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Muttiah Muralidaran

Muttiah Muralidaran

  • Team: Chennai Super Kings
  • Country: Sri Lanka
  • Batting style: Right-hand bat
  • Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Player Statistics
  • Batting SR 123.07
  • Bowling AVG 20.00
  • Full name: Muttiah Muralidaran
  • Born: April 17, 1972, Kandy(Sri Lanka)
  • Current age:
  • Twenty20 Debut: Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, Jun 22, 2005
  • Major teams: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
  • Man of the Match:

 

The undisputed king of spin, Muttiah Muralitharan is a living legend. He is the leading wicket taker in tests with more than 700 wickets to his name. He has 464 ODI wickets and is just second to Wasim Akram in the list of highest ODI wicket takers. Muralitharan is a superb fielder as well. In his 8 T20 outings he has taken 17 wickets with a best figure of 4 four 17. Muralitharan bats right-hand.

Batting and fielding averages
  Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 120 151 51 1156 67 11.56 1663 69.51 0 1 133 25 68 0
ODIs 305 139 51 516 27 5.86 737 70.01 0 0 34 7 120 0
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0
First-class 219 263 78 2087 67 11.28 0 1 119 0
Twenty20 23 3 1 16 9 8.00 13 123.07 0 0 1 1 6 0
List A 391 175 63 722 27 6.44 0 0 142 0
Bowling averages
  Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 120 208 40035 16137 735 9/51 16/220 21.95 2.41 54.4 42 63 20
ODIs 305 297 16534 10674 464 7/30 7/30 23.00 3.87 35.6 13 8 0
T20Is 1 1 24 27 2 2/27 2/27 13.50 6.75 12.0 0 0 0
First-class 219 62929 24954 1309 9/51 19.06 2.37 48.0 115 32
Twenty20 23 23 522 560 28 4/18 4/18 20.00 6.43 18.6 2 0 0
List A 391 20700 13115 587 7/30 7/30 22.34 3.80 35.2 15 10 0
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