Factbox on Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble, who took 8/141 in the first innings of the fourth Test against Australia on Monday:
Born: October 17, 1970, Bangalore.
Style: Right-arm leg spin bowler, right-handed batsman.
Test record (includes match in progress): Debut against England, Manchester in August 1990. 81 matches, 1,408 runs at 16.76, 3 50s, highest score 88. 379 wickets at 28.21. Best bowling 10/74.
ODI record: Debut against Sri Lanka, Sharjah in April 1990. 246 matches, 806 runs at 10.75, highest score 26. 313 wickets at 29.72. Best bowling 6/12.
Wrist spinner relying more on top spin and bounce than sideways movement. India's second-highest Test wicket-taker behind Kapil Dev's 434.
Debut in 1990 aged 19. Came to prominence after tormenting England on 1993 tour of India, setting up 3-0 series win.
Became second player, after England's Jim Laker, to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999.
Sidelined for more than a year by shoulder injury in October 2000 and underwent surgery in January 2001.
{{/usCountry}}Sidelined for more than a year by shoulder injury in October 2000 and underwent surgery in January 2001.
{{/usCountry}}Returned to form in December with match figures of eight for 133, including six for 81 in the second innings, against England at Mohali.
Reached 300 Test wickets in the third Test against England at Bangalore in his 66th match. Took his 300th one-day wicket against West Indies in Jamshedpur in 2002, becoming only the third bowler to reach the milestone in both forms of the game.
Now 10th on the all-time list of Test wicket-takers with 378.
His 8/141 against Australia was the best by any bowler since Tom Richardson claimed 8/94 for England in 1898.