Born: 9 February 1970, Dubbo, New South Wales
Major Teams: Worcestershire, New South Wales, Australia.
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
Latest Test:
Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, 2002/03
ODI Debut:
Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, World Series, 1993/94
Latest ODI:
Australia v India at Johannesburg, World Cup, 2002/03
First-class Debut:
New South Wales v Tasmania at Sydney, 1992/93
List A Debut:
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, 1992/93
Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1992 to 1993
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1998
Wisden Australia Cricketer of the Year 1999
Worcestershire 2000
Allan Border Medal 2000
Club: Sutherland
Schools: Narromine Primary; Narromine High School
TESTS
(including 26/12/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 91 102 35 431 39 6.43 38.79 0 0 29 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 3595.5 1071 9056 422 21.45 8-38 23 3 51.1 2.51
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 23/03/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 179 49 26 91 11 3.95 49.18 0 0 22 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1579.4 214 6160 277 22.23 7-15 7 6 34.2 3.89
FIRST-CLASS
(1992/93 - 2002/03; last updated 08/04/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 150 153 51 737 55 7.22 0 1 43 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 5485.4 1643 13840 672 20.59 8-38 36 7 48.9 2.52
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1992/93 - 2002/03; last updated 07/04/2003)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 225 59 30 95 11 3.27 45.67 0 0 29 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 1972 277 7431 345 21.53 7-15 12 6 34.2 3.76
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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 30 wickets from the four Test series in the Caribbean in 1998-99; the spectacular demolition of the Indian and West Indian top orders at the 1999 World Cup; and the attainment of a coveted Test hat-trick against West Indies in Perth in 2001. 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 become one of his country's most outstanding cricketing success stories and is now poised to secure a mantle as one of its greatest ever international wicket takers. (John Polack, June 2002)