November 25 Monday 2002
Miracle catch was a fluke: McGrath

ADELAIDE: A catch to dismiss England dangerman Michael Vaughan on Sunday was dismissed as more fluke than miracle by Australia strike bowler Glenn McGrath. The lanky Australian pulled off one of the great outfield catches when he sprinted 20 metres to take a diving one-handed catch at deep backward-square. 

Australia captain Steve Waugh described it as a miracle and, while McGrath was happy to go along with his skipper's glowing assessment, he said he had just been lucky. "I'm not taking too much credit for it, it just fell into my hands," McGrath said. "It was just one of those things when the timing came out perfectly, I was on the right foot at the right time, the right distance away, I dived and it ended up in my hands."