Muttiah Muralitharan

Sri Lanka

Player profile

Full name Muttiah Muralitharan
Born April 17, 1972, Kandy
Major teams Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 5 ft 7 in
Education St Anthonys College, Kandy

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	127	157	53	1178	67	11.32	1693	69.58	1	137	25	69
ODIs	332	155	59	642	33*	6.68	847	75.79	0	47	10	128
T20Is	9	2	0	1	1	0.50	5	20.00	0	0	0	0
First-class	226	269	80	2109	67	11.15			1			120
List A	421	193	71	873	33*	7.15			0			150
Twenty20	48	12	3	37	11	4.11	41	90.24	0	2	1	12

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	127	220	42020	17081	770	9/51	16/220	22.18	2.43	54.5	43	66	22
ODIs	332	324	17893	11636	511	7/30	7/30	22.77	3.90	35.0	14	10	0
T20Is	9	9	210	215	11	3/29	3/29	19.54	6.14	19.0	0	0	0
First-class	226		64914	25898	1344	9/51		19.26	2.39	48.2		118	34
List A	421		22161+	14133	637	7/30	7/30	22.18	3.81*	35.1*	16	12	0
Twenty20	48	48	1104	1100	59	4/16	4/16	18.64	5.97	18.7	3	0	0