No way thiru,..........he would have easily picked up the top order....with his impeccable line and length...and with the help of other bowlers they would have easily cornered sa.........gibbs he blasts then and there only...there are many instances where sa was routed by mcgrath and co......that day was a black day for australian bowling without mcgrath
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thiru do u feel sa would have won the match if mcgrath was playing for the aussies?
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Mcgrath is the model of consistency and perseverance in today's cricket.. he doesnt get bogged down and try something out of the ordinary to get wickets.. he maintains the same line and length and with his height he extracts good bounce enough to trouble the batsmen.. Ambrose had a similar formula sticking to outswingers and inswingers just outside offstump...
Thats something tough to say.. You would expect Mcgrath to bowl a tight line in his initial spell that would have made life difficult for smith and Gibbs.. but at the way SA played (particularly Gibbs) its hard to say if any one bowler could have changed the match...