CRICKET WICKETAnil Kumble Test record against South Africa
1992-11-13 – 2008-04-03 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 21 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 35 batting innings and 40 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 35 | 484 | 31 | 15.61 | 36.14 |
| Bowling | 40 | 2,671 | 84 | 31.79 | 81.30 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.34 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6,830.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,339.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2.66 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 60.25 | 2.45 | 147.00 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 38.20 | 2.82 | 81.00 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 4.50 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 17.22 | 2.33 | 44.33 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8.50 | 43.58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 10 | 34.10 | 2.44 | 83.80 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 12.66 | 28.78 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 132 | 4 | 5 | 48.80 | 2.65 | 110.40 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 36 | 24.00 | 29.87 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 241 | 3 | 12 | 21.75 | 2.19 | 59.33 |
| 1997 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 12.75 | 31.87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 160 | 4 | 6 | 49.50 | 2.39 | 124.00 |
| 1996 | 4 | 8 | 214 | 88 | 35.66 | 49.42 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 433 | 8 | 15 | 31.60 | 2.67 | 71.00 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30.25 | 1.72 | 105.00 |
| 1992 | 3 | 4 | 60 | 21 | 20.00 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6 | 14 | 24.71 | 1.87 | 79.07 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 9 | 15 | 296 | 22.76 | 42.22 | 16 | 39 | 31.53 |
| Away | 12 | 20 | 188 | 10.44 | 29.46 | 24 | 45 | 32.02 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Durban
- Best recorded bowling · 6/53
Test v South Africa · Johannesburg
- Highest recorded innings · 88 runs
Test v South Africa · Eden Gardens
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-03 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera | 3 | 5 | 12 | — | — |
| 2008-04-03 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera | 2 | — | — | 1 | 78 |
| 2008-04-03 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk | 3 | — | — | 1 | 57 |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk | 2 | 3 | 18 | — | — |
| 2008-03-26 | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk | 1 | — | — | 2 | 106 |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 4 | — | — | 1 | 74 |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 3 | 6 | 22 | — | — |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 2 | — | — | 4 | 117 |
| 2007-01-02 | Newlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 4 | 11 | 31 | — | — |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 3 | — | — | 1 | 37 |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | — |
| 2006-12-26 | Kingsmead | 1 | — | — | 3 | 62 |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | — | — | 3 | 54 |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 1 | 11 | — | — |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 2006-12-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 6 | 15 | — | — |
| 2004-11-28 | Eden Gardens | 3 | — | — | 3 | 82 |
| 2004-11-28 | Eden Gardens | 2 | 8 | 26 | — | — |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.