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McGrath joins 500-club
Rajneesh Gupta
July 21, 2005

Scorecard

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

Progress to bowling milestones

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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