Glenn McGrath Test record against South Africa
1994-01-02 – 2006-01-02 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 17 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 19 batting innings and 32 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 19 | 78 | 12 | 6.50 | 29.10 |
| Bowling | 32 | 1,558 | 57 | 27.33 | 71.61 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.29 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 4,082.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 268.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 19946 wickets
- 199715 wickets
- 19982 wickets
- 200110 wickets
- 200216 wickets
- 20055 wickets
- 20063 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 42.00 | 2.57 | 98.00 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 19.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 4 | 5 | 39.80 | 2.36 | 100.80 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3.50 | 28.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 22.31 | 2.29 | 58.31 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2.50 | 23.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 22.00 | 2.34 | 56.40 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 14.00 | 31.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 29.50 | 2.36 | 75.00 |
| 1997 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 7.25 | 34.93 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 83 | 7 | 15 | 24.40 | 2.33 | 62.66 |
| 1994 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 5.50 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 38.50 | 1.98 | 116.16 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 9 | 11 | 60 | 8.57 | 28.43 | 18 | 28 | 31.17 |
| Away | 8 | 8 | 18 | 3.60 | 31.57 | 14 | 29 | 23.62 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 6/86
Test v South Africa · SuperSport Park
- Highest recorded innings · 18 runs
Test v South Africa · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Sydney Cricket Ground
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | - | - | 1 | 61 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | 1 | 12 | - | - |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | - | - | 2 | 65 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | - | - | 3 | 44 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 57 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 11 | 56 | - | - |
| 2005-12-16 | WACA Ground | 4 | - | - | 0 | 39 |
| 2005-12-16 | WACA Ground | 2 | - | - | 1 | 59 |
| 2005-12-16 | WACA Ground | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2002-03-15 | Kingsmead | 4 | - | - | 0 | 54 |
| 2002-03-15 | Kingsmead | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2002-03-15 | Kingsmead | 2 | - | - | 1 | 26 |
| 2002-03-15 | Kingsmead | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 2002-03-08 | Newlands | 3 | - | - | 0 | 56 |
| 2002-03-08 | Newlands | 2 | 2 | 17 | - | - |
| 2002-03-08 | Newlands | 1 | - | - | 3 | 42 |
| 2002-02-22 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | - | - | 5 | 21 |
| 2002-02-22 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | - | - | 3 | 28 |
| 2002-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | - | - | 1 | 95 |
| 2002-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | - | - | 3 | 35 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.