Kumble joins eight-wicket club

Anil Kumble [ Images ] achieved the fourth best figures by an Indian bowler in an 'away' Test when he finished with the figures of 8 for 141 in 46.5 overs in Australia's [ Images ] first innings of the Sydney [ Images ] Test.

This was the second occasion when Kumble claimed eight or more wickets in an innings. The other such occasion came against Pakistan at Delhi [ Images ] in 1999-00, when he had that record ten-wicket haul.

Kumble thus became the fourth Indian after Kapil Dev [ Images ], Vinoo Mankad [ Images ] and Narendra Hirwani to capture eight wickets in an innings on more than one occasion. Kapil is the only Indian to have taken eight-wicket hauls on three occasions.

Kumble's figures are the second best by an Indian on Australian soil after Kapil Dev's 8 for 106 at Adelaide in 1985-86 and also the tenth best by any bowler against the Australians on their turf.

Best innings figures by Indians abroad:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
8	76	184	EAS Prasanna	Ind	NZ	2nd	1st	Auckland	1975-76
8	85	185	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	5th	Lahore [ Images ]	1982-83
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04
7	162	396	SP Gupte	Ind	WI	1st	1st	Port-of-Spain	1952-53
7	220	232	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	3rd	Faisalabad	1982-83

Best innings figures by Indians:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
10	74	159	A Kumble	Ind	Pak	2nd	2nd	Delhi	1998-99
9	69	215	JM Patel	Ind	Aus	1st	2nd	Kanpur	1959-60
9	83	183	Kapil Dev	Ind	WI	2nd	3rd	Ahmedabad [ Images ]	1983-84
9	102	207	SP Gupte	Ind	WI	1st	2nd	Kanpur	1958-59
8	52	282	MH Mankad	Ind	Pak	1st	1st	Delhi	1952-53
8	55	233	MH Mankad	Ind	Eng	1st	5th	Madras (Chepauk)	1951-52
8	61	111	ND Hirwani	Ind	WI	1st	4th	Madras (Chepauk)	1987-88
8	72	307	S Venkataraghavan	Ind	NZ	1st	4th	Delhi	1964-65
8	75	92	ND Hirwani	Ind	WI	2nd	4th	Madras (Chepauk)	1987-88
8	76	184	EAS Prasanna	Ind	NZ	2nd	1st	Auckland	1975-76
8	79	251	BS Chandrasekhar	Ind	Eng	1st	1st	Delhi	1972-73
8	84	251	Harbhajan Singh [ Images ]	Ind	Aus	2nd	3rd	Madras (Chepauk)	2000-01
8	85	185	Kapil Dev	Ind	Pak	1st	5th	Lahore	1982-83
8	86	162	J Srinath	Ind	Pak	2nd	3rd	Calcutta	1998-99
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04

Best innings figures against Australia in Australia:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Inns	Test	Venue	Season
9	52	142	RJ Hadlee	NZ	Aus	1st	1st	Brisbane [ Images ]	1985-86
9	86	284	Sarfraz Nawaz	Pak	Aus	2nd	1st	Melbourne [ Images ]	1978-79
8	35	109	GA Lohmann	Eng	Aus	1st	2nd	Sydney	1886-87
8	58	260	GA Lohmann	Eng	Aus	1st	2nd	Sydney	1891-92
8	68	90	W Rhodes	Eng	Aus	2nd	2nd	Melbourne	1903-04
8	81	175	LC Braund	Eng	Aus	1st	5th	Melbourne	1903-04
8	94	217	T Richardson	Eng	Aus	1st	5th	Sydney	1897-98
8	106	228	Kapil Dev	Ind	Aus	1st	1st	Adelaide	1985-86
8	126	389	JC White	Eng	Aus	2nd	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
8	141	281	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	1st	4th	Sydney	2003-04