Test cricket’s most lethal combination: Warne and McGrath. Their skill and statistics had provided similarly comfortable mattresses for Ponting’s predecessors, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh. In the 104 Tests Pigeon and Warnie played together, they captured 1001 wickets – 513 of those to the skill and cunning of Warne’s leg spin, and 488 to McGrath’s relentless line and length. And in those 104 Tests they celebrated 71 victories and suffered only 18 defeats.
