The Hindu : Sport : A champion's factfile

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Saturday, Dec 11, 2004

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Sport

A champion's factfile

DHAKA, DEC. 10. Statistics of ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble, who became India's top Test wicket-taker on the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh.

Kumble is playing his 91st Test but the statistics provided here do not include the ongoing Test.

Name: Anil Kumble; Born: 17 October 1970, Bangalore; Test debut: India vs England at Manchester, 2nd Test, 1990. Test career (Read as Matches, Overs, Runs, Wkts., Best bowling figures in an innings, Best bowling figures in a match, Ave., Eco., SR, 5 wkts. and 10 wkts.):

All matches: 90, 4779, 12227, 434, 10-74, 14-149, 28.17, 2.55, 66.0, 28, 6. Home: 47, 2533.2, 6220, 272, 10-74, 14-149, 22.86, 2.45, 55.8, 20, 5. Away: 43, 2245.4, 6007, 162, 8-141, 12-279, 37.08, 2.67, 83.1, 8, 1.

Country-wise performance:

Aus: 14, 806, 2391, 88, 8-141, 13-181, 27.17, 2.96, 54.9, 9, 2.

Eng: 13, 728.2, 1864, 62, 7-115, 10-233, 30.06, 2.55, 70.4, 3, 1.

NZ: 11, 601.4, 1293, 50, 6-67, 10-134, 25.86, 2.14, 72.2, 3, 1.

Pak: 6, 274.4, 840, 37, 10-74, 14-149, 22.70, 3.05, 44.5, 3, 1.

SA: 16, 906.2, 2084, 66, 6-53, 8-113, 31.57, 2.29, 82.3, 3, 0.

SL: 12, 588.5, 1535, 46, 7-59, 11-128, 33.36, 2.60, 76.8, 2, 1.

WI: 13, 559, 1546, 51, 5-30, 8-196, 30.31, 2.76, 65.7, 3, 0.

Zim: 5, 314.1, 674, 34, 5-63, 9-145, 19.82, 2.14, 55.4, 2, 0.

Milestones (Read as matches, wkt., opponent and date):

1 v Eng in Eng 1990.

10 50 v Zim in Ind 1992-93.