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Full name Anthony McGrath
Born October 6, 1975, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 32 years 224 days
Major teams England, Yorkshire
Nickname Gripper
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 2 in
Education Yorkshire Martyrs Collegiate School

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	4	5	0	201	81	40.20	402	50.00	0	2	27	1	3
ODIs	14	12	2	166	52	16.60	353	47.02	0	1	11	0	4
First-class	187	317	25	10839	188*	37.11			25	52			135
List A	249	230	32	6327	148	31.95			6	35			78
Twenty20	29	28	5	536	58*	23.30	476	112.60	0	3	40	11	8

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	4	2	102	56	4	3/16	3/16	14.00	3.29	25.5	0	0
ODIs	14	7	228	175	4	1/13	1/13	43.75	4.60	57.0	0	0
First-class	187		7019	3580	105	5/39		34.09	3.06	66.8		1
List A	249		2792	2331	69	4/41	4/41	33.78	5.00	40.4	2	0
Twenty20	29	23	281	418	12	3/27	3/27	34.83	8.92	23.4	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, May 22-24, 2003 scorecard
Last Test	England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jun 17, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	England v India at Lord's, Sep 5, 2004 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1995
Last First-class	Durham v Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1995
Last List A	Lancashire v Yorkshire at Manchester, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jul 7, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove, Jul 18, 2007 scorecard

Profile

A neat, upright batsman with a penchant for the drive, McGrath started his Yorkshire career in a blaze of glory at 19, in 1995. "The one bonus was the development of Anthony McGrath into a player of obvious class," intoned that year's Wisden, and 999 runs the following season won him a place on an England A tour of Pakistan - when his captain was Nasser Hussain. But then McGrath's career went into reverse. Those seam-friendly home pitches at Headingley didn't help, and soon he was keeping his place in the side with a spot of swing bowling as well as some occasionally eye-catching batting. In 2002 he topped Yorkshire's Championship bowling averages (18 wickets at 27.66), but was only sixth in the batting (803 runs at 32.12, including a career-best 165 in the Roses match). But then, in 2003, Darren Lehmann decided to have a year off from county cricket, and Yorkshire decided not to burden Michael Vaughan with the captaincy. To some surprise, McGrath was appointed. A few weeks later, the national selectors came calling too - an injury to Andrew Flintoff left them seeking another batsman who bowled a bit, and McGrath fitted the bill. He made an immediate impact as well, with consecutive half-centuries against Zimbabwe, and three wickets in his first six overs. Over the past few years McGrath has been on fire; proving all the pundits wrong when his career seemed to be going down the pan. 2006 was a particularly fruitful season, averaging 60.00, while he also hit a one-day best 148 in late August. In the autumn of 2006 he fell out with Yorkshire, turning down the captaincy and a three-year contract, and his time there was seemingly over. However, Darren Gough's arrival as captain brought a u-turn and he agreed a new deal.
Steven Lynch May 2007

Mar 28, 2008

Anthony McGrath receives the Pro ARCH trophy
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Nov 12, 2007

Portrait of Anthony McGrath
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Jul 14, 2007

Anthony McGrath carved a very handy century for Yorkshire
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