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Glenn McGrath stats

Data through 30 May 2008Last updated 30 May 2008

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 26 December 2002 to 30 May 2008. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2002 and 2008, Glenn McGrath appears in 21 Tests, 66 ODIs, 2 T20Is for Australia in the Cricsheet data. With the ball, the best return was 98 wickets in ODIs at an average of 21.02 and an economy rate of 3.85.

International matches

Tests 21 · ODIs 66 · T20Is 2

International wickets

195

5 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

4 runs

Best bowling

8/24

Test

Teams played for

Australia 2002–2007 · 89Delhi Capitals 2008 · 14

BattingBowling

Glenn McGrath batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Test	21	22	9	169	61	13.00	366	46.2	1	5	14	1
ODI	66	15	9	18	5*	3.00	41	43.9	0	4	0	0
T20I	2	1	0	5	5	5.00	12	41.7	0	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	3	2	4	4*	4.00	5	80.0	0	1	1	0

Runs per year

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Glenn McGrath: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	0
2003	22
2004	82
2005	65
2006	17
2007	6
2008	4

Year-by-year batting (12 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	50
2003	ODI	1	3	–	150.0	3	0
2003	Test	2	19	19.00	61.3	14	0
2004	ODI	1	0	–	0.0	0	0
2004	Test	6	82	20.50	62.1	61	1
2005	ODI	4	3	1.00	27.3	2	0
2005	T20I	1	5	5.00	41.7	5	0
2005	Test	8	57	11.40	40.1	20	0
2006	ODI	6	6	6.00	50.0	3	0
2006	Test	5	11	3.67	19.0	8	0
2007	ODI	3	6	3.00	40.0	5	0
2007	Test	1	0	–	0.0	0	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	4	4.00	80.0	4	0

Glenn McGrath bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	42	4,725	1,896	92	8/24	9/68	20.61	2.41	51.4	7	4	242
ODI	65	3,213	2,060	98	7/15	–	21.02	3.85	32.8	1	1	70
T20I	2	48	79	5	3/31	–	15.80	9.88	9.6	0	0	0
T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	324	357	12	4/29	–	29.75	6.61	27.0	1	0	2

Wickets per year

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Glenn McGrath: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	2
2003	30
2004	26
2005	60
2006	32
2007	45
2008	12

Year-by-year bowling (13 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	Test	2	2	42.50	2.43	1/41
2003	ODI	14	23	18.57	3.71	7/15
2003	Test	4	7	19.86	2.14	3/20
2004	ODI	7	5	42.40	3.71	3/39
2004	Test	10	21	19.43	2.60	8/24
2005	ODI	12	17	20.76	3.47	3/25
2005	T20I	2	5	15.80	9.88	3/31
2005	Test	14	38	16.74	2.34	6/115
2006	ODI	12	14	23.57	3.40	3/22
2006	Test	10	18	29.06	2.51	6/50
2007	ODI	20	39	18.92	4.49	3/14
2007	Test	2	6	17.50	2.10	3/38
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	12	29.75	6.61	4/29

Glenn McGrath against each team

vs England vs New Zealand vs South Africa vs West Indies

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
England	Test	8	40	10.00	43.0	20
West Indies	Test	3	33	16.50	60.0	14
India	Test	4	13	4.33	41.9	9
New Zealand	ODI	3	8	–	100.0	5
England	ODI	5	3	1.00	15.8	2

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
England	Test	16	37	22.32	2.49	6/50
New Zealand	Test	8	20	18.90	2.64	6/115
West Indies	Test	4	9	17.11	1.71	4/31
South Africa	Test	4	7	32.43	2.49	3/44
India	Test	4	3	52.00	2.84	2/29
England	ODI	14	21	25.95	4.40	3/24
New Zealand	ODI	10	18	20.11	4.38	3/22
West Indies	ODI	7	8	23.00	3.61	3/31
Pakistan	ODI	4	8	14.75	3.03	3/34
Sri Lanka	ODI	7	8	27.25	3.59	2/25
South Africa	ODI	4	7	21.43	4.29	3/18
India	ODI	5	6	24.00	3.86	3/52
Bangladesh	ODI	3	3	26.00	3.71	3/16
Zimbabwe	ODI	4	3	37.00	3.17	2/24
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	71.00	5.92	1/21

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
The Gabba	3	69	34.50	61
Lord's	3	30	30.00	20
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	2	19	19.00	14
Bellerive Oval	1	14	14.00	14
Wankhede Stadium	3	13	13.00	9
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	12	4.00	11
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	3	9	4.50	8
The Rose Bowl	1	5	5.00	5
Wellington Regional Stadium	1	5	–	5
MA Chidambaram Stadium	2	4	2.00	2

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Sydney Cricket Ground	11	22	19.73	2.64
The Gabba	7	16	17.56	2.70
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	7	16	19.44	2.85
Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	13	28.92	2.71
Lord's	3	12	8.92	2.37
Adelaide Oval	6	10	26.40	2.99
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	3	9	12.11	4.77
Arun Jaitley Stadium	6	8	21.50	7.82
Kennington Oval	4	8	29.50	3.23
North West Cricket Stadium	1	7	2.14	2.14

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	246	9	6.02
T20	Middle	5	12	41.7	1	24	1	7.00
T20	Death	4	5	80.0	1	102	7	9.47
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	1500	41	3.29
ODI	Middle	1	7	14.3	1	1292	39	3.79
ODI	Death	17	34	50.0	5	421	18	6.01

How Glenn McGrath was dismissed

Caught10 (48%)
Run out5 (24%)
Bowled4 (19%)
Lbw2 (10%)

How Glenn McGrath took wickets

Caught130
Lbw38
Bowled36
Caught and bowled3

Last 20 innings

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Glenn McGrath: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
17 Nov 2005	14
26 Dec 2005	11
2 Jan 2006	1
15 Jan 2006	0
20 Jan 2006	2
16 Sep 2006	1
22 Sep 2006	0
18 Oct 2006	3
1 Nov 2006	0
23 Nov 2006	8
1 Dec 2006	1
14 Dec 2006	1
26 Dec 2006	0
2 Jan 2007	0
2 Feb 2007	1
9 Feb 2007	0
16 Feb 2007	5
4 May 2008	0
13 May 2008	0
30 May 2008	4

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
30 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	4*	3	not out	Wankhede Stadium
13 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0*	0	not out	Eden Gardens
4 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0	2	caught	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
16 Feb 2007	ODI	New Zealand	5*	6	not out	Wellington Regional Stadium
9 Feb 2007	ODI	England	0	2	bowled	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2 Feb 2007	ODI	England	1	7	lbw	Sydney Cricket Ground
2 Jan 2007	Test	England	0*	3	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2006	Test	England	0	6	caught	Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 Dec 2006	Test	England	1	2	caught	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
1 Dec 2006	Test	England	1	21	caught	Adelaide Oval
23 Nov 2006	Test	England	8*	17	not out	The Gabba
1 Nov 2006	ODI	New Zealand	0*	0	not out	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
18 Oct 2006	ODI	West Indies	3*	3	not out	Brabourne Stadium
22 Sep 2006	ODI	India	0*	1	not out	Kinrara Academy Oval
16 Sep 2006	ODI	India	1*	1	not out	Kinrara Academy Oval
20 Jan 2006	ODI	South Africa	2*	6	not out	Docklands Stadium
15 Jan 2006	ODI	South Africa	0	1	run out	The Gabba
2 Jan 2006	Test	South Africa	1*	12	not out	Sydney Cricket Ground
26 Dec 2005	Test	South Africa	11*	56	not out	Melbourne Cricket Ground
17 Nov 2005	Test	West Indies	14	24	run out	Bellerive Oval

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
30 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/38	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
24 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/39	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
19 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	2/15	4	0	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
17 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/18	2	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
15 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	2/42	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
13 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	0/22	4	0	Eden Gardens
11 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/12	4	0	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
8 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	0/23	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
4 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	0/26	4	0	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
2 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1/21	4	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
30 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	4/29	4	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
27 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/29	4	0	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
22 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	0/22	4	1	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
19 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	1/21	4	1	Arun Jaitley Stadium
28 Apr 2007	ODI	Sri Lanka	1/31	7	0	Kensington Oval
25 Apr 2007	ODI	South Africa	3/18	8	1	Daren Sammy Cricket Ground
20 Apr 2007	ODI	New Zealand	2/25	4	0	National Cricket Stadium
16 Apr 2007	ODI	Sri Lanka	2/48	9	1	National Cricket Stadium
13 Apr 2007	ODI	Ireland	3/17	7	1	Kensington Oval
8 Apr 2007	ODI	England	3/62	9.5	0	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Glenn McGrath bowled to most

Andrew Strauss vs Glenn McGrath368 balls
Ian Bell vs Glenn McGrath315 balls
Kevin Pietersen vs Glenn McGrath303 balls
Paul Collingwood vs Glenn McGrath286 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many wickets has Glenn McGrath taken in Tests?

92 wickets in 42 innings at an average of 20.61, economy 2.41, best figures 8/24.

How many wickets has Glenn McGrath taken in ODIs?

98 wickets in 65 innings at an average of 21.02, economy 3.85, best figures 7/15.

How many runs has Glenn McGrath scored in Tests?

169 runs in 22 innings (21 matches) at an average of 13.00 and a strike rate of 46.2, in the data from 2002 to 2007.

How many runs has Glenn McGrath scored in ODIs?

18 runs in 15 innings (66 matches) at an average of 3.00 and a strike rate of 43.9, in the data from 2003 to 2007.

How many runs has Glenn McGrath scored in T20Is?

5 runs in 1 innings (2 matches) at an average of 5.00 and a strike rate of 41.7, in the data from 2005 to 2005.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.