Is Murali losing his touch?
Muttiah Muralitharan has been Sri Lanka's go-to man for several years now, but over the last three years his numbers have declined quite dramatically

In the last three years Murali's Test average against all teams excluding Bangladesh has gone up to almost 33 • AFP
Tests | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM | |
v Bangladesh | 5 | 39 | 14.46 | 32.7 | 4/ 2 |
v other teams | 15 | 73 | 32.95 | 70.6 | 5/ 1 |
at home (excl B'desh) | 8 | 53 | 22.54 | 53.3 | 4/ 1 |
away (excl B'desh) | 7 | 20 | 60.55 | 116.5 | 1/ 0 |
Overall | 20 | 112 | 26.51 | 57.4 | 9/ 3 |
Innings | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM | |
First innings | 20 | 67 | 22.64 | 50.4 | 7/ 3 |
Second innings | 17 | 45 | 32.28 | 67.8 | 2/ 3 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo