His 13 wickets at an average of under 18 runs per wicket put him at the head of England's bowling averages for the season.
England (52-5) v Pakistan Saeed Ajmal takes three wickets in five balls to put the world's top Test team in dire trouble on day one in Dubai.
His 62 wickets at 7.28 put him top of the Minor County averages.
Two wickets in an over for Lindwall put Australia on top on the first day, and only Funston, with 56, offered much resistance.
His five wickets (19.40) put him ahead of Dennis Lillee (8 wickets at 24.87) at the top of the series averages, if you exclude Ian Chappell's one wicket for 10.00.
A 93 run partnership seemed to have the Australians back in the game but 6 wickets for 53 runs put England into a very strong position going into day 3 with Hauritz and Siddle on 3* each.
The wickets from croquet put these huge holes in the green, and they make traffic patterns creating hills and valleys when they walk around with their mallets.
His most famous innings was for the Indians against Surrey at The Oval in 1946, when he and Shute Banerjee put on 249 for the last wicket, more than the first nine wickets put together.
His 29 wickets in five matches at an average of 15.31 put him at the head of Somerset's bowling figures for the season.
Sri Lanka knew the Indians' strength was batting, and thus they needed to take wickets to put them under pressure.