5 cricketers who did well in both Champions Trophy and World Cup

#1 Glenn McGrath

McGrath was a part of three World Cup and one Champions Trophy Australian winning squad

BOWLING	Wickets	Avg.	S.R.	Econ.	4 WI	Best
CT Record	21	19.61	29.1	4.03	1	5-37
World Cup Record	71	18.20	27.54	3.97	2	7-15

Glenn McGrath is undoubtedly the best pace bowler the world has seen in the last two decades if not more. The unerring accuracy with which he delivered the cricket ball made him one of the best exponents of seam bowling making it extremely difficult for batsmen to score off him which led to them giving away their wicket. Director of the MRF Pace Foundation now, McGrath was a major contributor to Australia’s dominance of cricket in the 1990-2010 era.

His best performances in the Champions Trophy came against the Kiwis; he picked up 5-37 in 2002 and in the semi final of 2006 he bowled Australia to the final by picking up 3-22. In the final of the same edition which Australia eventually won, ‘Pigeon’ picked up the crucial wicket of opposition skipper Brian Lara.

The World Cup was to him as a kingdom is to his ruler. The leading wicket-taker in the history of the marquee event, McGrath was the principal destructor as Australia won a hat-trick of titles in ’99, ’03 and ’07, each time making one Asian supergiant look like a school cricket team.

He also holds the record for the best figures in the event’s history; his 7-15 coming against Namibia in 2003 as the African nation were humbled by the class of the ace fast bowler. His average of 18.20 runs per wicket is the best across the World Cup which is testament to how miserly he was when it came to giving away runs and at the same time kept the pressure on the batsmen. He was finally crowned Man of the Tournament in 2007 with which came an end to his ODI career.