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Full name Javagal Srinath
Born August 31, 1969, Mysore, Karnataka
Current age 39 years 36 days
Major teams India,Gloucestershire,Karnataka,Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
67
92
21
1009
76
14.21
2037
49.53
0
4
110
8
22
0
ODIs
229
121
38
883
53
10.63
1109
79.62
0
1
62
17
32
0
First-class
147
191
34
2276
76
14.49
0
7
62
0
List A
290
157
47
1153
53
10.48
0
1
49
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
67
121
15104
7196
236
8/86
13/132
30.49
2.85
64.0
8
10
1
ODIs
229
227
11935
8847
315
5/23
5/23
28.08
4.44
37.8
7
3
0
First-class
147
28618
14027
533
9/76
26.31
2.94
53.6
23
3
List A
290
14981
10684
407
5/23
5/23
26.25
4.27
36.8
9
4
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v India at Brisbane, Nov 29-Dec 2, 1991 scorecard
Last Test
India v West Indies at Kolkata, Oct 30-Nov 3, 2002 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 18, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v India at Johannesburg, Mar 23, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989/90 - 2003
List A span
1989/90 - 2003
ICC match referee statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 27-31, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Test matches
9
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Dec 28, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, Sep 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI matches
43
ODI statistics
T20I debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I matches
5
T20I statistics
Profile
Wisden overview
Arguably the nation's fastest-ever bowler, Javagal Srinath heralded a period
of awakening for Indian pace bowling, after Kapil Dev's swing had fired
popular imagination. And when he retired from international cricket of 11
years in 2003, Srinath was second only to Kapil in number of Test wickets by
an Indian paceman.
On his day, Srinath was outstanding. With a strong shoulder action, he hit
the pitch with force, and bowled mainly incutters and inswingers, though in
the right conditions he could move it the other way. As much as the slips,
Srinath brought into play the man at short leg. On the dustbowls of India,
he learned to harness the power of the old ball off the seam rather than in
the air, the finest demonstration of which was his 6 for 21 at Ahmedabad in
1996-97 to bowl out South Africa in the fourth innings.
Late in his career - perhaps later than should have been - Srinath added
variations to his bowling, in particular using the leg-cutter and the slower
delivery to good effect in one-day cricket. In these final years, he played
big brother to India's rising seamers, and himself excelled in India's World
Cup campaign, Srinath's last international outing. As a batsman, he provided
chaotic entertainment, but only occasionally fulfilled his potential.
Srinath's weak points were his stamina and his fragility under pressure. He often gave the impression that he could have done more, but by the time he was finished he had, in many ways, done enough.
(Rahul Bhattacharya)
