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Cricket · Player · Sri Lanka · 1992–2011
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muthiah Muralidaran · M Muralitharan · recorded figures from 488 internationals with scorecards (1992–2011), added up from the cards.
Open in the atlas →Matches488with recorded figures
Runs1,932avg 9.33
Highest670 hundreds · 1 fifties
Wickets1330avg 23.0
Catches2000 stumpings
Season by season
| Year | Format | Team | M | Inns | Runs | Avg | HS | 100/50 | Wkts | Avg | BB | Ct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0/0 | 17 | 22.1 | 4/25 | 1 |
| 2010 | Test | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 5* | 0/0 | 8 | 23.9 | 5/63 | 0 |
| 2010 | T20I | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0/0 | 2 | 41.0 | 2/25 | 1 |
| 2010 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7.0 | 4* | 0/0 | 5 | 41.8 | 2/30 | 1 |
| 2009 | Test | Sri Lanka | 8 | 8 | 100 | 16.7 | 29 | 0/0 | 26 | 46.0 | 4/73 | 3 |
| 2009 | T20I | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0/0 | 9 | 20.9 | 3/29 | 0 |
| 2009 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 16 | 11 | 113 | 22.6 | 33* | 0/0 | 22 | 29.5 | 3/19 | 5 |
| 2008 | Test | Sri Lanka | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0/0 | 43 | 24.5 | 6/26 | 3 |
| 2008 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 21 | 11 | 56 | 8.0 | 13 | 0/0 | 35 | 22.1 | 5/29 | 6 |
| 2007 | Test | Sri Lanka | 8 | 5 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0/0 | 49 | 22.3 | 6/28 | 7 |
| 2007 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0/0 | 26 | 14.5 | 4/19 | 5 |
| 2006 | Test | Sri Lanka | 11 | 17 | 75 | 6.8 | 33 | 0/0 | 90 | 16.9 | 8/70 | 5 |
| 2006 | T20I | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0/0 | 2 | 13.5 | 2/27 | 0 |
| 2006 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 28 | 15 | 64 | 6.4 | 27 | 0/0 | 36 | 31.6 | 4/23 | 9 |
| 2005 | Test | ICC World XI | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0/0 | 5 | 31.4 | 3/55 | 2 |
| 2005 | Test | Sri Lanka | 7 | 8 | 98 | 14.0 | 36 | 0/0 | 47 | 17.1 | 8/46 | 2 |
| 2005 | ODI | ICC World XI | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0/0 | 5 | 24.4 | 2/38 | 0 |
| 2005 | ODI | Asia XI | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0/0 | 2 | 17.0 | 1/8 | 1 |
| 2005 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 12 | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 15 | 0/0 | 16 | 27.7 | 3/33 | 4 |
| 2004 | Test | Sri Lanka | 6 | 9 | 83 | 11.9 | 43 | 0/0 | 47 | 22.0 | 6/45 | 9 |
| 2004 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 12 | 4 | 8 | 8.0 | 4* | 0/0 | 20 | 21.8 | 5/23 | 4 |
| 2003 | Test | Sri Lanka | 7 | 9 | 113 | 16.1 | 38 | 0/0 | 48 | 17.7 | 7/46 | 4 |
| 2003 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 24 | 13 | 72 | 6.5 | 19 | 0/0 | 46 | 15.9 | 5/23 | 6 |
| 2002 | Test | Sri Lanka | 8 | 11 | 49 | 6.1 | 27 | 0/0 | 55 | 17.8 | 9/51 | 4 |
| 2002 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 16 | 6 | 31 | 7.8 | 11* | 0/0 | 26 | 13.3 | 5/9 | 4 |
| 2001 | Test | Sri Lanka | 12 | 12 | 121 | 15.1 | 67 | 0/1 | 80 | 21.2 | 8/87 | 5 |
| 2001 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 33 | 16 | 81 | 8.1 | 13* | 0/0 | 56 | 18.2 | 5/30 | 16 |
| 2000 | Test | Sri Lanka | 10 | 14 | 95 | 11.9 | 22 | 0/0 | 75 | 19.5 | 7/84 | 3 |
| 2000 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 2* | 0/0 | 34 | 20.0 | 7/30 | 6 |
| 1999 | Test | Sri Lanka | 6 | 5 | 23 | 5.8 | 7* | 0/0 | 24 | 28.2 | 5/71 | 2 |
| 1999 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 27 | 19 | 50 | 4.2 | 12 | 0/0 | 38 | 25.6 | 4/16 | 8 |
| 1998 | Test | Sri Lanka | 8 | 12 | 147 | 18.4 | 30 | 0/0 | 68 | 18.5 | 9/65 | 5 |
| 1998 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 18 | 8 | 40 | 10.0 | 18 | 0/0 | 32 | 22.8 | 5/23 | 7 |
| 1997 | Test | Sri Lanka | 9 | 11 | 105 | 11.7 | 39 | 0/0 | 40 | 31.6 | 6/98 | 5 |
| 1997 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 26 | 10 | 38 | 7.6 | 9* | 0/0 | 36 | 28.9 | 3/38 | 16 |
| 1996 | Test | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1* | 0/0 | 14 | 13.9 | 5/33 | 0 |
| 1996 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 22 | 12 | 28 | 3.5 | 7* | 0/0 | 30 | 26.8 | 4/35 | 14 |
| 1995 | Test | Sri Lanka | 7 | 14 | 77 | 9.6 | 11 | 0/0 | 25 | 36.0 | 5/64 | 7 |
| 1995 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 14 | 6 | 23 | 7.7 | 8 | 0/0 | 18 | 32.4 | 4/23 | 7 |
| 1994 | Test | Sri Lanka | 6 | 10 | 81 | 20.2 | 20* | 0/0 | 16 | 47.1 | 5/162 | 2 |
| 1994 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 9 | 40.4 | 2/23 | 4 |
| 1993 | Test | Sri Lanka | 7 | 6 | 43 | 14.3 | 19 | 0/0 | 29 | 24.6 | 5/101 | 2 |
| 1993 | ODI | Sri Lanka | 9 | 3 | 4 | — | 4* | 0/0 | 8 | 36.5 | 2/6 | 3 |
| 1992 | Test | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 4* | 0/0 | 11 | 34.6 | 4/134 | 2 |
Published career as the national player lists give it
| Team | Format | Years | Cap | M | Runs | Avg | HS | Wkts | Avg | BB | Ct/St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | Test | 1992–2010 | 54 | 132 | 1,259 | 11.87 | 67 | 795 | 22.67 | 9/51 | 70/— |
| Sri Lanka | ODI | 1993–2011 | 70 | 343 | 674 | 6.87 | 33* | 523 | 23.07 | 7/30 | 128/— |
| Asia XI | ODI | 2005–2005 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 6 | 23.00 | 3/59 | —/— |
| ICC World XI | ODI | 2005–2005 | 17 | 3 | — | — | – | 5 | 24.40 | 2/38 | 1/0 |
| ICC World XI | Test | 2005–2005 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 5 | 31.40 | 3/55 | 2/— |
From Sri Lanka Test players, Sri Lanka ODI players, Asia XI ODI players, ICC World XI ODI players, ICC World XI Test players (Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0), shown as published; never added to the recorded figures.