McGrath's 400 wickets
Mohandas Menon
Australia's premier fast bowler Glenn McGrath claimed his 400th wicket as Pakistan conceded a 223-run lead in the final cricket Test in Sharjah on Monday. McGrath, playing his 87th Test, is only the second Australian after Warne and the eighth in the history of the
game to join the elite 400-wicket club.
A look at his record against other countries:
Team | M | B | Md | R | W | Ave | Best | 5WI | 10M | SR | ER |
England | 18 | 4247 | 192 | 1964 | 98 | 20.04 | 8/38 | 7 | - | 43.34 | 2.77 |
India | 7 | 1712 | 106 | 595 | 37 | 16.08 | 5/48 | 2 | 1 | 46.27 | 2.09 |
New Zealand | 9 | 2266 | 114 | 977 | 30 | 32.57 | 5/32 | 1 | - | 75.53 | 2.59 |
Pakistan | 14 | 3151 | 137 | 1458 | 59 | 24.71 | 5/61 | 2 | - | 53.41 | 2.78 |
South Africa | 14 | 3284 | 174 | 1233 | 49 | 25.16 | 6/86 | 2 | - | 67.02 | 2.25 |
Sri Lanka | 6 | 1342 | 54 | 652 | 27 | 24.15 | 5/40 | 1 | - | 49.70 | 2.91 |
West Indies | 18 | 4233 | 221 | 1689 | 94 | 17.97 | 6/17 | 8 | 2 | 45.03 | 2.39 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 324 | 19 | 90 | 6 | 15.00 | 3/44 | - | - | 54.00 | 1.67 |
TOTAL | 87* | 20559 | 1017 | 8658 | 400 | 21.65 | 8/38 | 23 | 3 | 51.40 | 2.53 |
Bowler | Wkts | For | M | Balls | R | Ave | Best | SR | RPO | 10 | 5 |
CA Walsh | 519 | WI | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 24.45 | 7/37 | 57.84 | 2.54 | 3 | 22 |
SK Warne | 474 | Aus | 104* | 28963 | 12221 | 25.78 | 8/71 | 61.10 | 2.53 | 6 | 23 |
N Kapil Dev | 434 | Ind | 131 | 27740 | 12867 | 29.65 | 9/83 | 63.92 | 2.78 | 2 | 23 |
RJ Hadlee | 431 | NZ | 86 | 21918 | 9612 | 22.30 | 9/52 | 50.85 | 2.63 | 9 | 36 |
M Muralitharan | 430 | SL | 76 | 25536 | 10030 | 23.33 | 9/51 | 59.39 | 2.36 | 11 | 36 |
Wasim Akram | 414 | Pak | 104 | 22627 | 9779 | 23.62 | 7/119 | 54.65 | 2.59 | 5 | 25 |
CEL Ambrose | 405 | WI | 98 | 22103 | 8501 | 20.99 | 8/45 | 54.58 | 2.31 | 3 | 22 |
GD McGrath | 400 | Aus | 87* | 20559 | 8658 | 21.65 | 8/38 | 51.40 | 2.53 | 3 | 23 |
* records updated up to the end of Pakistan's first innings
Mail Cricket Editor