McGrath pulls out of SA Tests

Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath [ Images ] has ruled himself out of next month's Test series in South Africa [ Images ].

McGrath told the Australia [ Images ]n selectors he wanted to stay in Australia to be with his family while his wife undergoes treatment for cancer.

Cricket Australia released a statement saying they fully supported McGrath's decision. The Test squad to tour South Africa will be announced next week.

McGrath, 36, pulled out of Australia's triangular one-day series at home last month as well as the limited-overs series in South Africa after revealing his wife had been diagnosed with cancer and needed immediate radiotherapy treatment.

McGrath's English-born wife Jane has twice been diagnosed with cancer before. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 then bone cancer in 2003 but made a full recovery on both occasions.