Glenn McGrath

Glenn Donald McGrath

McGrath, wearing the pink of the McGrath Foundation
Personal information
Full name	Glenn Donald McGrath
Born	(1970-02-09) 9 February 1970 (age 47) Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Pigeon, Millard, Kuly, Ooh Ah
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992–2008	New South Wales (squad no. 11)
2000	Worcestershire
2004	Middlesex
2008	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC LA Matches 124 250 189 305 Runs scored 641 115 977 124 Batting average 7.36 3.83 7.75 3.35 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 61 11 61 11 Balls bowled 29248 12970 41759 15808 Wickets 563 381 835 463 Bowling average 21.64 22.02 20.85 21.60 5 wickets in innings 29 7 42 7 10 wickets in match 3 n/a 7 n/a Best bowling 8/24 (10/27) 7/15 8/24 7/15 Catches/stumpings 38/– 37/– 54/– 48/–
Source: cricketarchive.com, 20 August 2007

Glenn Donald McGrath AM (/məˈɡrɑː/; born 9 February 1970) is a former Australian international cricketer and a commentator for Channel Nine's cricket coverage. 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 early 21st century.

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.