Muttiah Muralitharan

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Muttiah Muralitharan
MuralitharanBust2004IMG.JPG
Player information
Born April 17, 1972 (age 48)
Kandy , Sri Lanka
Nickname Murali
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right-handed off-spin bowler
Player role bowler
International games
National team Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Test debut (cap 54) 28 August 1992 v  AustraliaAustralia
Last test July 18, 2010 v  IndiaIndia
ODI debut (cap 70) August 12, 1993 v  IndiaIndia
Last ODI April 2, 2011 v  IndiaIndia
ODI shirt no. 08
T20I debut (cap 13) December 22, 2006 v  New ZealandNew Zealand
Last T20I October 31, 2010 v  AustraliaAustralia
T20I shirt no. 08
National teams
Years team
1991-2009 / 10 Tamil Union C&AC
1999-2007 Lancashire
2003 Kent
2008-2010 Chennai Super Kings
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2011–2012 Gloucestershire
2011 Wellington Firebirds
2012-14 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2012-14 Melbourne Renegades
2013 Jamaica Tallawahs
Career statistics
Game form Testing ODI FC LA
Games 133 350 232 453
Runs (total) 1,261 674 2,192 945
Batting average 11.67 6.80 11.35 7.32
100s / 50s -/1 - / - -/1 - / -
Highscore 67 33 * 67 33 *
Balls 44,039 18,811 66,933 23734+
Wickets 800 534 1,374 682
Bowling Average 22.72 7/30 19.34 22.39
5 wickets in innings 67 10 119 12
10 wickets in play 22nd - 34 -
Best bowling performance 9/51 7/30 9/51 7/30
Catches / stumpings 72 / - 10 / - 119/34 159 / -
Source: Cricinfo , August 12, 2016

Muttiah Muralitharan (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy , Sri Lanka ) (nickname Murali ) is a cricketer from Sri Lanka. He is considered to be one of the best spin bowlers in cricket history. In 1999 he was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year . A jury from the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack also voted him the best bowler in test cricket history . According to his own information, he prefers the spelling Muthiah Muralidaran .

"Murali" bowls against Australia

Muttiah Muralitharan played 133 tests for Sri Lanka in his test match career , in which he scored a total of 800 wickets. No other bowler has achieved more test wickets or reached the 800 test wickets mark. This makes him statistically the most successful bowler in test cricket history. Muttiah Muralitharan made his test debut in Colombo in August 1992 against Australia . In his test career, he broke the record for the most wickets scored twice. The first time he broke the record previously held by Courtney Walsh with 519 wickets in May 2004. The second time he broke the record, which was now held by Shane Warne , in 2007 against England.

Muttiah Muralitharan played 350 one-day international matches in his career , scoring a total of 534 wickets. This makes him the record holder for the number of wickets achieved at One-Day Internationals. He exceeded the record previously held by Wasim Akram in 2009. Muralitharan took part in five cricket world championships ( 1996 , 1999 , 2003 , 2007 and 2011 ). In 1996 he was able to win the Cricket World Cup with the team from Sri Lanka.

On July 22, 2010 he ended his test cricket career and after the 2011 World Cup his international career.

Web links

Commons : Muttiah Muralitharan  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Murali 'best bowler ever' ( English ) BBC. December 13, 2002. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ Martin Blake: Under Murali's deadly spell ( English ) The Age. November 8, 2007. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Records / Test matches / Bowling records / Most wickets in career ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b Sri Lanka / Players / Muttiah Muralitharan ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ Statistics / Statsguru / M Muralitharan / One-Day Internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Muralitharan, Muttiah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murali (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sri Lankan cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Kandy (Sri Lanka)