James Anderson and Glenn McGrath: A Statistical Analysis

#3: Between James Anderson's Debut and Glenn McGrath's Retirement

This is the only phase where these players played the gentleman's game at its highest level at the same time. The phase starts with Anderson's debut in May, 2003 and ends at Mcgrath's retirement in Jan, 2007.

Performance of Glenn McGrath and James Anderson playing in the same period

Comparing their overall performance in this phase, McGrath excels once again with 138 scalps to his kitty from 62 innings at an average of 21.5 and a strike rate of 52.2. His consistency is slightly below par at 37.1%

Well, we can't complain too much regarding Anderson's performance as he was in his initial years . In this phase, he had taken 46 wickets from 30 innings at an average of 38.4 and strike rate of 60.5. His consistency was poor at just 20%.

A- Performance in Ashes (May, 2003 - Jan 2007)

Performance of Glenn McGrath and James Anderson playing in the same period in Ashes

B- Performance in SA, NZ, Aus and Eng (May 2003 - Jan 2007)

Performance of Glenn McGrath and James Anderson in SA, Eng, NZ and Aus (May 2003 - Jan 2007)