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.
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