Murali's milestones

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Last updated on: December 03, 2007 19:35 IST

A look at Muttiah Muralitharan's wicket ways after the Sri Lankan off-spinner claimed a world record 709 Test wickets.

Muralitharan in Test cricket

Against Mts Balls Runs Wkts Avg Best 5WI 10WM
Australia 13 4113 2128 59 36.07 6-59 5 1
Bangladesh 9 2110 908 76 11.95 6-18 10 3
England 14 5699 1891 99 19.10 9-65 7 4
India 15 4774 2176 67 32.48 8-87 4 1
New Zealand 12 3782 1449 69 21.00 6-87 5 1
Pakistan 14 4279 1842 79 23.32 6-71 5 1
South Africa 15 5908 2311 104 22.22 7-84 11 4
West Indies 10 2902 1214 70 17.34 8-46 8 3
Zimbabwe 14 4721 1467 87 16.86 9-51 6 2
TOTAL 116 38288 15386 710 21.67 9-51 61 20

Leading wicket-takers in Test cricket

Bowler Mts Balls Runs Wkts Avg 5WI 10WM
M Muralitharan (SL/ICC World XI) 116 38288 15386 710 21.67 61 20
SK Warne (Aus) 145 40705 17995 708 25.41 37 10
A Kumble (India) 120 37251 16484 575 28.66 33 8
GD McGrath (Aus) 124 29248 12186 563 21.64 29 3
CA Walsh (WI) 132 30019 12688 519 24.44 22 3
Kapil Dev (India) 131 27740 12867 434 29.64 23 2
RJ Hadlee (NZ) 86 21918 9611 431 22.29 36 9
SM Pollock (SA) 107 24185 9648 416 23.19 16 1
Wasim Akram (Pak) 104 22627 9779 414 23.62 25 5
CEL Ambrose (WI) 98 22103 8501 405 20.99 22 3

Muralitharan's progress to bowling pinnacle

Wkt Victim Venue Season Test #
1st CJ McDermott (Aus) Colombo RP 1992-93 1st
100th SP Fleming (NZ) Hamilton 1996-97 27th
200th DG Cork (Eng) The Oval 1998 42nd
300th SM Pollock (SA) Durban 2000-01 58th
400th HK Olonga ( Zim) Galle 2001-02 72nd
500th MS Kasprowicz (Aus) Kandy 2003-04 87th
600th Khaled Mashud (Ban) Bogra 2005-06 101st
700th Syed Rasel (Ban) Kandy 2007 113th
709th PD Collingwood (Eng) Kandy 2007-08 116th

Murali's mode of dismissals

  Wkts %
Caught in the field 310 43.66
Bowled 154 21.69
LBW 135 19.01
Caught behind 40 5.63
Stumped 40 5.63
Caught & bowled 30 4.23
Hit-wicket 1 0.14

Murali's victims by batting order

  Wkts %
Openers 119 16.76
# 3 64 9.01
# 4 69 9.72
# 5 69 9.72
# 6 74 10.42
# 7 91 12.82
# 8 61 8.59
# 9 65 9.15
# 10 61 8.59
# 11 37 5.21

Murali's bunnies

MV Boucher (SA) 12
GW Flower (Zim) 10
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 9
Khaled Mashud (Ban) 9
Waqar Younis (Pak) 9
Marcus Trescothick (Eng) 8

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