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McGrath joins 500-club

By Rajneesh Gupta
Last updated on: July 21, 2005 22:14 IST
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Glenn McGrath claimed his 500th wicket in Tests when he dismissed England opener Marcus Trescothick on day one of the first Ashes Test at Lord's in London 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 and Simon Jones claimed two wickets each.

McGrath, 35, is fourth on the list of Test wicket-takers, behind Shane Warne (583), Muttiah Muralitharan (539) and Courtney Walsh (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

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

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

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 (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 (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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