Sehwag, Kumble share spoils -DAWN - Sport; 17 April, 2004


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Sehwag, Kumble share spoils
By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, April 16: Ebullient Indian opener Virender Sehwag and veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble were the most successful batsman and bowler respectively of the three-match Test series that ended in Rawalpindi on Friday.

Sehwag scored 438 runs, including India's maiden Test triple century - a memorable 309 in Multan, while Kumble picked up 15 wickets the most on either side. For Pakistan, Yousuf Youhana accumulated 280 runs, but it was the courageous Asim Kamal who topped the batting averages for the home side.

Danish Kaneria, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami claimed seven wickets each while Umar Gul headed the bowling averages on either side, taking six wickets at 16 each. Following are the averages of the Pakistan-India series:

PAKISTAN

Batting/Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Asim Kamal 2 3 1 154 73 77 - 2 - -

Yousuf Youhana 3 5 0 280 112 56 1 1 - -

Inzamamul Haq 3 5 0 219 118 43.8 1 1 1 -

Yasir Hameed 3 6 1 195 91 39 - 1 2 -

Abdul Razzaq 1 2 0 69 47 34.5 - - - -

Imran Farhat 3 6 0 191 101 31.83 1 - 3 -

Fazle Akbar 1 2 0 37 25 18.5 - - 1 -

Taufiq Umar 3 6 1 92 24 18.4 - - 4 -

Kamran Akmal 2 3 0 45 23 15 - - 7 2

Umar Gul 1 1 0 14 14 14 - - - -

Mohammad Sami 3 5 0 66 49 13.2 - - - -

Moin Khan 1 2 0 22 17 11 - - 0 -

Shoaib Akhtar 3 5 0 51 28 10.2 - - - -

Danish Kaneria 2 3 2 4 4* 4 - - 1 -

Saqlain Mushtaq 1 2 0 5 5 2.5 - - - -

Shabbir Ahmed 1 2 2 19 19* - - - - -

Bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave Best 5wI SR Econ

Umar Gul 25 3 96 6 16 31-May 1 25 3.84

Imran Farhat 19.1 1 100 3 33.33 Feb-69 - 38.3 5.21

Danish Kaneria 81.5 7 248 7 35.42 14-Mar - 70.1 3.03

Shoaib Akhtar 86.2 16 297 7 42.42 Mar-47 - 74 3.44

Mohammad Sami 123 22 435 7 62.14 Feb-92 - 105.4 3.53

Fazle Akbar 40.4 3 162 1 162 1-162 - 244 3.98

Saqlain Mushtaq 43 4 204 1 204 1-204 - 258 4.74

Yasir Hameed 1 0 5 0 - - - - 5

Abdul Razzaq 15 3 61 0 - - - - 4.06

Shabbir Ahmed 31 6 122 0 - - - - 3.93

INDIA

Batting/Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St

V. Sehwag 3 4 0 438 309 109.5 1 1 2 -

R. Dravid 3 4 0 309 270 77.25 1 - 4 -

S.C. Ganguly 1 1 0 77 77 77 - 1 1 -

S.R. Tendulkar 3 4 1 205 194* 68.33 1 - 1 -

P.A. Patel 3 3 1 131 69 65.5 - 2 10 0

Yuvraj Singh 3 4 0 230 112 57.5 1 1 2 -

V.V.S. Laxman 3 4 0 124 71 31 - 1 3 -

Irfan Pathan 3 3 0 64 49 21.33 - - 1 -

A.B. Agarkar 1 2 0 38 36 19 - - - -

A. Chopra 2 3 0 51 42 17 - - 2 -

A. Kumble 3 3 1 15 9 7.5 - - 1 -

L. Balaji 3 3 0 11 11 3.66 - - 1 -

A. Nehra 1 1 1 1 1* - - - 1 -

Zaheer Khan 1 - - - - - - - 1 -

Bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Ave Best 5wI SR Econ

S.R. Tendulkar 33 4 98 4 24.5 Feb-36 - 49.5 2.96

A. Kumble 130.3 31 389 15 25.93 Jun-72 1 52.2 2.98

A. Nehra 27 6 80 3 26.66 Feb-60 - 54 2.96

Irfan Pathan 134 44 342 12 28.5 4-100 - 67 2.55

L. Balaji 106 24 369 12 30.75 Apr-63 - 53 3.48

Yuvraj Singh 9 1 32 1 32 25-Jan - 54 3.55

Zaheer Khan 23 6 76 1 76 Jan-76 - 138 3.3

A.B. Agarkar 23 5 80 1 80 Jan-80 - 138 3.47

S.C. Ganguly 6 0 27 0 - - - - 4.5

V. Sehwag 6 0 27 0 - - - - 4.5