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Glenn McGrath

On scorecards: GD McGrath · Right-hand bat

1
Seasons
14
Matches
4
Runs
SR 80.0
12
Wickets
econ 6.59
0
Titles
1
Player of the match

From CricArcade's IPL records, 2008 to 2008 · Sources

Glenn McGrath, a bowler, spent a single IPL season with Delhi Daredevils, 2008: 14 matches, 4 runs, 12 wickets.

The arrival

Glenn McGrath arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹1.40 cr (US$350k), the base price, at the very first IPL auction.

That first season brought 14 matches, 4 runs and 12 wickets at 6.59 an over.

How the wickets came

With the ball, 12 wickets in 325 deliveries, at 6.59 runs an over against a league rate of 8.05 for the same seasons: 1.46 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight. There was one four-wicket haul, and the best figures were 4 for 29.

The fielding record: 2 catches.

At the auction

Glenn McGrath went under the hammer once. The price was ₹1.40 cr (US$350k), paid by Delhi Daredevils in 2008.

Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.

The legacy

Glenn McGrath made 14 IPL appearances, the last for Delhi Daredevils in 2008, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.

Season by season

Batting, bowling and fielding for each IPL season. SR is strike rate, Econ runs per over, POTM player-of-the-match awards; * not out.
SeasonTeamMRunsHSAvgSR50/100WktsEconBestCtPOTM
2008Delhi Daredevils1444*4.080.00/0126.594/2921

Franchise journey

Ball-by-ball detail

Career totals from ball-by-ball data, not split by season; included only where they agree exactly with the runs and wickets on this page.
MetricValue
Dot balls faced80%
Balls per four5
Balls per six5
Dot balls bowled47.2%
Balls per wicket27
Catches2
Run-outs0
Stumpings0

At the auction

From the IPL auction archive; prices in lakh and crore of rupees, with the US dollar price for the auctions that were conducted in dollars (2008 to 2013).
AuctionSetBase priceResult
2008Set B₹1.40 crSold to Delhi Daredevils for ₹1.40 cr (US$350k)

Sources