Javagal Srinath
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Template:Infobox Cricketer Javagal Srinath (born August 31, 1969) is an Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement in late 2003. He is remembered as a trailblazer for Indian pace bowling. Strongly built and lightning-fast in his youth, there are reports that he clocked 157 km/h in 1996 against South Africa.
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.
Srinath made his test debut against Australia at Brisbane in 1991-92 and his one-day international debut in the Wills Trophy at Sharjah that year. In 67 tests since then, he captured 236 wickets at 30.49 apiece with best figures of 8-86. Srinath has claimed 5 wickets in a test innings ten times. He has also scored 1009 runs with a highest score of 76. In 229 one-day internationals, he has claimed 315 wickets at 28.03 apiece and has scored 883 runs with a highest score of 53.
Srinath has had to shoulder the burden of the strike bowler almost single handedly and had to undergo an operation on his right shoulder in 1997.
Srinath's average and strike power has suffered as a result of bowling on dry, spin-friendly wickets for most of his cricketing career, however, he does know how to reverse swing the ball. He has taken 236 wickets in Test cricket, 315 wickets in One Day Internationals, and over 500 first class wickets playing for Karnataka.
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 gave a stellar performance until the final against Australia, where he appeared to crumble under pressure, conceding an alarming 87 off his 10 overs. He toured England with the famous Lashings team in the summer of 2005.