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Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972),is a former Sri Lankan cricketer.

 

He retired from Test cricket in 2010, his final wicket and also his 800th TEST wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last Test match.

 

Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODI).

Test bowling performance against all opponents.
Versus	M	O	M	R	W	5w	10w	Best	Avg	S/R	E/R
Australia	13*	685.3	100	2128	59	5	1	6 for 59	36.07	69.7	3.1
Bangladesh	11	452.0	114	1190	89	11	4	6 for 18	13.37	30.4	2.6
England	16	1102.1	348	2247	112	8	4	9 for 65	20.06	59.0	2.0
India	22	1125.2	215	3297	105	7	2	8 for 87	32.32	66.1	2.9
New Zealand	14	753.2	203	1776	82	5	1	6 for 87	21.53	55.1	2.3
Pakistan	16	782.5	184	2027	80	5	1	6 for 71	25.46	58.7	2.6
South Africa	15	984.4	221	2311	104	11	4	7 for 84	22.22	56.8	2.3
West Indies	12	622.3	143	1609	82	9	3	8 for 46	19.62	45.5	2.6
Zimbabwe	14	786.5	259	1467	87	6	2	9 for 51	16.86	54.2	1.9
Overall (9)	133	7339.5	1794	18180	800	67	22	9 for 51	22.72	55.0	2.5
(Including one for an ICC World XI)

World records and achievements

Muttiah Muralitharan holds a number of world records, and several firsts:

• The most Test wickets (800 wickets as of 22 July 2010).
• The most One-Day International wickets (534 wickets as of 2 April 2011).
• The highest number of international wickets in Tests, ODIs and T20s combined (1320 wickets as of 22 July 2010).
• The most 5-wicket hauls in an innings at Test level (67).
• The most 10-wicket hauls in a match at Test level (22). He is the only player to take 10 wickets/match against every Test playing nation.
• Fastest to 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750 and 800 Test wickets, in terms of matches played (indeed the only bowler to exceed 708 wickets).
• Only player to take 10 wickets in a Test in four consecutive matches. He has achieved this feat twice.
• Only player to take 50 or more wickets against every Test playing nation.
• Muralitharan and Jim Laker (England), are the only bowlers to have taken 9 wickets in a Test innings twice.
• 7 wickets in an innings against the most countries (5).
• Most Test wickets taken bowled (157), stumped (41) and caught & bowled (31). Bowled by Muralitharan (b Muralitharan) is the most common dismissal in Test cricket (excluding run out).
• Most Man of the Series awards in Test cricket (11).
• One of only six bowlers who have dismissed all the eleven batsmen in a Test match. Jim Laker, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan, Geoff Dymock, Abdul Qadir and Waqar Younis are the others.
• Most Test wickets in a single ground. Muralitharan is the only bowler to capture 100-plus Test wickets at three venues, the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, the Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy and the Galle International Stadium in Galle.
• The only bowler to take 75 or more wickets in a calendar year on three occasions, achieving it in 2000, 2001 and 2006.
• Most ducks (dismissals for zero) ever in international cricket (across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is): 59 ducks total.

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Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara,  (born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a former West Indian international cricketer.

 

 Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

 

Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a test innings after scoring 400 not out against England in 2004.

 

He is the only batsman to have ever scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of  career.

 

Lara also holds the test record of scoring most number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson in 2003.

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Sir Vivian Richards

Viv Richards

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, (born 7 March 1952) is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known as Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv.

 

Richards made his Test match debut for the West Indies in 1974 against India. 

In his Test career, he scored 8,540 runs in 121 Test matches at an average of 50.23 including 24 international centuries in his illustrious career. 
Richards won 27 of 50 matches as a Test captain, and lost only 8.
 He is also the scorer of the fastest-ever Test century, from just 56 balls against England in Antigua during the 1986 tour. 
He hit 84 sixes in Test cricket.
 His highest innings of 291 is sixth on the list of West Indies' highest individual scores.

Richards captained the West Indies in 50 Test matches from 1984–1991. He is the only West Indies captain never to lose a Test series.

He was chosen as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1977.
He also played international football for Antigua, appearing in qualifying matches for the 1974 World Cup.

The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a cricket stadium in  Antigua, which is named after him.

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Imran Khan

Imran Khan

 Imran Khan Niazi (born on 25 November 1952) is a current Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer.

 

he played international cricket for over two decades he also led pakistan to world cup victory.

 

he was the one of the most successful Pakistan captain.

Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final.

He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket.

 In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.

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Sir Don Bradman

Sir Don Bradman

 

Sir Donald George Bradman,  (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often known as "The Don".
 he was former Australian cricketer, regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as statistically the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport and it is the highest till date.

 The story that the young Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball is part of Australian folklore. Bradman's meteoric rise from bush cricket to the Australian Test team took just over two years.

  Bradman's image has appeared on postage stamps and coins, and he was the first living Australian to have a museum dedicated to his life.

		Batting				Bowling
Opposition	Matches	Runs	Average	High Score		Runs	Wickets	Average	Best
England	37	5028	89.78	334		51	1	51.00	1/23
India	5	715	178.75	201		4	0	–	–
South Africa	5	806	201.50	299*		2	0	–	–
West Indies	5	447	74.50	223		15	1	15.00	1/8
Overall	52	6996	99.94	334		72	2	36.00	1/8

First-class performance

	Innings	NO	Highest	Runs	Average	100s
Ashes Tests	63	7	334	5,028	89.78	19
All Tests	80	10	334	6,996	99.94	29
Sheffield Shield	96	15	452*	8,926	110.19	36
All First Class	338	43	452*	28,067	95.10	117
Grade	93	17	303	6,598	86.80	28
All Second Class	331	64	320*	22,664	84.80	94
Grand Total	669	107	452*	50,731	90.27	211

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