Danish Kaneria is one of the most successful spinners to have ever played Test Cricket for Pakistan. He has played 61 Test Matches for Pakistan In his career. In these 61 Matches he has taken 261 Wickets at an average of 34.80. He has taken more than 4 Wickets in an average Test Match. Danish Kaneria has taken 10 Wickets in a Test Match twice and he has also taken 15 Five Wicket Hauls in Test Cricket. He has also taken 15 wickets in ODIs therefore taking a total of 276 international wickets.
Danish Kaneria Bowling Stats:
Categories | Test Cricket |
Matches | 61 |
Overs Bowled | 2949.3 |
Balls Bowled | 17697 |
Wickets | 261 |
Average | 34.80 |
10 Wickets in a test match | 2 |
5 Wickets in a test innings | 15 |
Best Bowling | 7/77 |
Economy Rate | 3.08 |
Top 5 Best Bowling Performances of Danish Kaneria in Test Cricket
1) 6/42 and 6/52 vs Bangladesh (2001)
This is the best combined performance in Test Cricket for Danish Kaneria. This was also the first two times he had taken a 5 Wicket Haul in Test Cricket. This was a test match against Bangladesh. In the first innings he took 6 wickets for 42 runs. He bowled 13 overs and at 3.23 runs per over he took 6 wickets. Bangladesh were all out for 134 in the first innings. In the second batting innings for Bangladesh he took another 6 wickets for 52 Runs in 15 overs. He gave away 3.47 runs per over. He took 12 wickets for 94 runs in this match. Pakistan won this match by an innings and 264 runs.
2) 7/118 vs Sri Lanka (2004)
This is one of his best performances and it was against the best Sri Lankan Team. Danish Kaneria was incredible in this test match. Especially in the second batting innings for Sri Lanka he took 7 wickets for 118 runs. This was his second 7 Wicket Haul in test cricket. He bowled a mammoth 60 overs in this innings and he gave away 1.97 runs per over. He got the Wickets of Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardene and others. Pakistan won this match by 6 wickets and Danish Kaneria took 10 wickets in this match.
3) 7/168 vs New Zealand (2009)
This was the last 7 Wicket Haul that Danish Kaneria took in his career. He has a total of 4 7 Wicket Hauls in Test Cricket which is absolutely remarkable. This was against New Zealand in 2008 and it was in New Zealand. Danish Kaneria bowled 53 overs in this innings. He gave away 3.17 runs per over and he took 7 wickets. He took the wickets of Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor and others. This test match was a draw. Danish Kaneria was the sole good performer for Pakistan with the ball in this innings.
4) 7/77 vs Bangladesh (2002)
This is the best bowling performance of his career in a single test innings. Danish Kaneria enjoyed bowling against Bangladesh. In this match it was the second batting innings for Bangladesh. He took 7 wickets for 77 runs in 19.4 overs. He gave away 3.92 runs per over. He made sure that Bangladesh were all out for 152 in this innings. Pakistan won the match by an innings and 178 runs.
5) 6/150 vs India (2005)
This was a time when India and Pakistan played test cricket regularly. This series was in 2005 and it was held in India. In this test match Pakistan were batting first and they were all out for 312 Runs which was not a big score batting first. India Batted well and they made 516 runs in the first innings. However Danish Kaneria bowled well as he bowled for 53.4 overs in this innings. He gave away 2.80 runs per over. He got the wickets of Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Irfan Pathan and others. This match was a draw.
