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November 29, 2001
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Murali Magic Murali Magic

Mohandas Menon

Star bowler Muthiah Muralitharan is just one 10-wicket haul away from surpassing New Zealand fast bowler Richard Hadlee's world record of nine 10-wicket hauls in Tests. A statistical look at the spectacular career of the Sri Lankan off-spinner.

Top Wicket Takers For Sri Lanka

Bowler Wkts For Mdn Balls Runs Ave Best SR RPO 10 5
M Muralitharan 371 SL 68 22501 8983 24.21 9/65 60.65 2.40 9 31
WPUJ Vaas 168 SL 54 11704 4999 29.76 6/73 69.67 2.56 1 5
GP Wickramasinghe 85 SL 40 7260 3559 41.87 6/60 85.41 2.94 0 3
RJ Ratnayake 73 SL 23 4961 2563 35.11 6/66 67.96 3.10 0 5
CPH Ramanayake 44 SL 18 3654 1880 42.73 5/82 83.05 3.09 0 1
SD Anurasiri 41 SL 18 3973 1548 37.76 4/71 96.90 2.34 0 0
DS de Silva 37 SL 12 3031 1347 36.41 5/59 81.92 2.67 0 1

Muralitharan - Career Record

M Balls Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER 1 inn 14434 602 5753 217 26.51 8/87 17 66.52 2.39 2 inn 8067 349 3230 154 20.97 9/65 14 52.38 2.40 T 68 22501 951 8983 371 24.21 9/65 31 9 60.65 2.40 At Home M Balls Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER 1 inn 7916 337 2973 132 22.52 8/87 11 59.97 2.25 2 inn 5044 208 1999 95 21.04 7/84 9 53.09 2.38 T 39 12960 545 4972 227 21.90 8/87 20 6 57.09 2.30 Away M Balls Md R W Ave Best 5 10 SR ER 1 inn 6518 265 2780 85 32.71 7/155 6 76.68 2.56 2 inn 3023 141 1231 59 20.86 9/65 5 51.24 2.44 T 29 9541 406 4011 144 27.85 9/65 11 3 66.26 2.52 Category of victims (batting order) Wkts #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 10 11 %1-6 371 41 34 34 34 47 30 34 31 21 56.06 Ranges of victims' scores Wkts 0 1-24 25-49 50-89 90-99 100+ 150+ 200+ 371 53 189 67 44 4 14 3 1

His record against each country

M B Md R W Ave Best 5WI 10M SR ER Australia 7 1838 46 922 22 41.91 5/71 1 - 83.55 3.01 England 5 2465 122 814 35 23.26 9/65 2 1 70.43 1.98 India 12 3822 152 1680 51 32.94 8/87 3 1 74.94 2.64 New Zealand 8 2245 102 912 39 23.38 5/30 3 - 57.56 2.44 Pakistan 11 3389 130 1495 60 24.92 6/71 4 1 56.48 2.65 South Africa 10 3919 157 1496 70 21.37 7/84 8 2 55.99 2.29 West Indies 5 1551 78 599 41 14.61 6/81 5 2 37.83 2.32 Zimbabwe 9 3001 154 954 43 22.19 7/94 3 1 69.79 1.91 Bangladesh 1 271 10 111 10 11.10 5/13 2 1 27.10 2.46 Total 68 22501 951 8983 371 24.21 9/65 31 9 60.65 2.40

Mode of Dismissals

Bw Ct Cwk Cb St Lb Hw Batsmen dismissed most frequently Australia 4 10 - 2 2 4 - ME Waugh 4, IA Healy 4 England 12 9 3 1 1 9 - GA Hick 3, D Gough 3 India 10 28 2 4 2 5 - M Azharuddin 4, NS Sidhu 4 New Zealand 6 25 1 2 2 3 - AC Parore 4, DL Vettori 4 Pakistan 8 36 1 3 4 8 - Waqar Younis 7, Yousuf Youhana 7 South Africa 22 27 5 2 4 10 - MV Boucher 8, DJ Cullinan 7 West Indies 16 12 3 1 - 8 1 BC Lara 4, CL Hooper 4 Zimbabwe 14 22 2 - 1 4 - GW Flower 6, PA Strang 5 Bangladesh 3 2 1 1 - 3 - Khaled Masud 2, Javed Omer 1 Total (371) 95 171 18 16 16 54 1 MV Boucher 8, Waqar Younis 7
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