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.