MacGill

[TheMase]

Man of the Match.

His 2nd in a row after he got a MOTM in the recent tour match also. 9 wickets for the match including a fivefor in the 2nd innings.

MacGill 36-12-75-5 ... that is great bowling, very econonomical

C. GAYLE st Gilchrist b MacGill 56
R. SARWAN lbw b MacGill 58
O. BANKS c Hayden b MacGill 32
V. DRAKES b MacGill 0
T. BEST c Bichel b MacGill 0

 

[Yianni]

First time in a long time McGrath has gone a whole test match without a wicket too!

 

[The Passenger]

McGill as a good bowler but he is so unlucky to be in the era of Shane Warne.

Warne along with Grimmett and O'Reilly are the only three spinners in the game to have good control of the ball.

People say McGill is crap because he bowl's too much loose stuff. But aside from the three above mentioned greats, there have been no leg spinners who have not bowled much loose stuff.

MacGill's control is probably about average for a test match leg spinner, but he's ability to turn the ball at times mean that he has to be considered as a top leg spinner.

If he was playing 15 years ago, he would've been considered the best leggie we have had since Richie, and possibly even better than him.

And when Warne came along he would've been considered an appetizer for the legend of Warne. But because he has been completely overshadowed by Warne, he is considered a second rate test bowler, which he is far from that.

 

[ScouseCat]

Originally posted by Black Thunder
McGill as a good bowler but he is so unlucky to be in the era of Shane Warne.

Warne along with Grimmett and O'Reilly are the only three spinners in the game to have good control of the ball.

People say McGill is crap because he bowl's too much loose stuff. But aside from the three above mentioned greats, there have been no leg spinners who have not bowled much loose stuff.

MacGill's control is probably about average for a test match leg spinner, but he's ability to turn the ball at times mean that he has to be considered as a top leg spinner.

If he was playing 15 years ago, he would've been considered the best leggie we have had since Richie, and possibly even better than him.

And when Warne came along he would've been considered an appetizer for the legend of Warne. But because he has been completely overshadowed by Warne, he is considered a second rate test bowler, which he is far from that.

I would have to agree with the above comments, and when Shane Warne returns to international cricket next year, it will be at the expense of Stuart MacGill unless the Aussies decide to play 2 spinners in India.

MacGill will consider himself unlucky to have played during the same time as the great Shane Warne, and when people look back and see both Warne and MacGill's test records, they probably wont realise just how good Stuart MacGill really was.