Kumble completes his 250 Test wickets

When he trapped New Zealand opener Matthew Horne lbw in second innings of Kanpur Test,Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble completed his 250 wickets. He became third Indian after Kapil Dev (434 wickets in 131 Tests) and Bishan Singh Bedi (266 wickets in 67 Tests) and 21st bowler (fifth spinner) in Test history to achieve this milestone.

Born at Bangalore on 17 October 1970, Anil Kumble started his Test career against England at Manchester on 09 August 1990.Allan Lamb was his first Test wicket. By taking only 55 Tests to complete his 250 wickets Kumble has now become the fourth joint quickest in Test cricket to accomplish this feat in least Tests alongwith Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Shane Warne. Only Dennis Lillee (48), Allan Donald (50), Richard Hadlee (53) and Malcolm Marshall (53) have taken 250 wickets in lesser Tests than Kumble.

Performance against all opponents

Opponent      Mts  Balls  Mdns Runs   Wkts   Avge  Best   5W  10W   SR

Sri Lanka 12 3533 143 1535 46 33.36 7-59 2 1 76.80 South Africa 10 3336 144 1238 39 31.74 6-53 1 - 85.53 Australia 4 1536 70 546 32 17.06 6-98 3 - 48.00 West Indies 8 2079 77 985 32 30.78 5-104 2 - 64.96 England 7 2328 99 920 29 31.72 6-64 1 - 80.27 New Zealand 8 1937 100 686 25 27.44 5-81 1 - 77.48 Pakistan 3 865 38 451 22 20.50 10-74 2 1 39.31 Zimbabwe 3 1079 47 383 18 21.27 5-70 1 - 59.94 Home 28 8433 388 3346 157 21.31 10-74 10 3 53.71 Away 27 8630 347 3536 96 36.83 6-53 4 - 89.89

TOTAL 55 17063 734 6882 253 27.20 10-74 14 2 67.44

Kumble's Milestones

Wicket    Batsman (Country)              Venue        Reached On       Test
1st       Allan Lamb (England)           Manchester   11 Aug 1990      1st
50th      Alistair Campbell (Zimbabwe)   Delhi        17 Mar 1993      10th
100th     Martin Crowe (New Zealand)     Bangalore    18 Mar 1995      21st
150th     Stuart Williams (WestIndies)   Kingston     09 Mar 1997      34th
200th     Mupemelo Mbangwa (Zimbabwe)    Harare       07 Oct 1998      47th
250th     Matthew Horne (New Zealand)    Kanpur       24 Oct 1999      55th

Kumble's Mode of Dismissals

CF   CW  C&B  ST   B   LBW   TOTAL  Favourite Batsman

SriLanka 26 4 3 1 2 10 46 Roshan Mahanama, Aravinda DeSilva (7 each) South Africa 20 0 2 1 11 5 39 Andrew Hudson (7) Australia 19 3 2 1 3 4 32 Ian Healy (4) WestIndies 16 3 2 0 4 7 32 Stuart Williams (4) England 13 1 1 1 7 6 29 Robin Smith (4) New Zealand 16 1 2 0 5 11 35 Adam Parore, Stephen Fleming, Matthew Horne, Craig McMillan (3) Pakistan 9 1 3 0 3 6 22 Ijaz Ahmed (4) Zimbabwe 7 0 2 2 1 6 18 Neil Johnson,John Traicos, Dave Houghton (2) TOTAL 126 13 17 6 36 55 253