Kumble joins eight-wicket club

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January 05, 2004 17:07 IST

Anil Kumble achieved the fourth best figures by an Indian bowler in an 'away' Test when he finished with the figures of 8 for 141 in 46.5 overs in Australia's first innings of the Sydney Test.

This was the second occasion when Kumble claimed eight or more wickets in an innings. The other such occasion came against Pakistan at Delhi in 1999-00, when he had that record ten-wicket haul.

Kumble thus became the fourth Indian after Kapil Dev, Vinoo Mankad and Narendra Hirwani to capture eight wickets in an innings on more than one occasion. Kapil is the only Indian to have taken eight-wicket hauls on three occasions.

Kumble's figures are the second best by an Indian on Australian soil after Kapil Dev's 8 for 106 at Adelaide in 1985-86 and also the tenth best by any bowler against the Australians on their turf.

Best innings figures by Indians abroad:

Wkts Runs Balls Bowler For Vs Inns Test Venue Season
8 76 184 EAS Prasanna Ind NZ 2nd 1st Auckland 1975-76
8 85 185 Kapil Dev Ind Pak 1st 5th Lahore 1982-83
8 106 228 Kapil Dev Ind Aus 1st 1st Adelaide 1985-86
8 141 281 A Kumble Ind Aus 1st 4th Sydney 2003-04
7 162 396 SP Gupte Ind WI 1st 1st Port-of-Spain 1952-53
7 220 232 Kapil Dev Ind Pak 1st 3rd Faisalabad 1982-83

Best innings figures by Indians:

Wkts Runs Balls Bowler For Vs Inns Test Venue Season
10 74 159 A Kumble Ind Pak 2nd 2nd Delhi 1998-99
9 69 215 JM Patel Ind Aus 1st 2nd Kanpur 1959-60
9 83 183 Kapil Dev Ind WI 2nd 3rd Ahmedabad 1983-84
9 102 207 SP Gupte Ind WI 1st 2nd Kanpur 1958-59
8 52 282 MH Mankad Ind Pak 1st 1st Delhi 1952-53
8 55 233 MH Mankad Ind Eng 1st 5th Madras (Chepauk) 1951-52
8 61 111 ND Hirwani Ind WI 1st 4th Madras (Chepauk) 1987-88
8 72 307 S Venkataraghavan Ind NZ 1st 4th Delhi 1964-65
8 75 92 ND Hirwani Ind WI 2nd 4th Madras (Chepauk) 1987-88
8 76 184 EAS Prasanna Ind NZ 2nd 1st Auckland 1975-76
8 79 251 BS Chandrasekhar Ind Eng 1st 1st Delhi 1972-73
8 84 251 Harbhajan Singh Ind Aus 2nd 3rd Madras (Chepauk) 2000-01
8 85 185 Kapil Dev Ind Pak 1st 5th Lahore 1982-83
8 86 162 J Srinath Ind Pak 2nd 3rd Calcutta 1998-99
8 106 228 Kapil Dev Ind Aus 1st 1st Adelaide 1985-86
8 141 281 A Kumble Ind Aus 1st 4th Sydney 2003-04

Best innings figures against Australia in Australia:

Wkts Runs Balls Bowler For Vs Inns Test Venue Season
9 52 142 RJ Hadlee NZ Aus 1st 1st Brisbane 1985-86
9 86 284 Sarfraz Nawaz Pak Aus 2nd 1st Melbourne 1978-79
8 35 109 GA Lohmann Eng Aus 1st 2nd Sydney 1886-87
8 58 260 GA Lohmann Eng Aus 1st 2nd Sydney 1891-92
8 68 90 W Rhodes Eng Aus 2nd 2nd Melbourne 1903-04
8 81 175 LC Braund Eng Aus 1st 5th Melbourne 1903-04
8 94 217 T Richardson Eng Aus 1st 5th Sydney 1897-98
8 106 228 Kapil Dev Ind Aus 1st 1st Adelaide 1985-86
8 126 389 JC White Eng Aus 2nd 4th Adelaide 1928-29
8 141 281 A Kumble Ind Aus 1st 4th Sydney 2003-04

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