Muralitharan takes 300 wkts in ODIs

January 15, 2003 13:46 IST

Off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan joined the elite club of bowlers who have claimed 300 or more wickets in one-day internationals. The Sri Lankan achieved the feat against England in the 8th match of the ongoing VB series in Australia.

The only other bowlers to achieve the feat are Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Anil Kumble.

A statistical breakdown of his performances in ODIs:

	M	Balls	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	ER
Home	60	3,162	33	1,950	84	23.21	5/44	1	3	37.64	3.70
Away	142	7,771	87	5,046	216	23.36	7/30	5	4	35.98	3.90
Total	202	10,933	120	6,996	300	23.32	7/30	6	7	36.44	3.84

Team	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5WI	4WI	SR	ER
Aus	14	776	4	549	21	26.14	3/26	-	-	36.95	4.25
Bang	6	340	6	174	13	13.38	4/23	-	1	26.15	3.07
Eng	12	695	6	397	21	18.90	5/34	1	1	33.10	3.43
Ind	34	1,723	22	1,155	40	28.88	7/30	1	-	43.08	4.02
Ken	3	138	5	69	6	11.50	4/18	-	1	23.00	3.00
Ned	1	33	2	15	4	3.75	4/15	-	1	8.25	2.73
NZ	24	1,373	19	824	40	20.60	5/9	2	-	34.33	3.60
Pak	48	2,581	22	1,800	68	26.47	5/23	1	-	37.96	4.18
SA	24	1,323	11	820	36	22.78	5/44	1	1	36.75	3.72
WI	17	951	10	600	22	27.27	3/22	-	-	43.23	3.79
Zim	19	1,000	13	593	29	20.45	4/16	-	2	34.48	3.56
Total	202	10,933	120	6,996	300	23.32	7/30	6	7	36.44	3.84

Wkts	M	B	R	Ave	SR	RPO	Year
50	45	2,367	1,643	32.86	47.34	4.16	1995-96
100	76	4,152	2,883	28.83	41.52	4.17	1997-98
150	110	5,973	4,222	27.96	39.56	4.24	1998-99
200	147	8,029	5,445	26.43	38.98	4.07	2000-01
250	174	9,552	6,332	25.33	38.21	3.98	2001
300	202	10,933	6,996	23.32	36.44	3.84	2002-03