Ponting - "I thought the attack did a pretty good job in the conditions we had. The wicket was incredibly flat, especially for the fast bowlers."

Given that the wicket didn't assist the fast bowlers and the SA team were playing defensively throughout the innings I don't think we can say McGrath didn't bowl well enough. Let's see what happens in the rest of the series. I've seen some of our members criticize McGrath before only to have egg on their face when he bowls another 5-fer.