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Kumble, Martyn emerge top

By Rajneesh Gupta
November 06, 2004

Australia's Damien Martyn emerged as the top run scorer, while Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble took the most wickets in the recently concluded four-Test series between India and Australia.

Martyn scored a total of 444 at an average of 55.50 with 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries and played a vital role as Australia won their first Test series on Indian soil after 35 years.

Kumble once again showed how dangerous he can be at home. The veteran leg spinner scalped 27 wickets with 3 five-wicket hauls and 1 ten-wicket haul to his credit.

Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the series:

Australia - Batting and fielding

Player Tests Inns NO Runs Hs Ave. SR 100 50 Ct St
DR Martyn 4 8 0 444 114 55.50 50.34 2 2 2 -
MJ Clarke 4 8 1 400 151 57.14 55.40 1 2 7 -
SM Katich 4 8 1 276 99 39.42 46.85 - 2 1 -
ML Hayden 4 8 0 244 58 30.50 55.58 - 1 3 -
JL Langer 4 8 0 228 71 28.50 44.18 - 2 1 -
AC Gilchrist 4 8 1 218 104 31.14 78.13 1 - 16 -
DS Lehmann 3 5 0 132 70 26.40 72.92 - 1 1 -
JN Gillespie 4 7 2 66 26 13.20 18.23 - - - -
MS Kasprowicz 4 7 0 46 19 6.57 47.42 - - - -
SK Warne 3 5 0 38 31 7.60 51.35 - - 4 -
GD McGrath 4 7 3 27 11* 6.75 46.55 - - 2 -
RT Ponting 1 2 0 23 12 11.50 67.64 - - 2 -
NM Hauritz 1 2 0 15 15 7.50 62.50 - - 1 -

Centuries (4):
151 by MJ Clarke at Bangalore (1st Test)
114 by DR Martyn at Nagpur (3rd Test)
104 by AC Gilchrist at Bangalore (1st Test)
104 by DR Martyn at Chennai (2nd Test)

Australia - Bowling

Player Tests Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave Best 5WI 10WM SR RpO
JN Gillespie 4 132.5 33 323 20 16.15 5-56 1 - 39.85 2.43
GD McGrath 4 141 51 356 14 25.42 4-55 - - 60.42 2.52
SK Warne 3 140 27 421 14 30.07 6-125 1 - 60.00 3.00
MS Kasprowicz 4 108.3 29 255 9 28.33 2-11 - - 72.33 2.35
MJ Clarke 4 7.2 0 13 6 2.16 6-9 1 - 7.33 1.77
NM Hauritz 1 27 4 103 5 20.60 3-16 - - 32.40 3.81
SM Katich 4 2 0 7 0 - - - - - 3.50
DS Lehmann 3 11 3 40 0 - - - - - 3.63

5 Wickets in an innings (3):
6-9 by MJ Clarke at Mumbai (4th Test)
6-125 by SK Warne at Chennai (2nd Test)
5-56 by JN Gillespie at Nagpur (3rd Test)

10 Wickets in a match (nil):

India - Batting and fielding

Player Tests Inns NO Runs Hs Ave. SR 100 50 Ct St
V Sehwag 4 8 1 299 155 42.71 68.89 1 1 - -
R Dravid 4 7 1 167 60 27.83 27.28 - 1 13 -
PA Patel 3 5 0 156 54 31.20 41.37 - 1 7 1
M Kaif 3 5 0 153 64 30.60 40.26 - 2 7 -
VVS Laxman 4 7 0 123 69 17.57 48.42 - 1 6 -
IK Pathan 2 3 0 100 55 33.33 33.33 - 1 - -
A Kumble 4 7 2 86 26 17.20 40.56 - - 2 -
SR Tendulkar 2 4 0 70 55 17.50 41.66 - 1 1 -
Harbhajan Singh 3 5 0 69 42 13.80 55.20 - - 2 -
AB Agarkar 1 2 1 59 44* 59.00 72.83 - - 1 -
SC Ganguly 2 3 0 59 45 19.66 49.57 - - - -
Yuvraj Singh 2 4 1 47 27 15.66 34.30 - - 6 -
Z Khan 4 7 3 47 25 11.75 82.45 - - - -
M Kartik 2 4 0 27 22 6.75 56.25 - - 1 -
A Chopra 2 4 0 15 9 3.75 20.54 - - 5 -
KKD Karthik 1 2 0 14 10 7.00 40.00 - - 1 1
G Gambhir 1 2 0 4 3 2.00 19.04 - - - -

Centuries (1):
155 by V Sehwag at Chennai (2nd Test)

India - Bowling

Player Tests Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave Best 5WI 10WM SR RpO
A Kumble 4 197.3 30 685 27 25.37 7-48 3 1 43.88 3.46
Harbhajan Singh 3 178.5 32 504 21 24.00 6-78 3 1 51.00 2.81
M Kartik 2 73.3 10 207 12 17.25 4-44 - - 36.75 2.81
Z Khan 4 123.3 22 368 10 36.80 4-95 - - 74.10 2.97
IK Pathan 2 57 14 168 2 84.00 1-38 - - 171.00 2.94
AB Agarkar 1 44 9 167 1 167.00 1-99 - - 264.00 3.79
SC Ganguly 2 3 1 2 0 - - - - - 0.66
Yuvraj Singh 2 4 0 10 0 - - - - - 2.50
SR Tendulkar 2 14 2 41 0 - - - - - 2.92
V Sehwag 4 9 1 45 0 - - - - - 5.00

5 Wickets in an innings (6):
7-48 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test) (1st Inns)
6-78 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test) (2nd inns)
6-133 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test) (2nd inns)
5-29 by Harbhajan Singh at Mumbai (4th Test)
5-90 by A Kumble at Mumbai (4th Test)
5-146 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test) (1st inns)

10 Wickets in a match (2):
13-181 by A Kumble at Chennai (2nd Test)
11-224 by Harbhajan Singh at Bangalore (1st Test)

Rajneesh Gupta

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