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Glenn McGrath claimed his 500th wicket in Tests when he dismissed England [Images] opener Marcus Trescothick [Images] on day one of the first Ashes Test at Lord's in London [Images] on Thursday.
Trescothick was caught off the first ball after the tea interval, by Justin Langer in the slips, for 4.
Earlier, Steve Harmison took 5 for 43 to bowl out Australia for 190.
The famed Aussie batting lasted just 40.2 overs as Andrew Flintoff [Images] and Simon Jones claimed two wickets each.
McGrath, 35, is fourth on the list of Test wicket-takers, behind Shane Warne [Images] (583), Muttiah Muralitharan (539) and Courtney Walsh [Images] (519).
Performance against each country:
Opponent | Tests | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Ave | SR | RpO |
England | 23 | 5240 | 2349 | 118 | 8-38 | 7 | 0 | 19.90 | 44.40 | 2.68 |
West Indies [Images] | 20 | 4701 | 1847 | 97 | 6-17 | 8 | 2 | 19.04 | 48.46 | 2.36 |
Pakistan | 17 | 3835 | 1736 | 80 | 8-24 | 3 | 0 | 21.70 | 47.94 | 2.72 |
New Zealand [Images] | 14 | 3427 | 1444 | 57 | 6-115 | 2 | 0 | 25.33 | 60.12 | 2.53 |
India | 11 | 2558 | 951 | 51 | 5-48 | 2 | 1 | 18.65 | 50.16 | 2.23 |
South Africa | 14 | 3284 | 1233 | 49 | 6-86 | 2 | 0 | 25.16 | 67.02 | 2.25 |
Sri Lanka [Images] | 8 | 1828 | 823 | 37 | 5-37 | 2 | 0 | 22.24 | 49.41 | 2.70 |
Zimbabwe | 1 | 324 | 90 | 6 | 3-44 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 54.00 | 1.67 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 331 | 124 | 5 | 3-20 | 0 | 0 | 24.80 | 66.20 | 2.25 |
TOTAL | 110 | 25528 | 10597 | 500 | 8-24 | 26 | 3 | 21.19 | 51.05 | 2.49 |
500-Club members
Bowler | Tests | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Ave | SR | RpO |
Shane Warne (Aus) | 123 | 34438 | 14878 | 583 | 8-71 | 29 | 8 | 25.51 | 59.07 | 2.59 |
M Muralitharan (SL) | 92 | 31424 | 12257 | 539 | 9-51 | 45 | 13 | 22.74 | 58.30 | 2.34 |
Courtney Walsh (WI) | 132 | 30019 | 12688 | 519 | 7-37 | 22 | 3 | 24.44 | 57.84 | 2.53 |
Glenn McGrath (Aus) | 110 | 25528 | 10597 | 500 | 8-24 | 26 | 3 | 21.19 | 51.06 | 2.49 |
Mode of Dismissals:
Mode | Home | Away * | Total |
Bowled | 27 | 33 | 60 |
LBW | 49 | 51 | 100 |
Caught | 98 | 100 | 198 |
Caught Behind | 66 | 69 | 135 |
Caught & Bowled | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Hit Wicket | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 244 | 256 | 500 |
Wicket | Victim | Opponent | Venue | Season | Test # |
1st | Mark Greatbatch (caught behind) | New Zealand | Perth | 1993-94 | 1st |
50th | Basit Ali (LBW) | Pakistan | Hobart | 1995-96 | 15th |
100th | RG Samuels (LBW) | West Indies | Melbourne | 1996-97 | 23rd |
150th | Mike Atherton (caught behind) | England | The Oval | 1997 | 34th |
200th | Alec Stewart (caught) | England | Sydney | 1998-99 | 45th |
250th | Ijaz Ahmed (caught) | Pakistan | Hobart | 1999-00 | 55th |
300th | Brian Lara [Images] (caught) | West Indies | Perth | 2000-01 | 64th |
350th | Alan Mullally (caught) | England | Leeds | 2001 | 74th |
400th | Waqar Younis (LBW) | Pakistan | Sharjah | 2002-03 | 87th |
450th | Sachin Tendulkar [Images] (caught) | India | Nagpur | 2004-05 | 100th |
500th | Marcus Trescothick (caught) | England | Lord's | 2005 | 110th |
Note : All statistics updated upto McGrath's 500th victim
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