A match-winner in all conditions
India isn't renowned for producing many world-class seam and swing bowlers, but Zaheer Khan was clearly among the best during his best years
Period | Tests | Wickets | Average | SR | 5WI |
Till Jul 2005 | 38 | 102 | 37.64 | 69.1 | 3 |
Sep 2005 to Jan 2012 | 45 | 186 | 28.56 | 51.9 | 7 |
Feb 2012 onwards | 9 | 23 | 47.56 | 89.8 | 1 |
Career | 92 | 311 | 32.94 | 60.4 | 11 |
Period | Matches | Wickets | Average | Econ rate | SR |
Till Dec 2003 | 77 | 118 | 25.16 | 4.72 | 31.9 |
Jan 2004 to Dec 2007 | 67 | 83 | 35.43 | 5.12 | 41.5 |
Jan 2008 to Dec 2011 | 47 | 72 | 27.27 | 4.90 | 33.3 |
Jan 2012 onwards | 9 | 9 | 47.44 | 5.33 | 53.3 |
Career | 200 | 282 | 29.43 | 4.93 | 35.8 |
Bowler | Tests | Wickets | Average | SR | 5WI | Wkts/Test |
Kapil Dev | 131 | 434 | 29.64 | 63.9 | 23 | 3.31 |
Zaheer Khan | 92 | 311 | 32.94 | 60.4 | 11 | 3.38 |
Javagal Srinath | 67 | 236 | 30.49 | 64.0 | 10 | 3.52 |
Ishant Sharma | 65 | 200 | 36.51 | 65.2 | 7 | 3.08 |
Bowler | Tests | Wickets | Average | SR | 5WI | Wkts/Test |
Kapil Dev | 44 | 152 | 30.78 | 70.4 | 9 | 3.45 |
Zaheer Khan | 35 | 134 | 32.18 | 58.9 | 6 | 3.83 |
Ishant Sharma | 30 | 102 | 39.17 | 67.4 | 5 | 3.40 |
Javagal Srinath | 27 | 102 | 35.41 | 73.0 | 4 | 3.78 |
Venkatesh Prasad | 16 | 55 | 33.63 | 70.5 | 4 | 3.44 |
S Sreesanth | 15 | 54 | 35.87 | 59.3 | 2 | 3.60 |
Player | Mat | Wkts | Average | SR | 5WI |
Dale Steyn | 48 | 255 | 22.16 | 38.9 | 17 |
Mohammad Asif | 22 | 106 | 23.53 | 47.7 | 7 |
Makhaya Ntini | 42 | 169 | 28.31 | 50.2 | 9 |
Zaheer Khan | 45 | 186 | 28.56 | 51.9 | 7 |
Peter Siddle | 31 | 114 | 29.03 | 56.2 | 5 |
James Anderson | 53 | 210 | 29.65 | 56.6 | 9 |
Brett Lee | 35 | 152 | 29.68 | 54.3 | 6 |
Morne Morkel | 36 | 129 | 30.57 | 54.3 | 4 |
Mitchell Johnson | 47 | 190 | 31.29 | 56.1 | 7 |
Stuart Broad | 43 | 140 | 31.42 | 62.6 | 4 |
since Jan 2002 | Between Sep 2005 and Jan 2012 | |||
Dismissals | Average | Dismissals | Average | |
Right-handers | 165 | 32.46 | 103 | 28.98 |
Left-handers | 124 | 28.45 | 83 | 25.55 |
Batsman | Runs | Dismissals | Average |
Matthew Hayden | 254 | 7 | 36.28 |
Graeme Smith | 229 | 7 | 32.71 |
Andrew Strauss | 106 | 6 | 17.66 |
Tim McIntosh | 52 | 6 | 8.66 |
Michael Clarke | 260 | 5 | 52.00 |
Ricky Ponting | 234 | 5 | 46.80 |
Michael Hussey | 163 | 5 | 32.60 |
Kumar Sangakkara | 103 | 5 | 20.60 |
Chris Gayle | 72 | 5 | 14.40 |
Ian Bell | 22 | 5 | 4.40 |
Player | Mat | Wickets | Ave | Econ | SR |
Glenn McGrath | 39 | 71 | 18.19 | 3.96 | 27.5 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | 40 | 68 | 19.63 | 3.88 | 30.3 |
Wasim Akram | 38 | 55 | 23.83 | 4.04 | 35.4 |
Chaminda Vaas | 31 | 49 | 21.22 | 3.97 | 32.0 |
Zaheer Khan | 23 | 44 | 20.22 | 4.47 | 27.1 |
Javagal Srinath | 34 | 44 | 27.81 | 4.32 | 38.6 |
Lasith Malinga | 22 | 43 | 21.11 | 5.32 | 23.8 |
Allan Donald | 25 | 38 | 24.02 | 4.17 | 34.5 |
Jacob Oram | 23 | 36 | 21.33 | 4.21 | 30.3 |
Daniel Vettori | 32 | 36 | 32.44 | 4.14 | 46.9 |
Bowler | Wkt | Ave | Econ |
Zaheer Khan | 76 | 23.18 | 6.57 |
RP Singh | 26 | 17.80 | 6.85 |
Ashish Nehra | 44 | 24.81 | 7.13 |
Ajit Agarkar | 58 | 19.77 | 7.24 |
Irfan Pathan | 48 | 23.77 | 7.36 |
Munaf Patel | 31 | 19.9 | 7.37 |
Umesh Yadav | 22 | 28.68 | 7.52 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 17 | 27.35 | 7.52 |
Ishant Sharma | 33 | 25.51 | 7.60 |
Mohammed Shami | 38 | 18.52 | 7.75 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of ESPNcricinfo. Follow him on Twitter