Kumble second Indian to take 12 wickets away

Anil Kumble [ Images ] became only the second Indian to take a dozen wickets in a match in an 'away' series during the Sydney [ Images ] Test after Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who had returned figures of 12 for 104 also against Australia [ Images ] at Melbourne [ Images ] in 1977-78.

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Only four other Indian bowlers have succeeded in taking ten wickets in a match on foreign soil.

Kumble, however, blotted his copy book by getting the dubious distinction of conceding maximum runs in a match by an Indian bowler. Previously, it was Rajesh Chauhan who held that mark. He conceded 276 runs in Sri Lanka's [ Images ] mammoth total of 952 for six at Colombo PSS in 1997-98.

Kumble, though, may take solace from the fact that he went for 23.25 runs for each wicket in a match where an average of 69.88 runs were scored for a wicket. Also, Australia's strike bowler Brett Lee [ Images ] went for 276 runs in his 51.5 overs picking only four wickets in the process.

Indians with ten-wicket match hauls abroad

Figures	Balls	Bowler	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
12-104	273	BS Chandrasekhar	Aus	3rd	Melbourne	1977-78
12-279	533	A Kumble	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
11-140	376	EAS Prasanna	NZ	1st	Auckland	1975-76
10-153	264	BKV Prasad	SA	1st	Durban	1996-97
10-188	321	C Sharma	Eng	3rd	Edgbaston	1986
10-194	490	BS Bedi	Aus	2nd	Perth	1977-78

Most expensive ten-wicket match hauls

Figures	Balls	Player	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
10-302	369	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1920-21
12-279	533	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney	2003-04
11-257	436	AG Huckle	Zim	NZ	2nd	Bulawayo (QSC)	1997-98
13-256	749	JC White	Eng	Aus	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
10-253	534	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	6th	The Oval	1981

Most expensive figures in a match

RC	Wkts	Balls	Bowler	For	Vs	Test	Venue	Season
374	9	632	OC Scott	WI	Eng	4th	Kingston [ Images ]	1929-30
308	7	504	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	1st	Sydney (SCG)	1924-25
302	10	369	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1920-21
298	1	522	LO'B Fleetwood-Smith	Aus	Eng	5th	The Oval	1938
298	9	505	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	1st	Brisbane [ Images ] (Ex)	1928-29
290	9	566	RO Jenkins	Eng	WI	2nd	Lord's	1950
288	5	552	DVP Wright	Eng	SA	5th	Kingsmead	1938-39
286	5	527	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	SL	2nd	Colombo (SSC)	1996-97
282	7	414	DW Carr	Eng	Aus	5th	The Oval	1909
279	12	533	A Kumble	Ind	Aus	4th	Sydney (SCG)	2003-04
276	1	468	RK Chauhan	Ind	SL	1st	Colombo (RPS)	1997-98
276	4	311	BS Lee	Aus	Ind	4th	Sydney (SCG)	2003-04
275	3	510	Haseeb Ahsan	Pak	WI	4th	Georgetown	1957-58
275	6	523	AV Bedser	Eng	Aus	3rd	MCG	1946-47
272	8	516	CV Grimmett	Aus	Eng	2nd	Lord's	1930
267	6	543	DK Lillee	Aus	Pak	1st	Adelaide	1976-77
267	4	480	JW Gleeson	Aus	WI	4th	Adelaide	1968-69
266	7	672	WA Johnston	Aus	SA	5th	MCG	1952-53
266	4	584	LR Gibbs	WI	Aus	5th	Sydney (SCG)	1968-69
266	9	460	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	5th	The Oval	1926
260	7	504	SCG MacGill	Aus	Eng	4th	MCG	2002-03
260	4	438	Mahmood Hussain	Pak	WI	2nd	Port-of-Spain	1957-58
259	6	594	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	3rd	Adelaide	1924-25
259	0	324	Khan Mohammad	Pak	WI	3rd	Kingston	1957-58
258	5	688	AP Freeman	Eng	Aus	1st	Sydney (SCG)	1924-25
257	11	436	AG Huckle	Zim	NZ	2nd	Bulawayo (QSC)	1997-98
256	13	749	JC White	Eng	Aus	4th	Adelaide	1928-29
256	1	738	N Gordon	SA	Eng	5th	Kingsmead	1938-39
255	5	464	DVP Wright	Eng	Aus	3rd	MCG	1946-47
254	6	624	MH Mankad	Ind	WI	5th	Kingston	1952-53
253	10	534	IT Botham	Eng	Aus	6th	The Oval	1981
253	8	651	SG Shinde	Ind	Eng	1st	Delhi [ Images ] (Feroz SK)	1951-52

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