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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
St
Tests
4
5
0
201
81
40.20
402
50.00
0
2
27
1
3
0
ODIs
14
12
2
166
52
16.60
353
47.02
0
1
11
0
4
0
First-class
187
317
25
10839
188*
37.11
25
52
135
0
List A
249
230
32
6327
148
31.95
6
35
78
0
Twenty20
29
28
5
536
58*
23.30
476
112.60
0
3
40
11
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
2
102
56
4
3/16
3/16
14.00
3.29
25.5
0
0
0
ODIs
14
7
228
175
4
1/13
1/13
43.75
4.60
57.0
0
0
0
First-class
187
7019
3580
105
5/39
34.09
3.06
66.8
1
0
List A
249
2792
2331
69
4/41
4/41
33.78
5.00
40.4
2
0
0
Twenty20
29
23
281
418
12
3/27
3/27
34.83
8.92
23.4
0
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
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
