Murali powers past yet another milestone
Muttiah Muralitharan's 12-wicket haul at Kandy has powered him into the 700-wicket club in Tests, with Shane Warne being the only other member
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Wicket no. | Tests | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM |
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100 | 27 | 31.49 | 71.47 | 6/ 0 |
200 | 42 | 26.90 | 64.25 | 16/ 2 |
300 | 58 | 25.17 | 61.66 | 24/ 5 |
400 | 72 | 23.53 | 59.79 | 33/ 10 |
500 | 87 | 22.89 | 59.06 | 42/ 13 |
600 | 101 | 22.35 | 56.25 | 50/ 14 |
700 | 113 | 21.33 | 53.41 | 60/ 20 |
Wickets | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Muralitharan | 695 | 21.25 | 53.3 | 60/ 20 |
Other SL bowlers | 994 | 35.35 | 74.48 | 23/ 2* |
* Both the ten-fors were taken by Chaminda Vaas
Bowler | Tests | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | 5WI/ 10WM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Muttiah Muralitharan | 45 | 373 | 15.19 | 41.4 | 36/ 16 |
Malcolm Marshall | 43 | 254 | 16.78 | 38.1 | 17/ 4 |
Curtly Ambrose | 44 | 229 | 16.86 | 44.4 | 13/ 3 |
Waqar Younis | 39 | 222 | 18.20 | 35.0 | 14/ 4 |
Dennis Lillee | 31 | 203 | 18.27 | 39.0 | 17/ 6 |
Shaun Pollock | 48 | 218 | 18.33 | 47.8 | 9/ 1 |
Anil Kumble | 39 | 266 | 18.40 | 44.3 | 20/ 5 |
Wasim Akram | 41 | 211 | 18.48 | 42.3 | 13/ 2 |
Glenn McGrath | 84 | 414 | 19.19 | 47.7 | 18/ 3 |
Courtney Walsh | 52 | 239 | 19.72 | 46.2 | 10/ 2 |
Shane Warne | 92 | 510 | 22.47 | 51.2 | 27/ 7 |
Murali against ... | Wickets | Average | Strike rate |
---|---|---|---|
Right-handers | 281 | 14.34 | 38.23 |
Left-handers | 102 | 26.77 | 62.75 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo