Unlucky Stuart MacGill, the unlucky spinner

We're going to call him Unlucky Stuart MacGill from now on. He's not actually that unlucky, in that he's played 39 Tests and taken 190 wickets. He's just unlucky to have played ONLY 39 Tests and taken ONLY 190 wickets. We all know why. Like so many other things, it's that man Shane Warne's fault.

They're a similar age and they're both leg-spinners. Unlucky Stuart MacGill is world-class, but unfortunately, that's never been enough. Well MacGill had his day today, admittedly against Bangladesh. He took career-best figures of 8-108. Warne didn't bowl today and finished with 0-112. We think he's hurt his shoulder or something. We haven't bothered finding out yet because this post is about Unlucky Stuart MacGill, not Shane Warne.

Unlucky Stuart MacGill's Test average is now 27.33. We'll outline just how unlucky Unlucky Stuart MacGill is by highlighting some bowling averages which are worse than his:

Jeff Thomson - 28.01
Ian Botham - 28.40
Anil Kumble - 28.76
Makhaya Ntini - 29.05
Saqlain Mushtaq - 29.84
Harbhajan Singh - 30.14

At least he'll always be able to get a part as Danny Zuko in Grease, judging my this picture.