Anil Kumble Test record against Sri Lanka
1993-07-27 – 2008-08-08 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 17 Test matches against Sri Lanka with recorded batting or bowling figures: 22 batting innings and 28 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 | 22 | 279 | 19 | 14.68 | 38.01 |
| Bowling | 28 | 2,309 | 74 | 31.20 | 69.90 |
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: 2.67 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 5,173.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 734.
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
- 199310 runs
- 199419 runs
- 1997134 runs
- 199920 runs
- 200567 runs
- 200829 runs
- 199313 wickets
- 199418 wickets
- 199711 wickets
- 19994 wickets
- 200520 wickets
- 20088 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 12 | 4.83 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 5 | 8 | 50.00 | 2.96 | 101.12 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 29 | 22.33 | 39.64 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 169 | 5 | 20 | 18.70 | 2.70 | 41.55 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 20.00 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 33.50 | 2.47 | 81.25 |
| 1997 | 5 | 6 | 134 | 78 | 26.80 | 40.11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 334 | 7 | 11 | 64.45 | 2.75 | 140.54 |
| 1994 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 9.50 | 35.18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 6 | 18 | 17.61 | 2.32 | 45.50 |
| 1993 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5.00 | 45.45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 28.84 | 2.66 | 64.84 |
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 | 10 | 193 | 21.44 | 40.71 | 15 | 44 | 22.04 |
| Away | 8 | 12 | 86 | 8.60 | 33.07 | 13 | 30 | 44.63 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Sri Lanka · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 7/59
Test v Sri Lanka · Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 78 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · P Sara Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 34 |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 3 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 2 | - | - | 3 | 123 |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 4 | - | - | 2 | 41 |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 3 | 2 | 8 | - | - |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 2 | - | - | 3 | 81 |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 1 | 4 | 32 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | 12 | 24 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | 1 | 15 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | - | - | 0 | 121 |
| 2005-12-18 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 4 | - | - | 5 | 89 |
| 2005-12-18 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 3 | 29 | 68 | - | - |
| 2005-12-18 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 2 | - | - | 2 | 87 |
| 2005-12-18 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 1 | 21 | 52 | - | - |
| 2005-12-10 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 4 | - | - | 4 | 85 |
| 2005-12-10 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 2 | - | - | 6 | 72 |
| 2005-12-10 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 1 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 2005-12-02 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2 | - | - | 3 | 41 |
| 2005-12-02 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 1 | 9 | 35 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.