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Full name Anthony McGrath
Born October 6, 1975, Bradford, Yorkshire
Current age 32 years 273 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

201

40.20

402

50.00

ODIs

166

16.60

353

47.02

First-class

191

323

11002

188*

36.91

137

List A

254

234

6469

148

32.18

Twenty20

928

72*

30.93

772

120.20

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

102

3/16

14.00

3.29

25.5

ODIs

228

175

1/13

43.75

4.60

57.0

First-class

191

7217

3679

107

5/39

34.38

3.05

67.4

List A

254

2886

2423

4/41

32.74

5.03

39.0

Twenty20

337

494

3/27

32.93

8.79

22.4

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

Yorkshire v Durham at Leeds, Jun 29-Jul 1, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

1995

Last List A

Gloucestershire v Yorkshire at Bristol, Jun 4, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jul 7, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

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

Jun 4, 2008

Anthony McGrath missed one from Mark Hardinges on 31 © Getty Images

Mar 28, 2008

Anthony McGrath receives the Pro ARCH trophy © arabiancricket.com

Nov 12, 2007

Portrait of Anthony McGrath © Yorkshire CCC

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