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	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	133	164	56	1261	67	11.67	1794	70.28	1	146	29	72
ODIs	337	159	61	663	33*	6.76	863	76.82	0	49	11	128
T20Is	11	2	0	1	1	0.50	5	20.00	0	0	0	0
First-class	232	276	83	2192	67	11.35			1			123
List A	434	200	73	924	33*	7.27			0			155
Twenty20	66	15	3	38	11	3.16	47	80.85	0	2	1	16

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