Rare distinction for Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath added yet another feather to his cap in the Brisbane Test against the West Indies. The wicket of Marlon Samuels in the first innings was McGrath's 100th against the West Indies in his 21st Test.

McGrath thus became the first bowler ever to complete a century of wickets against the Caribbeans.

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Having already taken 136 wickets against arch-rivals England, McGrath also achieved the rare distinction of completing 100 wickets against two different countries, becoming the fifth bowler to do so joining the ranks of three West Indians Lance Gibbs, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh and fellow teammate Shane Warne.

Warne,in fact, towers over all others as he is the only one to have done so against three countries.

Bowlers with 100 Test wickets against two countries:

Bowler		Tests	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	5WI	10WM	Ave	SR
SK Warne (Aus)	vs Eng	31	9309	3837	172	8-71	10	4	22.31	54.12
	vs NZ	20	5770	2511	103	6-31	3	0	24.38	56.02
	vs SA	18	6130	2257	101	7-56	6	2	22.35	60.69
LR Gibbs (WI)	vs Aus	24	9358	3222	103	6-29	6	0	31.28	90.85
	vs Eng	26	8841	2889	100	6-39	7	2	28.89	88.41
CA Walsh (WI)	vs Eng	36	8818	3683	145	6-74	5	1	25.40	60.81
	vs Aus	38	8560	3872	135	6-54	4	0	28.68	63.41
CEL Ambrose (WI)	vs Eng	34	8284	3082	164	8-45	8	2	18.79	50.51
	vs Aus	27	6696	2718	128	7-25	8	1	21.23	52.31
GD McGrath (Aus)	vs Eng	25	6025	2784	136	8-38	9	0	20.47	44.30
	vs WI	21	4833	1919	101	6-17	8	2	19.00	47.85

Most Test wickets against each country

Country	Bowler	Tests	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	5WI	10WM	Ave	SR
Australia	IT Botham (Eng)	36	8479	4093	148	6-78	9	2	27.66	57.29
England	SK Warne (Aus)	31	9309	3837	172	8-71	10	4	22.31	54.12
South Africa	SK Warne (Aus)	18	6130	2257	101	7-56	6	2	22.35	60.69
West Indies	GD McGrath (Aus)	21	4833	1919	101	6-17	8	2	19.00	47.85
New Zealand	SK Warne (Aus)	20	5770	2511	103	6-31	3	0	24.38	56.02
India	Imran Khan (Pak)	23	5078	2260	94	8-60	6	2	24.04	54.02
Pakistan	Kapil Dev (Ind)	29	5944	2982	99	8-85	7	1	30.12	50.17
Sri Lanka	Wasim Akram (Pak)	19	3274	1340	63	5-43	3	0	21.27	51.97
Zimbabwe	M Muralitharan (SL)	14	4722	1467	87	9-51	6	2	16.86	54.28
Bangladesh	M Muralitharan (SL)	4	859	344	34	6-18	5	2	10.12	25.26
	Danish Kaneria (Pak)	5	1228	558	34	7-77	3	1	16.41	36.12

Note: All figures are updated upto and including West Indies' first innings in the Brisbane Test