Stuart MacGill

Stuart MacGill
MacGill in 2009
Personal information
Full name
Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill
Born (1971-02-25) 25 February 1971 (age 53)
Mount Lawley, Western Australia
NicknameSweet Prince, Magilla Gorilla,[1] SCG
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg spin
RoleBowler
RelationsTerry MacGill (father)
Charlie MacGill (grandfather)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 374)30 January 1998 v South Africa
Last Test30 May 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 141)19 January 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI26 January 2000 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94Western Australia
1996/97–2007/08New South Wales
1997Somerset
1997–1998Devon
2002–2004Nottinghamshire
2011/12Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 44 3 184 107
Runs scored 349 1 1,536 171
Batting average 9.69 1.00 9.90 7.77
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0
Top score 43 1 56* 26
Balls bowled 11,237 180 41,418 5,228
Wickets 208 6 774 193
Bowling average 29.02 17.50 30.48 22.52
5 wickets in innings 12 0 43 4
10 wickets in match 2 0 6 0
Best bowling 8/108 4/19 8/108 5/40
Catches/stumpings 16/– 2/– 76/– 22/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 20 September 2008

Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former cricketer who played 44 Test matches and three One Day Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler, who has been credited with having the best strike rate of any modern leg-spin bowler, but he did not have a regular place in the Australian Test team due to the dominance of Shane Warne in the position of sole spinner.

In domestic cricket, he played for Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset.

He was brought back in 2007 after the retirement of Warne, as spinner for the first Test against the Sri Lankan cricket team. He announced his retirement from international cricket during the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour of the West Indies.[2] Moving into commentary, MacGill co-hosted the 2009 Ashes series on SBS with Damien Martyn and Greg Matthews. MacGill was a radio co-host on the Triple M Sydney breakfast program "The Grill Team", 2009–2010.

In 2021, MacGill was the victim of an alleged kidnapping in the Sydney suburb of Cremorne. In 2023, he was charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine.

  1. ^ Stuart MacGill lets rip at Tony Abbott, boycotts interview on Triple M HeraldSun, 4 December 2009
  2. ^ "MacGill retires from international cricket". Cricinfo.