee, who served for 25 years. He currently serves as the Co-Founder and President of the McGrath Foundation, a breast cancer support and education charity he founded with his deceased first wife, Jane.

McGrath, was honoured during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on November 1, 2012. He was inducted into ICC Hall of fame in January 2013.

He attracted international criticism for killing a number of animals during a safari in South Africa in 2015.

External links

• GLENN MCGRATH: LINE AND STRENGTH – THE COMPLETE STORY by Glenn McGrath
• Cricinfo Player Profile : Glenn Donald McGrath

Australia squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup

11 McGrath • 12 Bevan • 14 Ponting (c) • 18 Gilchrist • 25 Lehmann • 28 Hayden • 29 Harvey • 30 Martyn • 31 Hogg • 34 Bichel • 39 Symonds • 43 Hauritz • 46 Maher • 58 Lee • 59 Bracken • Coach: Buchanan Jason Gillespie, Shane Warne and Shane Watson were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament

Australia squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup

8 Clark • 11 McGrath • 14 Ponting (c) • 17 Hodge • 18 Gilchrist • 23 Clarke • 25 Johnson • 28 Hayden • 31 Hogg • 32 Tait • 33 Watson • 48 Hussey • 57 Haddin • 59 Bracken • 63 Symonds • Coach: Buchanan Brett Lee was replaced due to injury by Stuart Clark.

Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket v • t • e Australia Shane Warne (708) • Glenn McGrath (563) • Dennis Lillee (355) • Mitchell Johnson (313) • Brett Lee (310) • Nathan Lyon (301) England James Anderson (531) • Stuart Broad (410) • Ian Botham (383) • Bob Willis (325) • Fred Trueman (307) India Anil Kumble (619) • Kapil Dev (434) • Harbhajan Singh (417) • Ravichandran Ashwin (311) • Zaheer Khan (311) New Zealand Richard Hadlee (431) • Daniel Vettori (362) Pakistan Wasim Akram (414) • Waqar Younis (373) • Imran Khan (362) South Africa Shaun Pollock (421) • Dale Steyn (419) • Makhaya Ntini (390) • Allan Donald (330) • Morné Morkel (309) Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (800) • Rangana Herath (415) • Chaminda Vaas (355) West Indies Courtney Walsh (519) • Curtly Ambrose (405) • Malcolm Marshall (376) • Lance Gibbs (309)

Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in ODI Cricket v • t • e Australia Glenn McGrath (381) • Brett Lee (380) India Anil Kumble (337) • Javagal Srinath (315) New Zealand Daniel Vettori (305) Pakistan Wasim Akram (502) • Waqar Younis (416) • Shahid Afridi (395) South Africa Shaun Pollock (393) Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (534) • Chaminda Vaas (400) • Sanath Jayasuriya (323) • Lasith Malinga (301)