Was McGrath a defensive bowler?

[Suhaan]

https://youtu.be/WtVVnYOYBcc

[mancalledsting]

he used to strangle them with pressure and then offer them a carrot which they would injudiciously take because of the pressure he put them under

[Clarke]

The most defensive bowler of all time. Puts everyone in and around slips & gully to prevent the single to third man

 

 

 

[MechEng]

McGrath and Steyn share a lot of similarities in approach. McGrath bowls in the corridor, Steyn sticks to outswing and never bowls inswing unless the ball reverses. Both ran through batting with simple approach. Someone like Anderson who has diverse skill is a great bowler but not as lethal as McGrath/Steyn even after having more skills than both.

[rkt.india]

11 hours ago, Clarke said:

The most defensive bowler of all time. Puts everyone in and around slips & gully to prevent the single to third man

 

 

 

This is called defensive bowling with attacking field.

[rkt.india]

8 hours ago, MechEng said:

McGrath and Steyn share a lot of similarities in approach. McGrath bowls in the corridor, Steyn sticks to outswing and never bowls inswing unless the ball reverses. Both ran through batting with simple approach. Someone like Anderson who has diverse skill is a great bowler but not as lethal as McGrath/Steyn even after having more skills than both.

There is a difference. Macgrath bowled out in corridor back of good length. Steyn would go fuller for outswing. He wouldn't even hesitate to bowl half volleys. While from McGrath, you would hardly get any half volleys. 

[Cricketics]

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- Trump will one day accept covid19 wasn’t hoax

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But in our lifetime we will never see RKT bhaiya ever accept ki he called Mcgrath” defensive by mistake.  This great defense by RKT will forever continue. 
 

Jai Hind

[MechEng]

16 hours ago, rkt.india said:

There is a difference. Macgrath bowled out in corridor back of good length. Steyn would go fuller for outswing. He wouldn't even hesitate to bowl half volleys. While from McGrath, you would hardly get any half volleys. 

 

That is correct. Imagine if Warne never played for Australia and McGrath had to lead the entire bowling attack, would that affect his bowling style?

 

When Steyn bowled against India in 2010/11, he never had a legendary spinner to support him except for a good bowler in Morne Morkel, yet he single handedly destroyed Indian batting line up with just late outswing. Had Sachin and Laxman not scored runs at crucial times , India were 100% getting white washed.