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

Note: (WpT = Wickets per Test)