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London, August 14: Anil Kumble, India's lone
century-maker in the three-Test cricket series against England,
emerged with the highest batting average for the victorious
visiting team. Kumble averaged 54 to top the batting averages
chart after scoring an unbeaten 110 in the first innings of the
third and final Test. He aggregated 162 runs in the series that
India won 1-0. The veteran leg-spinner also picked up 14
wickets, including a haul of 6-136, for the second highest tally
after paceman Zaheer Khan (18) in the series.
Dinesh Kaarthick, however, topped the batting
aggregates with 263 runs followed by Sourav Ganguly (249),
Sachin Tendulkar (228), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (209) and VVS
Laxman (205). Captain Rahul Dravid's dubious record of 12 off 96
balls in the second innings at the Oval pushed him to a lowly
eighth with 126 runs at an average of 25.20. The batsman of the
series, however, was without any doubt Kevin Pietersen.
Pietersen, who scored two centuries in the
series, aggregated 345 runs at an impressive average of 57.50,
the highest for either sides. Not far behind the South
Africa-born player was England skipper Michael Vaughan who
notched up 295 runs at 49.16. James Anderson with 14 wickets and
Chris Tremlett (13) were the best bowlers for England while
Monty Panesar (8) failed to be a decisive factor. (Agencies)
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