About Stuart MacGill
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. 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. In March 2025, a jury found MacGill guilty of knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug. The first was against Pakistan and his 8 wickets earned him the Man of the Match award. He played again in the Tests that followed, against South Africa, and won a place in Australia's squad for their inaugural tour of Bangladesh.
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