JohnnyA
U19 12th Man
I said he was the perfect 80 mph bowler I'm not saying he's infallable. No bowler is. Any bowler can be got at. But he, and Pollock are proof that it's control, subtle changes in movement line and length, and bounce that matters, not raw pace.godofcricket said:No thats not it, Mcgrath takes time to adjust his line, if he gets a four from his first delivery than he can never recover in the same over, he might do in the next over. But his line can easily be distracted, few examples are Razzaq(pak) hit him for five fours in one over. He finally managed to bowl a yorker in the last bowl. i have seen Tendulkar and many class batsman do the same thing to him many times. He gets confused when his line is distracted.and i have never seen him bowl good yorkers in the final overs. That doesn't make him a perfect bowler, does it?? In my defination a perfect fast bowler is the one who can be used at any stage of the game. Like Marshall...a good example.
He can reverse the ball. I don't know how many times I've seen McGrath pulverise that line outside off sump, then dart one back in ... ask Graeme Hick and Mike Atherton if he can reverse the ball.
Sure Vaughn got on top of him, as have Tendulkar and Lara. But these are class players. You can't keep them down forever. And McGrath has gotten them all out plenty of times himself ... don't forget that.