Glenn McGrath

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If Warne had a slowish start to his career, Glen McGrath began moderately, picking up six Kiwi wickets in a series at more than 40 per wicket. However, with Craig McDermott retiring from international cricket due to injuries, McGrath stepped into his big boots with consummate ease, and for more than a decade after that troubled the batsmen world over with his unerring accuracy, and bounce from good length areas. It was his simple approach to the wicket, and a high arm action that helped him derive the maximum anyone could, and also prevented McGrath from having any serious injuries through out his career, something that all fast bowlers face in their careers. However, Glen McGrath’s greatness is not just restricted to his tally of wickets or the measly average, but his ability to psyche out opponents by targeting opposition batsmen before the match and following his words to the exact tee! However, there have been many occasions when he got carried away on the field, and this led to many a confrontation with the oppositions. This includes an ugly finger gesticulating incident with Ramnaresh Sarwan, and allegations over having called Sanath Jayasuriya a black monkey. Michael Artherton can be safely named as the McGrath bunny, having been dismissed 19 times by the lanky fast bowler, however, as McGrath’s bowling averages of 21 and 22 in Tests and ODIs respectively show, not many batsmen world over have been able to collar the bowler on too many occasions. Small measure then, he has scalped a total of 944 international wickets. He ended his Test career as the third highest Test wicket taker, but has been over taken since.

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