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A world record for Kumble

July 20, 2007 11:09 IST

When Anil Kumble had Andrew Strauss snapped by Rahul Dravid, his 150th catch, on the opening day of Lord's Test, the leg spinner achieved a world record of different type against his name.

This was the tenth time Kumble was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals. He was previously at level with former teammate Kapil Dev with nine such instances. The accompanying table has the details:

90s Bowler For Mts Wkts
10 A Kumble Ind 116 553*
9 Kapil Dev Ind 131 434
6 MD Marshall WI 81 376
6 M Muralitharan SL 113 700
5 LR Gibbs WI 79 309
5 DL Underwood Eng 86 297
5 RJ Hadlee NZ 86 431
5 IT Botham Eng 102 383
5 B Yardley Aus 33 126
5 SR Waugh Aus 168 92
5 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 52 185
5 AA Donald SA 72 330
5 WPUJC Vaas SL 98 319
5 AF Giles Eng 54 143
5 MJ Hoggard Eng 64 240
5 Danish Kaneria Pak 46 198
5 SJ Harmison Eng 54 205

...and following is the list of batsmen dismissed in 90s by Kumble:

Batsman Score Venue Season How out
ME Trescothick (Eng) 99 Ahmedabad 2001-02 Caught
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 97 Karachi 2005-06 LBW
AG Prince (SA) 97 Johannesburg 2006-07 Bowled
AJ Strauss (Eng) 96 Lord's 2007 Caught
JH Kallis (SA) 95 Bangalore 1999-00 Caught
GC Smith (SA) 94 Cape Town 2006-07 Caught
PA de Silva (SL) 93 Colombo SSC 1993-94 Caught
CD McMillan (NZ) 92 Hamilton 1998-99 Caught
JN Rhodes (SA) 91 Johannesburg 1992-93 LBW
Abdul Razzaq (Pak) 90 Karachi 2005-06 Caught

Rajneesh Gupta