Muttiah Muralitharan's World records and achievements


Full name Muttiah Muralitharan
Born April 17, 1972, Kandy
Major teams Sri Lanka, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Test debut Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS) - Aug 28-Sep 2, 1992
ODI debut Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS) - Aug 12, 1993
Twenty20 Int New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington - Dec 22, 2006

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 (515 wickets as of 22 July 2010).
* 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 successful bowler/fielder (non-wicket keeper) combination – c. Mahela Jayawardene b. Muttiah Muralitharan (67).
* 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 (Tests+ODI's+Twenty20): 59 ducks total.


Batting and fielding averages


Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 133 164 56 1261 67 11.67 1794 70.28 0 1 146 29 72 0
ODIs 337 159 61 663 33* 6.76 863 76.82 0 0 49 11 128 0
T20Is 11 2 0 1 1 0.50 5 20.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
First-class 232 276 83 2192 67 11.35 0 1 123 0
List A 434 200 73 924 33* 7.27 0 0 155 0
Twenty20 66 15 3 38 11 3.16 47 80.85 0 0 2 1 16 0


Bowling averages


Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 133 230 44039 18180 800 9/51 16/220 22.72 2.47 55.0 45 67 22
ODIs 337 329 18169 11885 515 7/30 7/30 23.07 3.92 35.2 14 10 0
T20Is 11 11 258 266 13 3/29 3/29 20.46 6.18 19.8 0 0 0
First-class 232 66933 26997 1374 9/51 19.64 2.42 48.7 119 34
List A 434 22802+ 14637 653 7/30 7/30 22.41 3.84* 35.2* 16 12 0
Twenty20 66 66 1523 1569 83 4/16 4/16 18.90 6.18 18.3 3 0 0

Muttiah Muralitharan Last Test interview & his 800th wicket video


Muttiah Muralitharan carries his son Naren, Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day, July 22, 2010
Muttiah Muralitharan poses with his wife Madhimalar, Sri Lanka v India, 1st Test, Galle, 5th day, July 22, 2010

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