Javagal Srinath

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Javagal Srinath India (Ind)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium (RHM)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	67	229
Runs scored	1009	883
Batting average	14.21	10.63
100s/50s	0/4	0/1
Top score	76	53
Overs bowled	2517.2	1989.1
Wickets	236	315
Bowling average	30.49	28.08
5 wickets in innings	10	3
10 wickets in match	1	n/a
Best bowling	8/86	5/23
Catches/stumpings	22/0	32/0
As of December 22, 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Javagal Srinath(Kannada:ಜಾವಗಲ್‌ ಶ್ರೀನಾಥ್‌) pronunciation (help·info) (born August 31, 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement in late 2003, being the only Indian paceman apart from Kapil Dev to take 200 Test wickets, leading the pace attack throughout his career. There are reports that he clocked 157 km/h in 1996^{[citation needed]} against South Africa, and was described as India's fastest bowler since Nissar and Amar Singh.

He was born in Mysore in Karnataka. He obtained a B.E. Degree from Mysore University pursuing education at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysore.

Although Srinath was a batsman as a youth, it was in a club match that he caught the eye of former Indian Test batsman Gundappa Viswanath, now a selector for the state team. In 1989/90, Srinath made his first class debut for Karnataka against Hyderabad, taking a hat trick in the first innings. He followed this with wickets from successive balls in the second innings. Srinath finished the season with 25 wickets from six matches, and took another 20 the following season. The second season involved a display of reverse swing against Maharashtra at the Nehru Stadium in Pune, taking 7/93 to dismiss the home team for 311 in response to a Karnataka total of 638 on a good batting track.

Srinath was selected for the Indian cricket team for the 1991/92 tour of Australia, making his Test debut against Australia at Brisbane in 1991-92, where he took 3/59 while playing as the third pace bowler. He ended his debut with ten wickets at 55. He was given an opportunity to take the new ball against South Africa in Cape Town, where he took an economical 4/33 in 27 overs. Srinath ended the tour with 12 wickets at 26.08. However, due to spinning wickets in India being conducive to spin, he subsequently spent seven consecutive home Tests watching from the sidelines as India only fielded two pacemen. It was not until three years after his international debut, in late 1994 and with the retirement of Kapil Dev that Srinath played his first home Test, against the West Indies. He took five wickets and scored 60 in the second innings to be named man of the match as India won by 96 runs. His increased opportunities also coincided with an improvement in his batting, scoring two half-centuries in the series.

Srinath then made his one-day international debut in the Wills Trophy at Sharjah in 1992. He became the fastest bowler to take 100 ODI wickets, reaching the mark 3 years and 19 days after his debut.

Srinath also took over 500 first class wickets playing for Karnataka. In 1995, he joined Gloucestershire.

For many years, Srinath was India's only regular pace bowler, and the workload is often believed to have, in part to have lead to injuries, which forced him to undergo an operation on his right shoulder in 1997.

Some critics argue that Srinath's average and strike rate suffered as a result of bowling on the predominantly dry and spin-friendly wickets in India; however, his average at home was in fact superior to his average away from India. Srinath knew how to reverse swing the ball.

He has also played for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire in English county cricket.

He retired from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup in South Africa in which he performed strongly until the final against Australia, where he appeared to be overwhelmed by the pressure of the occasion, conceding 87 off his 10 overs. He toured England with the famous Lashings team in the summer of 2005, and also became a commentator, including for the India-England Test series in 2006.

In April 2006, he was selected as a match referee by the International Cricket Council and served during the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

[edit] External links

• CricInfo Player Profile : Javagal Srinath
• Player Profile : Javagal Srinath

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