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Full name David Jude Johnson
Born October 16, 1971, Arasikere, Karnataka
Current age 36 years 362 days
Major teams India,Karnataka
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
3
1
8
5
4.00
35
22.85
0
0
1
0
0
0
First-class
39
44
5
437
101*
11.20
1
0
20
0
List A
33
16
3
118
17
9.07
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
240
143
3
2/52
2/91
47.66
3.57
80.0
0
0
0
First-class
39
5936
3579
125
8/55
28.63
3.61
47.4
8
1
List A
33
1659
1290
41
4/26
4/26
31.46
4.66
40.4
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
India v Australia at Delhi, Oct 10-13, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26-28, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1992/93 - 2001/02
List A span
1993/94 - 1999/00
Profile
On the short side for a fast bowler, David Johnson came into the Indian side on the basis of some fine performances around the domestic circuit. He recorded his best match figures of 10 for 152 against Kerala in the 1995-96 Ranji Trophy season. This brought him into national reckoning and he made his debut against Australia in the one-off Test at the Ferozshah Kotla in 1996. India were without Srinath, having sustained an injury, and Johnson was drafted into the squad. He bowled in tandem with his Karnataka team-mate Venkatesh Prasad and picked up the wicket of Michael Slater in the second innings. Johnson then went on the tour of
South Africa but got to play only in the first Test, taking the wickets of Gibbs and McMillan. But he could never really make it big in the international arena what with the lack of penetration and his tendency to spray the ball all over being obvious shortcomings.
Natarajan Sriram
