Stuart MacGill

Stuart MacGill was one of the cricketers belonging to Australian Cricket team. He used to play for New South Wales, Devon, Western Australia, and Somerset as well. He had been included in the national team as a bowler. His team mates and near and dear ones know him as ‘Mac’. His way of bowling can be described as ‘legbreak googly’.

Stuart MacGill went on to become an active member of Australian cricket team from a Test Match held from 1st of February, 1998 at Adelaide Oval against South Africa. This match had ended in a ‘Draw’. A good start is half the battle- as rightly said so, MacGill could capture 2 wickets in the first innings. He improved his performance in the second innings by capturing 3 wickets. After that he never looked back. He made his ODI debut on 19th of January, 2000 against Pakistan at Sydney. Australia had pocketed this match by 81 runs. Even in this match, he could pick up 4 wickets.

Career Highlights

In spite of not being a regular batsman, MacGill’s highest score in test matches is 43. He played 44 test matches in all and picked up 208 wickets.