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Sri Lanka's ace spinner Muttiah Muralitharan added yet another feather to his cap when he became the first bowler in Test cricket to complete century of wickets on a ground.
Murali did so during the third and final Test against England, at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo, which Sri Lanka won by an innings and 215 runs.
At the end of the Test, Murali has 103 wickets in 16 Tests at the venue.
Murali has now taken more than 300 Test wickets on home soil more than any other bowler in history.
He has also taken more than fifty Test wickets on two other grounds Kandy and Galle. He is the first bowler to take 50 wickets on three different grounds.
Ian Botham (England), Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose (West Indies), Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) and Abdul Qadir and Imran Khan (Pakistan) are the six other bowlers who have taken 50 or more wickets on two grounds.
The accompanying table lists the bowlers with 50 or more Test wickets on a ground:
| Wkts | Bowler | For | Ground | Tests | Ave | WpT |
| 103 | M Muralitharan | SL | Colombo (SSC) | 16 | 22.11 | 6.44 |
| 82 | DK Lillee | Aus | Melbourne | 14 | 21.92 | 5.86 |
| 76 | RJ Hadlee | NZ | Christchurch | 14 | 21.51 | 5.43 |
| 72 | M Muralitharan | SL | Kandy | 11 | 17.55 | 6.55 |
| 71 | M Muralitharan | SL | Galle | 9 | 14.45 | 7.89 |
| 71 | HH Streak | Zim | Harare | 16 | 23.95 | 4.44 |
| 69 | IT Botham | Eng | Lord's | 15 | 24.53 | 4.60 |
| 66 | CEL Ambrose | WI | Port of Spain | 12 | 13.28 | 5.50 |
| 63 | FS Trueman | Eng | Lord's | 12 | 22.12 | 5.25 |
| 59 | Abdul Qadir | Pak | Karachi (National) | 13 | 26.62 | 4.54 |
| 57 | CA Walsh | WI | Port of Spain | 14 | 20.71 | 4.07 |
| 56 | Imran Khan | Pak | Lahore (Gaddafi) | 11 | 17.62 | 5.09 |
| 56 | WPUJC Vaas | SL | Colombo (SSC) | 14 | 25.94 | 4.00 |
| 53 | RJ Hadlee | NZ | Wellington | 12 | 20.28 | 4.42 |
| 53 | CA Walsh | WI | Bridgetown | 12 | 25.32 | 4.42 |
| 52 | CEL Ambrose | WI | Bridgetown | 13 | 27.32 | 4.00 |
| 52 | IT Botham | Eng | The Oval | 11 | 26.51 | 4.73 |
| 52 | LR Gibbs | WI | Port of Spain | 13 | 31.65 | 4.00 |
| 51 | Abdul Qadir | Pak | Lahore (Gaddafi) | 12 | 26.43 | 4.25 |
| 51 | AV Bedser | Eng | Manchester | 7 | 13.45 | 7.29 |
| 51 | Imran Khan | Pak | Karachi (National) | 11 | 18.39 | 4.64 |
| 51 | GD McGrath | Aus | Brisbane | 10 | 22.17 | 5.10 |
| 51 | SK Warne | Aus | Brisbane | 8 | 21.00 | 6.38 |