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Full name Anil Kumble
Born October 17, 1970, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age 34 years 270 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Karnataka, Leicestershire,
Northamptonshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 95 122 26 1645 88 17.13 4298 38.27 0 3 192 6 41 0
ODIs 261 129 45 897 26 10.67 1440 62.29 0 0 54 6 83 0
First-class 196 254 53 4618 154* 22.97 6 15 91 0
List A 367 195 70 1411 30* 11.28 0 0 120 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 95 30324 13015 461 10/74 14/149 28.23 2.57 65.77 23 29 7
ODIs 261 13937 9981 325 6/12 6/12 30.71 4.29 42.88 8 2 0
First-class 196 53877 22776 924 10/74 24.64 2.53 58.30 63 17
List A 367 19550 13651 498 6/12 6/12 27.41 4.18 39.25 14 3 0
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Test debut England v India at Manchester - Aug 9-14, 1990 scorecard
Last Test India v Pakistan at Bangalore - Mar 24-28, 2005 scorecard
ODI debut India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 25, 1990 scorecard
Last ODI India v Pakistan at Kanpur - Apr 15, 2005 scorecard
First-class span 1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span 1989/90 - 2004/05
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1996
No bowler in India's history has won more Test
matches than Anil Kumble, and there probably hasn't been a harder
trier either. Unorthodox, he trades the legspinner's proverbial
yo-yo for a spear, as the ball hacks through the air rather than
hanging in it, then comes off the pitch with a kick rather than a
kink. He does not beat the bat as much as hit the splice, but it's a
method that has provided him with stunning success, particularly on
Indian soil, where his deliveries burst like packets of water on the
feeblest hint of a crack. He is resilient and untiring, and a big
legbreak would have made him perfect, just like the
ten-in-an-innings he took in a Test against Pakistan.
For most of his career Kumble struggled to make an impact outside
India, but he turned that around magnificently in Australia in
2003-04, winkling out an incredible 24 wickets in three Test
matches. Three months later, his 6 for 71 on a flat pitch at Multan
helped India win a Test in Pakistan for the first time.
Kumble's batting average in Tests makes him something of a bowling
allrounder, though in the one-day game his nervy running between the
wickets has negated hindered him. He catches well, often at gully,
though his movements were once described by a commentator as those
of "a man on stilts".
In December 2001, on his home turf at Bangalore, Kumble became
India's second bowler, and their first spinner, to take 300 Test
wickets. A year later, almost to the day, he passed the same mark in
one-dayers. Against Australia in 2004-05 he pushed the Test mark
past 400 - also at Bangalore - then skittled the Aussies in the next
Test at Chennai with a spell of 7 for 25.
Superstardom was to elude the low-profile Kumble throughout his
career, but his deeds speak for themselves |
