Murali's journey in numbers
Muttiah Muralitharan has become only the second bowler, after Shane Warne, to get to 600 Test wickets
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Wickets | Matches | Average | 5/ 10-for |
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100 | 27 | 31.49 | 6/ 0 |
200 | 42 | 26.90 | 16/ 2 |
300 | 58 | 25.17 | 24/ 5 |
400 | 72 | 23.53 | 33/ 10 |
500 | 87 | 22.89 | 42/ 13 |
600 | 101 | 22.35 | 50/ 14 |
Wickets | Average | 5/ 10-fors | |
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First 50 Tests | 245 | 26.36 | 18/ 3 |
Last 51 Tests | 355 | 19.58 | 32/ 11 |
Tests/ Wkts | Average | 5/ 10-for | |
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In wins | 37/ 297 | 15.48 | 27/ 11 |
In draws | 30/ 129 | 26.84 | 10/ 2 |
In defeats | 33/ 167 | 31.19 | 12/ 1 |
Bowler | Wins/ Wkts | Average | 5/ 10-for |
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Richard Hadlee | 22/ 173 | 13.07 | 17/ 8 |
Imran Khan | 26/ 155 | 14.50 | 11/ 6 |
Muttiah Muralitharan | 37/ 297* | 15.48 | 27/ 11 |
Malcolm Marshall | 43/ 254 | 16.79 | 17/ 4 |
Allan Donald | 33/ 187 | 16.80 | 14/ 3 |
Curtly Ambrose | 44/ 229 | 16.87 | 13/ 3 |
S Rajesh is stats editor of Cricinfo