Kumble second Indian to take 12 wickets away

Anil Kumble became only the second Indian to take a dozen wickets in a match in an 'away' series during the Sydney Test after Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who had returned figures of 12 for 104 also against Australia at Melbourne in 1977-78.

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Only four other Indian bowlers have succeeded in taking ten wickets in a match on foreign soil.

Kumble, however, blotted his copy book by getting the dubious distinction of conceding maximum runs in a match by an Indian bowler. Previously, it was Rajesh Chauhan who held that mark. He conceded 276 runs in Sri Lanka's mammoth total of 952 for six at Colombo PSS in 1997-98.

Kumble, though, may take solace from the fact that he went for 23.25 runs for each wicket in a match where an average of 69.88 runs were scored for a wicket. Also, Australia's strike bowler Brett Lee went for 276 runs in his 51.5 overs picking only four wickets in the process.

Indians with ten-wicket match hauls abroad

Figures	Balls	Bowler	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
12-104	273	BS Chandrasekhar	Aus	3rd	Melbourne	1977-78
12-279	533	A Kumble	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
11-140	376	EAS Prasanna	NZ	1st	Auckland	1975-76
10-153	264	BKV Prasad	SA	1st	Durban	1996-97
10-188	321	C Sharma	Eng	3rd	Edgbaston	1986
10-194	490	BS Bedi	Aus	2nd	Perth	1977-78

Most expensive ten-wicket match hauls

Figures	Balls	Player	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
10-302	369	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1920-21
12-279	533	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
11-257	436	AG Huckle	Zim	NZ	2nd	Bulawayo (QSC)	1997-98
13-256	749	JC White	Eng	Aus	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
10-253	534	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	6th	The Oval	1981

Most expensive figures in a match

RC	Wkts	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
374	9	632	OC Scott	WI	Eng	4th	Kingston	1929-30
308	7	504	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	1st	Sydney (SCG)	1924-25
302	10	369	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1920-21
298	1	522	LO'B Fleetwood-Smith	Aus	Eng	5th	The Oval	1938
298	9	505	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	1st	Brisbane (Ex)	1928-29
290	9	566	RO Jenkins	Eng	WI	2nd	Lord's	1950
288	5	552	DVP Wright	Eng	SA	5th	Kingsmead	1938-39
286	5	527	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	SL	2nd	Colombo (SSC)	1996-97
282	7	414	DW Carr	Eng	Aus	5th	The Oval	1909
279	12	533	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney (SCG)	2003-04
276	1	468	RK Chauhan	Ind	SL	1st	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
276	4	311	BS Lee	Aus	Ind	4th	Sydney (SCG)	2003-04
275	3	510	Haseeb Ahsan	Pak	WI	4th	Georgetown	1957-58
275	6	523	AV Bedser	Eng	Aus	3rd	MCG	1946-47
272	8	516	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	2nd	Lord's	1930
267	6	543	DK Lillee	Aus	Pak	1st	Adelaide	1976-77
267	4	480	JW Gleeson	Aus	WI	4th	Adelaide	1968-69
266	7	672	WA Johnston	Aus	SA	5th	MCG	1952-53
266	4	584	LR Gibbs	WI	Aus	5th	Sydney (SCG)	1968-69
266	9	460	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	5th	The Oval	1926
260	7	504	SCG MacGill	Aus	Eng	4th	MCG	2002-03
260	4	438	Mahmood Hussain	Pak	WI	2nd	Port-of-Spain	1957-58
259	6	594	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1924-25
259	0	324	Khan Mohammad	Pak	WI	3rd	Kingston	1957-58
258	5	688	AP Freeman	Eng	Aus	1st	Sydney (SCG)	1924-25
257	11	436	AG Huckle	Zim	NZ	2nd	Bulawayo (QSC)	1997-98
256	13	749	JC White	Eng	Aus	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
256	1	738	N Gordon	SA	Eng	5th	Kingsmead	1938-39
255	5	464	DVP Wright	Eng	Aus	3rd	MCG	1946-47
254	6	624	MH Mankad	Ind	WI	5th	Kingston	1952-53
253	10	534	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	6th	The Oval	1981
253	8	651	SG Shinde	Ind	Eng	1st	Delhi (Feroz SK)	1951-52

RC: Runs conceded