Australian pacer Glenn McGrath on Wednesday replaced injured English batsman Paul Collingwood in the Delhi Daredevils team for the Champions League Twenty20 starting on Thursday. Collingwood will miss the event due to a buttock injury he picked up during the just-concluded ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
"Whatever happens, if McGrath is fit we can handle him," England right-hander Ian Bell said.
Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will take over the role of Director at the MRF PaceFoundation from compatriot Dennis Lillee, who has opted out after serving the academy for 25 years.
Fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz was dropped for the second ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday.
The third and final match of the upcoming Twenty20 series between India and Australia will turn pink to support the McGrath Foundation after rain washed out a large part of the annual Pink Test in Sydney.
Australia's fast medium bowler returns to the Test and ODI team after sitting out a year because of an ankle injury.
It couldn't have been scripted any better - the opportunity to take the 500th wicket at Lord's is the ultimate, said the Aussie paceman.
Fast bowler Jason Gillespie, however, returned from a side strain for South Australia on Tuesday.
The Karnataka pacer made a record-breaking start to his international career, picking four wickets on ODI debut, as India defeated England by 66 runs to go one up in the three-match series.
An ankle injury could keep the Aussie paceman out of the Indian series too.
Glenn McGrath says he has turned to watching old videos of his bowling action to try and help him regain form.
McGrath will boost Australia's attempt to became the first visiting team to achieve a whitewash in the Caribbean.
Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the third Test between Australia and Sri Lanka starting January 4 in Sydney.
Australia's pace great Glenn McGrath says it's getting increasingly difficult for present day fast bowlers to choose between representing the country or be lured by the quick buck of the Indian Premier League.
Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath feels that he has learnt a lot after being associated with MRF Pace foundation in the last two years after his initial hesitation to take over the role from Dennis Lillee.
IMAGES from the WPL encounter played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and UP Warriorz on Saturday
Australian great Glenn McGrath says the handling of the 'homework gate' saga during the team's tour of India earlier this year was "pretty poor" and felt it "all blew up" in the middle of the 0-4 Test series drubbing.
The two veteran fast bowlers are planning to retire from international cricket after the fifth Ashes Test.
Lyon is just 34 wickets away from surpassing Glenn McGrath to become Australia's second-highest wicket-taker in Tests.
He is confident, however, of being passed fit for the final Test.
Reader Savithri sent us pictures of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath from Singapore.
Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry, Shafali Verma, Meg Lanning and Harmanpreet Kaur were some of the big names retained by their respective franchises for the next edition of the Women's Premier League.
It was no surprise that all the players in the reserve pool were sold for their base price with former Australia pacer Glenn McGrath topping the list at US $350,000 to Delhi.
The Australian bowler wants to be with his family while his wife undergoes treatment for cancer
Former players Nasser Hussain and Glenn McGrath have hit out at the ICCfor bowing down to BCCI and appeasing them on every count.
Their frailties against quality spin attack badly exposed in Sri Lanka recently, pace bowling great Glenn McGrath said that the Australians will have to quickly sort out their issues against slow bowlers if they don't want a disaster in their tour of India to play four Tests in February-March next year. "Especially with the way things went in Sri Lanka on turning wickets, they have got a lot of work to do between now and then. The Aussies will find it tough in India unless they turn things around pretty quickly," McGrath told reporters during a promotional event.
Pacer Pooja Vastrakar, who wrecked Aussies with a four-wicket haul in their first innings of the one-off Test, said on Thursday that the Indian Women's plan was to exploit the visitors' vulnerability against incoming deliveries bowled with a wobble seam.
IMAGES from the WPL match played between Delhi Capitals Women and UP Warriorz in Bengaluru on Monday.
Smith needs just 315 runs to become the fourth Australian batter after Ricky Ponting (13378), Allan Border (11174), and Steve Waugh (10927) to reach the landmark of 10,000 Test runs.
Australian bowling coach David Saker has compared England paceman James Anderson and spinner Graeme Swann to legendary Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
Jasprit Bumrah embodies the qualities of pace legends such as Dennis Lillee, Andy Roberts and Richard Hadlee
Disappointed at not being given a match in the on-going Indian Premier League, legendary Australian pacer Glenn McGrath hinted at terminating his contract with Delhi Daredevils and said he may not return for the next season of the Twenty20 tournament. 'I am contracted for another year with Delhi, but that is a long way away. Right now, I would not bet on myself returning,' said added McGrarth, who was signed by Delhi for US $350,000 for three years.
