India's champion bowler
A statistical look at Anil Kumble's Test bowling career
Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate | 5WI | 10WM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
124 | 6416.0 | 600 | 28.67 | 64.1 | 35 | 8 |
Wicket no. | Tests | No. of Tests needed by Warne |
---|---|---|
100 | 21 | 23 |
200 | 47 | 42 |
300 | 66 | 63 |
400 | 85 | 92 |
500 | 105 | 108 |
600 | 124 | 126 |
Record | Wickets | Average |
---|---|---|
India overall | 1960 | 33.94 |
Kumble's share | 600 | 28.67 |
India at home | 977 | 29.98 |
Kumble's share | 343 | 23.85 |
Result | Matches | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Won | 41 | 279 | 18.41 | 44.1 |
Lost | 30 | 120 | 39.76 | 79.8 |
Drawn | 52 | 200 | 36.34 | 82.8 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Kumble | 41 | 279 | 18.41 | 44.1 |
Harbhajan Singh | 25 | 131 | 21.08 | 49.4 |
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 14 | 98 | 19.27 | 45.4 |
Bishan Bedi | 17 | 97 | 17.65 | 54.0 |
Kapil Dev | 24 | 90 | 18.30 | 45.2 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Muttiah Muralitharan | 46 | 382 | 15.20 | 41.5 |
Anil Kumble | 41 | 279 | 18.41 | 44.1 |
Stuart MacGill | 30 | 161 | 24.11 | 46.3 |
Venue | Matches | Wickets | Average | Murali's average | Warne's average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | 59 | 343 | 23.85 | 19.22 | 26.39 |
Away | 65 | 257 | 35.09 | 25.99 | 25.50 |
Innings | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate | 5WI |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 166 | 32.77 | 72.6 | 10 |
2nd | 159 | 28.85 | 66.9 | 8 |
3rd | 185 | 28.41 | 60.5 | 12 |
4th | 90 | 21.31 | 50.9 | 5 |
Matches before | Wickets | Average | Matches after | Wickets | Average | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home | 36 | 210 | 21.30 | 23 | 133 | 27.89 |
Away | 34 | 109 | 40.40 | 30 | 147 | 31.23 |
In Australia | 3 | 5 | 90.00 | 5 | 39 | 29.48 |
In England | 4 | 8 | 63.00 | 6 | 28 | 35.25 |
In South Africa | 9 | 31 | 35.32 | 3 | 14 | 24.71 |
In West Indies | 7 | 22 | 34.09 | 4 | 23 | 28.60 |
Player | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate | 5WI | 10WM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Kumble | 268 | 26.34 | 57.7 | 19 | 6 |
Harbhajan Singh | 188 | 31.99 | 68.5 | 15 | 2 |
Mathew Varghese is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo