300 Test Wickets For Muthiah Muralitharan
When he claimed the wicket of South African skipper Shaun Pollock in the
second innings of the Durban Test, off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan became
the first Sri Lankan and the 17th bowler in Test history to capture 300
wickets.
By achieving this landmark in his 58th Test match Murali is now the
second quickest bowler to reach 300 wickets in least Test matches.
Australian paceman Dennis Lillee needed 56 Tests for his 300th wicket in
1981-82.
However it was by far the quickest by a spinner in Test history -
Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne had reached his landmark in 63 Tests in
1997-98.
Muthiah Muralitharan's profile:
Country: Sri Lanka
Known as: Murali
Born: Kandy, 17-4-1972
Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm off-break bowler
Team: Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club. Also appeared for Lancashire
(in 1999)
First-class debut: 1989-90 (for Central Province)
Test debut: v Australia at Colombo (Khettarama), 1992-93
Best Test bowling (in an innings): 9-65 v England at The Oval, 1998
Best Test bowling (in a match): 16-220 v England at The Oval, 1998
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Bowling summary against each country |
| Country |
M |
Balls |
Md |
Runs |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5i |
10m |
SR |
R/o |
| Australia |
7 |
1838 |
46 |
922 |
22 |
41.91 |
5/71 |
1 |
- |
83.55 |
3.01 |
| England |
2 |
1049 |
56 |
393 |
21 |
18.71 |
9/65 |
2 |
1 |
49.95 |
2.25 |
| India |
9 |
2757 |
101 |
1236 |
28 |
44.14 |
5/162 |
1 |
- |
98.46 |
2.69 |
| 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 |
9 |
3661 |
146 |
1397 |
69 |
20.24 |
7/84 |
8 |
2 |
53.06 |
2.29 |
| West Indies |
3 |
683 |
36 |
1294 |
20 |
14.70 |
5/34 |
2 |
- |
34.15 |
2.58 |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
3001 |
154 |
954 |
43 |
22.19 |
7/94 |
3 |
1 |
69.79 |
1.91 |
| Total |
58 |
18623 |
771 |
7603 |
302 |
25.18 |
9/65 |
24 |
5 |
61.67 |
2.45 |
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His victims in batting order |
| Openers |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total |
Top-order |
Lower |
| 55 |
30 |
28 |
29 |
26 |
42 |
23 |
29 |
25 |
15 |
302 |
55.63 |
44.37 |
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His victims in batting styles |
| Right-hand |
Left-hand |
Total |
RHB% |
LHB% |
| 248 |
54 |
302 |
82.12 |
17.88 |
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His mode of dismissals |
| Mode |
Dismissals |
Percentage |
| Bowled |
72 |
23.84% |
| lbw |
38 |
12.58% |
| ct by fielder |
150 |
49.67% |
| ct by wkt-keeper |
13 |
4.30% |
| St by wkt-keeper |
15 |
4.97% |
| ct & bwl |
13 |
4.30% |
| hit-wkt |
1 |
0.33% |
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His victims - on most occasions |
| Player |
No. of occasion |
| Mark Boucher (SA) |
8 |
| Waqar Younis (Pak) |
7 |
| Yousuf Youhana (Pak) |
7 |
| Daryll Cullinan (SA) |
7 |
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His landmarks for |
| 50th wicket |
v India Ahmedabad 1993-94 (13th Test) |
| 100th wicket |
v New Zealand Hamilton 1996-97 (27th Test) |
| 150th wicket |
v Zimbabwe Colombo (SSC) 1997-98 (36th Test) |
| 200th wicket |
v England The Oval 1998 (42nd Test) |
| 250th wicket |
v Pakistan Karachi 1999-00 (51st Test)
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| 300th wicket |
v South Africa Durban 2000-01 (57th Test)
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Note:
1. He has taken over 100 wickets in the last 15 Test matches since
1998.
2. All records are updated upto the end of South African second innings
at Durban.
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