Sponsors rush in to grab piece of Ashes hero MacGill (6 January 1999)

6 January 1999

Sponsors rush in to grab piece of Ashes hero MacGill

AFP

SYDNEY, Jan 6 (AFP) - Australian Ashes hero Stuart MacGill has been inundated with sponsorship offers following his stunning 12-wicket haul in the final Ashes cricket Test against England.

The blossoming leg-spinner spent the day after Australia's emphatic 98-run victory with his parents, who had flown from Perth to watch their son in action after he was left out of the second Test in their hometown.

MacGill, 27, could earn up to 500,000 dollars (310,000 US dollars) in endorsement deals but his manager Matthew Atkinson said Wednesday they would need some time to weigh up all the offers.

"It would be negligent to just jump in now and accept them all willy-nilly," Atkinson said.

"It's a hard thing because we don't want him to be in 400 endorsements and have people saying a month later they're sick of seeing Stuart MacGill's face."

The New South Wales slow bowler proved last year's impressive tour of Pakistan was no fluke by finishing the leading wicket-taker for the Ashes series with 27 wickets at 17.70, relegating leg-spin king Shane Warne to a supporting role.

Source :: AFP