Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

Full Name  Muralitharan, Muttiah 
Date of birth:  17/04/1972
Country  Sri Lanka
Role  Bowler
Batting style  Right-hand
Bowling style  Off break

Career summary
Debut: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), 1992

- The world's leading off-spinner is the greatest cricketer in Sri Lankan history, picking up almost six wickets per Test Match.

- Despite the controversy surrounding his bowling action, he recently became the first man to take 1,000 international wickets including both Tests and one-day internationals.

- Apart from having the most 5-wicket and 10-wicket hauls in Test Matches, he is the only player to have taken at least 50 wickets against all the other Test nations.

- Still in his early thirties, he is the only real challenger to Shane Warne's record number of Test wickets and may well end up the leading wicket taker of all time.

Test Matches
Batting Career Span:  1992 - 2009
Matches:  127
Innings:  157
Not outs:  53
Runs:  1178
Highest Score:  67
Average:  11
50s:  1
100s:  0
Ducks:  33
Pairs:  4
Catches:  62
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  316
Overs:  7001.2
Maidens:  1752
Runs conceded:  17081
Wickets:  770
5 Wicket Innings:  66
10 Wicket matches:  0
Average:  22.18 
Economy Rate:  2.44 
Best bowling in Innings:  9/51

ODI Matches
Batting Career Span:  1993 - 2009
Innings:  155
Not outs:  60
Runs:  610
Highest Score:  33
Strike-rate:  73.49 
Average:  6
50s:  0
100s:  0
Ducks:  25
Catches:  119
Stumping:  0
Bowling Innings bowled:  320
Overs:  2945.9
Maidens:  195
Runs conceded:  11451
Wickets:  505
4 Wicket Innings:  10
Average:  22.68 
Economy Rate:  3.89 
Best bowling in Innings:  7/30

Twenty20 Matches