McGrath a champion till the end
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
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Robert Craddock writes in The Australian Glenn McGrath has proved us all wrong.
Hands up if you are a cricket fan and did not have doubts over whether McGrath should be in Australia's World Cup squad. If both hands are by your side, congratulations. You are a member of a very small club. In the dying stages of the summer, McGrath looked a fading force. The speedometer was sagging below 130km/h and vengeful batsmen, stirred by years of torment, were charging him at every opportunity.
McGrath’s last game is on Saturday and Sydney’s Daily Telegraph runs a tribute to one of the greatest bowlers. Steve Waugh gives 11 bits of trivia about McGrath from the origin of his nickname to how he eats his eggs. You can even send him a message.
In the Sydney Morning Herald Tim Nielsen, the next Australia coach, enters the debate over South Africa’s failure to challenge in the World Cup semi-final.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo