Former Australian Test cricketer Stuart MacGill has failed to overturn a conviction for drug supply over a cocaine deal that led to his kidnapping.
The ex-leg spinner was a regular user of cocaine when he introduced his dealer to another man in April 2021.
The 55-year-old knew the quantity of cocaine exchanged was valued at $330,000 but did not know the exact weight after being told the dealer wanted ‘a brick’.
In May 2025, he was convicted of taking part in the supply of 250g or less of cocaine and sentenced to a 22-month intensive corrections order and 495 hours of community service.
But the former cricketing great launched an appeal against both the conviction and sentence in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, which was rejected on Wednesday.
‘The appeal is dismissed,’ Justice Anthony Payne told the court, more than a year after the sentence was handed down.
Ex-cricket star Stuart MacGill (pictured outside court) has failed to overturn his conviction for his involvement in a cocaine deal
The deal in 2021 went wrong and led to the 55-year-old being kidnapped and assaulted
MacGill (pictured right with Shane Warne) was a regular cocaine user who had a $1000 drug debt wiped by his dealer for his involvement in the deal, a court heard
MacGill had argued the judge erred in determining the exact quantity of drugs the cricketer thought were being exchanged during the deal.
He did not receive any of the $330,000 from the exchange but had $1000 of drug debt wiped by his dealer.
The deal led to MacGill later being assaulted in a dilapidated rural shed after his dealer stole two bricks of cocaine in a subsequent drug ripoff.
Once viewed as one of the world’s top spin bowlers, MacGill is now on JobSeeker while working as a casual cricket coach.
He retired from cricket in 2008 after a career throttled by the sport’s greatest leg-spinner, Shane Warne, who was two years his senior.
MacGill played 44 Tests, claiming 208 wickets at an average of 29.02.
