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Stuart Macgill
Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill (born 25 February 1971) is an Australian former cricketer who played 44 Tests and 3 ODIs. 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. His bowling was slightly slower through the air than Warne's, but he was a prodigious turner of the ball. 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.
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1971-02-25
Birth Place
Western_Australia
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Sweet Prince, Magilla Gorilla, SCG
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Former Australian Cricketer Stuart MacGill Allegedly Kidnapped at Gunpoint

Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill was the victim of a kidnapping, according to Fergus Hunter and Laura Chung of the Sydney Morning Herald. Hunter and Chung reported four men were arrested. Among those facing charges is Marino Sotiropoulos, who's the brother of MacGill's partner, Maria O’Meagher. On April 14, Sotiropoulos and...
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Australian Cricketer Stuart MacGill Allegedly Kidnapped, Assaulted at Gunpoint Before Being Released

A former top Australian cricket player was allegedly kidnapped and threatened at gunpoint before being released by a group of at least three men last month. In an incident around 8 p.m. on April 14, Stuart MacGill was allegedly confronted by a man in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Cremone before two other men joined and the trio forced the athlete into a car, The Sydney Morning Herald reported Wednesday.
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Terrifying incident involving cricket legend Stuart MacGill ... who was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted at gunpoint in Australia last month -- and cops have now arrested his girlfriend's brother over the incident. 50-year-old MacGill was reportedly confronted by 46-year-old Marino Sotiropoulos, the brother of MacGill's GF, Maria O’Meagher, on April...
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'Kidnapping' of legendary spinner Stuart MacGill takes a turn as police show up to his apartment and take him away for questioning – after claiming he was held for ransom by a crime gang

Cricket legend Stuart MacGill has been taken away by detectives for questioning after he was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint from Sydney's lower north shore. But police said the former Australian Test cricketer was 'purely a victim of crime' when he was confronted by three men at Cremorne, about 8pm on April 14, forced into a car and driven to the city's outskirts where he was allegedly assaulted and threatened with a gun.