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Full name Javagal Srinath
Born August 31, 1969, Mysore, Karnataka
Current age 38 years 329 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

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

1009

14.21

2037

49.53

110

ODIs

229

121

883

10.63

1109

79.62

First-class

147

191

2276

14.49

List A

290

157

1153

10.48

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

121

15104

7196

236

8/86

13/132

30.49

2.85

64.0

ODIs

229

227

11935

8847

315

5/23

28.08

4.44

37.8

First-class

147

28618

14027

533

9/76

26.31

2.94

53.6

List A

290

14981

10684

407

5/23

26.25

4.27

36.8

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 England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard

Test matches

Test statistics

ODI debut

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Dec 28, 2006 scorecard

Last ODI

Scotland v New Zealand at Aberdeen, Jul 3, 2008 scorecard

ODI matches

ODI statistics

T20I debut

New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006 scorecard

Last T20I

England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard

T20I matches

T20I statistics

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)

Jan 3, 2008

Javagal Srinath and TA Sekhar at the launch of the Gatorade Pacers 2008 © Cricinfo Ltd

Mar 14, 2007

Ricky Ponting throws the coin in the air and Scotland captain Craig Wright calls right © Getty Images

May 2, 2006

Javagal Srinath watches a Kashmiri boy bowl prior to selection for the MRF Pace Foundation © AFP

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