INDIA

Full name -  Anil Kumble
Born -  October 17, 1970, Bangalore, Karnataka
Current age -  36 years 34 days
Major teams -  India, ACC Asian XI, Karnataka, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Surrey
Batting style -  Right-hand bat
Bowling style -  Legbreak googly

Statsguru -  Test player, ODI player

BATTING AND FIELDING AVEREGES

class	mat	inns	no	runs	hs	ave	bf	sr	100	50	4s	6s	ct	st
Tests	110	140	27	2025	88	17.92	5254	38.54	0	4	240	8	50	0
ODIs	264	131	46	930	26	10.94	1503	61.87	0	0	57	6	84	0
First-class	217	279	56	5057	154*	22.67			6	16			108	0
List A	373	198	72	1448	30*	11.49			0	0			121	0
Twenty20	2	1	0	8	8	8.00	7	114.28	0	0			0	0

BOWLING AVEREGES

class	mat	balls	runs	wkts	bbi	bbm	ave	econ	sr	4	5	10
Tests	110	34890	15329	533	10/74	14/149	28.75	2.63	65.45	27	33	8
ODIs	264	14117	10122	329	6/12	6/12	30.76	4.30	42.90	8	2	0
First-class	217	60113	25850	1032	10/74		25.04	2.58	58.24		70	19
List A	373	19868	13888	506	6/12	6/12	27.44	4.19	39.26	14	3	0
Twenty20	2	47	46	4	2/20	2/20	11.50	5.87	11.75	0	0	0

CAREER STATISTICS
Test debut	England v India at Manchester - Aug 9-14, 1990
Last Test	West Indies v India at Kingston - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006
ODI debut	India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 25, 1990
Last ODI	Africa XI v Asia XI at Centurion - Aug 17, 2005
First-class span	1989/90 - 2006/07
List A span	1989/90 - 2006
Twenty20 span	2006

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. Then, he had more success in the West Indies in 2006, taking 23 wickets in four Tests, including a match haul of 7 for 110 in the last Test in Jamaica which helped India achieve their first series win there in 35 years.

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. In March 2006, He became the first Indian bowler to reach 500 Test wickets, when he trapped Steve Harmison lbw in the Mohali Test.

Superstardom was to elude the low-profile Kumble throughout his career, but his deeds speak for themselves.
Rahul Bhattacharya (July 2006)