World Cup's highest wicket-taker McGrath ready for one last hurrah

Glenn McGrath is not only World Cup's leading wicket-taker but as he readies himself for one last fling at the D-day on April 28, the 'Pigeon' will continue to haunt batsmen the world over with the thought they could not face someone with a 'predictable line and length'.

With 25 wickets and four Man-of-the-Match in this World Cup, this legend is just one game away from his retirement from one-day internationals and seems to be getting better and better.

After crushing South Africa with a flurry of early wickets and troubling the batsman for 16 long years with his unerring accuracy, McGrath is ready for one last hurrah.

''Yes there are no tension and no pressure now and that is the reason I bowled very hard this tournament and that is the reason I am getting wickets,'' he said.

The leading wicket-taker of the World Cup has his own protégé Shaun Tait and Hogg breathing down his neck but the man with the golden arm is ready to take on his younger peers.

''This is interesting and fascinating. I have 25, Shaun has 22 and Hogg also has 20. It is a good battle,'' he said.

McGrath will leave Australian cricket in a better shape than he found it in and the 'Kangaroos', as ever, are ready to make the most of it.

With few more months to go before he turns 38, age has still not got the better of the man. ''I have one more match to go and I do hope that it will go well.

''But this time I have worked hard and put the extra zing to get some more wickets,'' he concluded.

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