****Glenn McGrath: 400 Test Wickets****

[roostersgal4eva]

from cricinfo.com
56.3 McGrath to Waqar Younis, OUT: 400 for McGrath! Trapping the pakistani skipper lbw, playing across the line to a ball that started back in, would have taken out middle and off stump, a great moment for the tall fast bowler - 400 Test wicket

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WELL DONE GLEN!!!!!!!!!!!

[rednugget]

Well done Glen.
You are a champ.:D

[wagstaff]

One of the all-time great bowlers.

And an overall better bowler then the great DK Lillee.

[DaveW]

Originally posted by wagstaff
One of the all-time great bowlers.

And an overall better bowler then the great DK Lillee.

Agreed. IMHO, Australia's greatest ever bowler.

[wagstaff]

Originally posted by DaveW


Agreed. IMHO, Australia's greatest ever bowler.

The thing that puts McGrath above Lillee in my opinion is their comparative records in the sub-continent.

McGrath's record in this region is exceptional, while Lillee's was limited and very poor. Lillee's only full tour of the sub-continent was to Pakistan in 1979/80, and he had a very poor time of it, not getting a wicket until the Third Test.

In fact, Lillee took it so badly that he wasn't available to tour Pakistan in 1982. While the pitches were obviously tailored for the spinners, this was a pretty weak effort on Lillee's part, an attitude that would be unthinkable in Australian cricket today.

[catattack]

Great effort!! He is one of Australia's best ever bowlers IMO! :D

[scmods]

Doesn't feel like that long ago I saw him get his 300, in the middle of his hat-trick at the WACA!

Can he get 500? On current form I can't see why not.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Is this the first time a Test XI had two bowlers with over 400 test wickets?

[hourn]

Originally posted by Adelaide Hawk
Is this the first time a Test XI had two bowlers with over 400 test wickets?

No in the fourth and fifth tests against England in 2000 Ambrose (who took his 400th wicket in the fourth test) was playing alongside Walsh who had also had 400 wickets to his name (He actually had 472 wickets coming into the 4th test and took 11 wickets in those 2 tests).

Those were Ambrose's final 2 test matches.

If i can be bothered i might make a list later of matches which had teammates with 300+ wickets or if thats going to be too long maybe 350+ wickets.

[hourn]

And here it is, for no other reason than im bored out of my mind on a Tuesday night. Here is the list of all the matches which have had two players in the same team who have finished a match on 300 or more wickets.
These are listed in partnerships, and in chronological order of test matches. The figures after the test is the number of wickets each bowler finished that test match with.

Courtney Walsh and Curtley Ambrose (West Indies): 27 Tests
1st Test v Sri Lanka 1996/97 (Ambrose 303 - Walsh 333)
2nd Test v Sri Lanka 1996/97 (Ambrose 306 - Walsh 339)
1st Test v Pakistan 1997/98 (Ambrose 306 - Walsh 344)
2nd Test v Pakistan 1997/98 (Ambrose 307 - Walsh 349)
1st Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 308 - Walsh 355)
2nd Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 316 - Walsh 359)
3rd Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 324 - Walsh 362)
4th Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 330 - Walsh 367)
5th Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 332 - Walsh 369)
6th Test v England 1997/98 (Ambrose 337 - Walsh 375)
1st Test v South Africa 1998/99 (Ambrose 341 - Walsh 382)
2nd Test v South Africa 1998/99 (Ambrose 349 - Walsh 389)
3rd Test v South Africa 1998/99 (Ambrose 349 - Walsh 391)
1st Test v Australia 1998/99 (Ambrose 355 - Walsh 404)
2nd Test v Australia 1998/99 (Ambrose 357 - Walsh 411)
3rd Test v Australia 1998/99 (Ambrose 361 - Walsh 418)
4th Test v Australia 1998/99 (Ambrose 369 - Walsh 423)
1st Test v Zimbabwe 1999/2000 (Ambrose 376 - Walsh 430)
2nd Test v Zimbabwe 1999/2000 (Ambrose 377 - Walsh 435)
1st Test v Pakistan 1999/2000 (Ambrose 381 - Walsh 437)
2nd Test v Pakistan 1999/2000 (Ambrose 383 - Walsh 443)
3rd Test v Pakistan 1999/2000 (Ambrose 388 - Walsh 449)
1st Test v England 2000 (Ambrose 389 - Walsh 457)
2nd Test v England 2000 (Ambrose 394 - Walsh 467)
3rd Test v England 2000 (Ambrose 398 - Walsh 472)
4th Test v England 2000 (Ambrose 402 - Walsh 476)
5th Test v England 2000 (Ambrose 405 - Walsh 483)


Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath (Australia): 20 Tests
1st Test v India 2000/01 (McGrath 314 - Warne 371)
2nd Test v India 2000/01 (McGrath 321 - Warne 374)
3rd Test v India 2000/01 (McGrath 326 - Warne 376)
1st Test v England 2001 (McGrath 330 - Warne 384)
2nd Test v England 2001 (McGrath 338 - Warne 387)
3rd Test v England 2001 (McGrath 343 - Warne 395)
4th Test v England 2001 (McGrath 351 - Warne 396)
5th Test v England 2001 (McGrath 358 - Warne 407)
1st Test v New Zealand 2001/02 (McGrath 359 - Warne 410)
2nd Test v New Zealand 2001/02 (McGrath 361 - Warne 411)
3rd Test v New Zealand 2001/02 (McGrath 363 - Warne 413)
1st Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 369 - Warne 421)
2nd Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 373 - Warne 424)
3rd Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 377 - Warne 430)
1st Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 385 - Warne 436)
2nd Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 388 - Warne 444)
3rd Test v South Africa 2001/02 (McGrath 389 - Warne 450)
1st Test v Pakistan 2002/03 (McGrath 393 - Warne 461)
2nd Test v Pakistan 2002/03 (McGrath 396 - Warne 469)
3rd Test v Pakistan 2002/03 (McGrath *** - Warne ***)


Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis (Pakistan): 7 Tests
1st Test v Sri Lanka 1999/2000 (Younis 301 - Akram 404)
2nd Test v Sri Lanka 1999/2000 (Younis 308 - Akram 407)
3rd Test v Sri Lanka 1999/2000 (Younis 308 - Akram 407)
1st Test v England 2001 (Younis 321 - Akram 411)
2nd Test v England 2001 (Younis 326 - Akram 412)
1st Match v Bangladesh 2001/02 (Younis 332 - Akram 414)
1st Test v Bangladesh 2001/02 (Younis 339 - Akram 414)


Special mention must also go to Bob Willis and Ian Botham. Bob Willis played his final test in the 3rd test against West Indies in 1984. Ian Botham picked up his 300th wicket in the 5th test of that series, so those two went very close to joining the above list.

[DaveW]

Originally posted by hourn
And here it is, for no other reason than im bored out of my mind on a Tuesday night.

Its Tuesday already?

[hourn]

Originally posted by DaveW


Its Tuesday already?


:eek: i must be bored - i have an exam on wednesday and usually the last thing I'd want is Tuesday night :eek:

[GoEagles]

Well done to "Oh Ah" Glenn McGrath. I think that he will one day overtake Warne in wickets taken for Australia.

[Nige_Bix]

Great Effort by the "Pigeon" - reckons he wants to aim for 450 and then who knows! I had heard previously he thought he might have had only a couple of seasons left in him.

BTW - have a look at this group at yahoogroups..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antiglennmcgrath/

It only has one member:D

[GoEagles]

Originally posted by dezzmo

BTW - have a look at this group at yahoogroups..
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/antiglennmcgrath/

It only has one member:D

Scott Muller? "He is taking up MY place in the Australian cricket team!"