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Javagal Srinath

India

Full name Javagal Srinath

Born August 31, 1969, Mysore, Karnataka

Current age 40 years 83 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	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	67	92	21	1009	76	14.21	2037	49.53	4	110	8	22
ODIs	229	121	38	883	53	10.63	1109	79.62	1	62	17	32
First-class	147	191	34	2276	76	14.49			7			62
List A	290	157	47	1153	53	10.48			1			49

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 West Indies at Napier, Dec 19-23, 2008 scorecard
Test matches	13
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Dec 28, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	South Africa v Zimbabwe at Centurion, Nov 10, 2009 scorecard
ODI matches	71
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	South Africa v England at Centurion, Nov 15, 2009 scorecard
T20I matches	10
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)