javagal srinath Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
javagal srinath is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Javagal Srinath
Born
August 31, 1969, Mysore, Karnataka
Age
54 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Other
Referee
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 229 | - | - |
Inn | 92 | 121 | - | - |
Runs | 1009 | 883 | - | - |
Avg | 14.01 | 10.64 | - | - |
SR | 49.53 | 79.62 | - | - |
HS | 76 | 53 | - | - |
NO | 20 | 38 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 4 | 1 | - | - |
4s | 110 | 62 | - | - |
6s | 8 | 17 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 229 | - | - |
Inn | 121 | 227 | - | - |
Balls | 15104 | 11935 | - | - |
Runs | 7196 | 8847 | - | - |
Wkt | 236 | 315 | - | - |
BBI | 86 / 8 | 23 / 5 | - | - |
BBM | 132 / 13 | 23 / 5 | - | - |
Eco | 2.86 | 4.45 | - | - |
Avg | 30.49 | 28.09 | - | - |
5W | 10 | 3 | - | - |
10W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Durham
- Gloucestershire
- Karnataka
- Leicestershire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Debuting at the Gabba during the 1991-92 tour down under, Srinath impressed one and all with his ability to generate extreme pace coupled with steep bounce from any surface. With Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar well settled, Srinath was often relegated to becoming the 3rd pacer in the Indian bowling attack and that led him to miss out on many a home Tests. In fact he played his first home Test against West Indies in late 1994, after the retirement of Kapil Dev.
On the dust bowls of India, Srinath realized that he could no longer be reliant only on his pace and this led him to develop variations in his bowling. His finest moment was during the Ahmedabad Test in 1996 when he single-handedly demolished the South African batting line-up on a dust bowl. He ended up with impressive figures of 6/21. Srinath enjoyed a terrific return series as well, picking up 18 wickets from just three Tests at 28.72.
The Asian Test Championship match against Pakistan, in 1999, at the Eden Gardens was a historic occasion. Srinath led the attack from the front and ended up with a match haul of 13/13, the only ten-wicket haul of his career. It included 8/86 in the second innings, his best ever performance in an innings.
Injury continued to hinder Srinath’s progress and ruled him out of the 1997 tour of the Caribbean. Despite the emergence of young blood, Srinath continued to remain the lynchpin of the Indian pace bowling attack. His batting was vastly underrated though he impressed on a few occasions when he was promoted up the order as a pinch hitter.
Srinath announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the home series against West Indies in 2002 but was persuaded by the then captain, Sourav Ganguly, to play in ODIs at least until the World Cup in 2003. Srinath relented and repaid the faith shown in him with a stupendous show in the ODI leg of the New Zealand that preceded the gala event. In seven matches, Srinath took 18 wickets, a record for the highest number of wickets by an Indian bowler in a bilateral series. The record was finally broken recently by Amit Mishra, who grabbed 18 wickets in 5 matches against Zimbabwe.
Srinath continued his good form in the 2003 World cup until the final against Australia where he lost his nerve and ended up conceding 87 runs from his 10 overs. He promptly announced his retirement following the tournament. Srinath was honored by the Indian government with the Arjuna Award in 1999.
Post retirement, Srinath had a stint as a TV commentator and later went on to become a member of the ICC match referee panel. In November, 2010, Javagal Srinath stood for the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) elections as part of Anil Kumble’s team and was elected as the secretary of the apex body by defeating former umpire, A V Jayaprakash.
by Pradeep K
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
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)