CRICKET WICKETSourav Ganguly Test record against England
1996-06-20 – 2007-08-09 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 12 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 19 batting innings and 12 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 | 19 | 983 | 17 | 57.82 | 53.04 |
| Bowling | 12 | 305 | 8 | 38.12 | 70.37 |
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: 3.25 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 563.
Batting milestones in this sample: 3 centuries and 5 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,853.
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
- 1996315 runs
- 200168 runs
- 2002351 runs
- 2007249 runs
Exact yearly figures · 4 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 6 | 249 | 79 | 49.80 | 55.08 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 452 | 4 | 2 | 32.50 | 2.32 | 84.00 |
| 2002 | 4 | 6 | 351 | 128 | 58.50 | 59.29 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 592 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 5.33 | N/A |
| 2001 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 47 | 22.66 | 44.15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 154 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 3.18 | N/A |
| 1996 | 2 | 3 | 315 | 136 | 105.00 | 48.09 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 655 | 3 | 6 | 20.83 | 3.30 | 37.83 |
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 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 22.66 | 44.15 | 2 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 9 | 15 | 915 | 65.35 | 53.85 | 10 | 8 | 31.75 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Lord's
- First century in this archive · 131 runs
Test v England · Lord's
- Best recorded bowling · 3/71
Test v England · Trent Bridge
- Highest recorded innings · 136 runs
Test v England · Trent Bridge
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Kennington Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-09 | Kennington Oval | 3 | 57 | 68 | - | - |
| 2007-08-09 | Kennington Oval | 2 | - | - | 0 | 8 |
| 2007-08-09 | Kennington Oval | 1 | 37 | 77 | - | - |
| 2007-07-27 | Trent Bridge | 4 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 2007-07-27 | Trent Bridge | 3 | - | - | 0 | 22 |
| 2007-07-27 | Trent Bridge | 2 | 79 | 156 | - | - |
| 2007-07-27 | Trent Bridge | 1 | - | - | 1 | 11 |
| 2007-07-19 | Lord's | 4 | 40 | 65 | - | - |
| 2007-07-19 | Lord's | 2 | 34 | 82 | - | - |
| 2007-07-19 | Lord's | 1 | - | - | 1 | 24 |
| 2002-09-05 | Kennington Oval | 2 | 51 | 84 | - | - |
| 2002-09-05 | Kennington Oval | 1 | - | - | 0 | 6 |
| 2002-08-22 | Headingley | 1 | 128 | 167 | - | - |
| 2002-08-08 | Trent Bridge | 3 | 99 | 159 | - | - |
| 2002-08-08 | Trent Bridge | 2 | - | - | 0 | 42 |
| 2002-08-08 | Trent Bridge | 1 | 68 | 149 | - | - |
| 2002-07-25 | Lord's | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2002-07-25 | Lord's | 2 | 5 | 32 | - | - |
| 2002-07-25 | Lord's | 1 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2001-12-19 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 12 |
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.