BlackCap_Fan
State Vice-Captain
Oh, he's worse. Trust me.
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Glenn McGrath - Batsman
- Thread starter Fiery
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Fiery
Banned
Tall, thin shaven-headed Martin is a bowler, pure and simple. He's not a particularly good fielder, and he's a number eleven batsman who would go even lower in the order if there were any lower to go. I've always warmed to cricketers like him who don't seem naturally sporty at all, but have this one rather odd aptitude of being able to bowl highly effectively.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Alan Mullally, another contender for worst number 11.
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Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Ignoring the humour, they would. They'd get pretty much slaughtered by him. McGrath could probably play as a specialist bat at a decent club level over here, if not Premier League than second or third tier.
It's an interesting article but a bit harsh. No-one can deny he has improved as a batsman (someone once wrote early in his career that a box placed in front of the stumps would be more useful) but in ODIs he rearely gets the chance to show it as Australia are so good he rearely has to bat and when he does get in he plays safe to makle sure they bat out the 50 overs. He might get more opportunity this time if Tait plays though - its not just Gilchrist that doesn't rate Tait's batting - in the Oval Test of 2005 he batted at No 10 above Tait again and got another duck. Actually I can only think of three batsmen who've batted below him for Australia when all the team is fit - Tait, MaGill, and Scott "can't bowl, can't throw" Muller - their batting must be bad. But Chris Martin is a far worse batsman IMO - there's more chance of Dwayne Leverock winning slimmer of the year than of Martin scoring a Test 50