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Kapil Dev Test record against England

1979-07-12 – 1993-02-19 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 27 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 39 batting innings and 48 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting391,3553341.0685.27
Bowling483,1748537.3474.62

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. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 3.00 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6,343.

Batting milestones in this sample: 2 centuries and 8 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,589.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 197945 runs
  2. 198045 runs
  3. 1981159 runs
  4. 1982451 runs
  5. 1984109 runs
  6. 1985144 runs
  7. 198681 runs
  8. 1990220 runs
  9. 1993101 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 197916 wickets
  2. 19803 wickets
  3. 198111 wickets
  4. 198221 wickets
  5. 19844 wickets
  6. 19856 wickets
  7. 198610 wickets
  8. 19907 wickets
  9. 19937 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 9 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
1993331016650.5069.65011111456719.002.5944.00
19903522011055.0081.78112742696763.573.47109.71
198635813120.25139.65001325861030.602.3877.00
1985231445348.0090.00011911604641.833.1080.83
1984231096036.3368.98011411584446.252.28121.50
19826845111675.16103.9113591043492140.283.4569.95
1981341595939.7579.500124220061138.903.2472.00
198012454545.0052.940060852328.332.2974.00
19794645217.5056.2500608051630.932.8465.18

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home141971747.8078.79264235.45
Away132063835.4493.96224339.18
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v England · Edgbaston

  2. First five-wicket innings in this archive

    Test v England · Edgbaston

  3. Best recorded bowling · 6/91

    Test v England · Eden Gardens

  4. Highest recorded innings · 116 runs

    Test v England · Green Park

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v England · Wankhede Stadium

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
1993-02-19Wankhede Stadium3--021
1993-02-19Wankhede Stadium22220--
1993-02-19Wankhede Stadium1--335
1993-02-11MA Chidambaram Stadium3--236
1993-02-11MA Chidambaram Stadium2--011
1993-02-11MA Chidambaram Stadium16675--
1993-01-29Eden Gardens3--212
1993-01-29Eden Gardens2--018
1993-01-29Eden Gardens11350--
1990-08-23Kennington Oval3--266
1990-08-23Kennington Oval2--170
1990-08-23Kennington Oval1110142--
1990-08-09Old Trafford42635--
1990-08-09Old Trafford3--269
1990-08-09Old Trafford203--
1990-08-09Old Trafford1--167
1990-07-26Lord's4714--
1990-07-26Lord's3--053
1990-07-26Lord's27775--
1990-07-26Lord's1--1120

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.