Muthiah Muralidaran Cricket Records — Tests, ODIs & T20Is
Top Records
1st
Most player-of-the-series awards
Players11
6th
Highest strike rate in an innings
Averages and strike rates263.63
2nd
Most pairs in career
Ducks and pairs4
1st
Most wickets on a single ground
Most wickets166
1st
Most consecutive ten-wickets-in-a-match
Hauls4
1st
Most balls bowled in career
Most balls bowled44039
3rd
Most runs conceded in career
Most runs conceded18180
1st
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals47
Dismissing all eleven batters in a match
Miscellaneous1st
Fastest to 800 wickets
Fastest career wickets133
1000 runs and 100 wickets
Batting and bowling1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
Batting, bowling and fielding9th
Most matches in career
Players350
6th
Most consecutive ducks
Ducks and pairs3
1st
Most wickets in career
Most wickets534
2nd
Most four-wickets-in-an-innings in a career
Hauls25
1st
Most balls bowled in career
Most balls bowled18811
2nd
Most runs conceded in career
Most runs conceded12326
1st
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals56
1st
Fastest to 500 wickets
Fastest career wickets324
9th
Most catches in career
Most catches130
1st
Most ducks in career
Ducks and pairs59
1st
Most wickets in a calendar year
Most wickets136
1st
Most consecutive four-wickets-in-an-innings
Hauls8
1st
Most balls bowled in career
Most balls bowled63132
1st
Most runs conceded in career
Most runs conceded30803
1st
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals104
Players
18th
Most matches in career
Players133
2nd
Most player-of-the-match awards
Players19
1st
Most player-of-the-series awards
Players11
Most runs
33rd
Most runs in a career without a hundred
Most runs1261
Averages and strike rates
6th
Highest strike rate in an innings
Averages and strike rates263.63
Ducks and pairs
8th
Most ducks in career
Ducks and pairs33
2nd
Most pairs in career
Ducks and pairs4
Most wickets
1st
Most wickets in career
Most wickets800
6th
Best figures in an innings
Most wickets9/51
3rd
Best figures in a match
Most wickets16
2nd
Most wickets in a calendar year
Most wickets90
3rd
Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings
Most wickets9/51
1st
Most wickets on a single ground
Most wickets166
25th
Best figures in a innings when on the losing side
Most wickets7
16th
Best figures in a match when on the losing side
Most wickets11
Averages, strike rates and economy
34th
Best strike rate in an innings
Averages, strike rates and economy8
16th
Worst strike rate in an innings
Averages, strike rates and economy390
Hauls
1st
Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career
Hauls67
1st
Most ten-wickets-in-a-match in a career
Hauls22
5th
Most consecutive five-wickets-in-an-innings
Hauls4
1st
Most consecutive ten-wickets-in-a-match
Hauls4
27th
Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings
Hauls38y 92d
15th
Oldest player to take ten-wickets-in-a-match
Hauls36y 253d
Most balls bowled
1st
Most balls bowled in career
Most balls bowled44039
23rd
Most balls bowled in an innings
Most balls bowled450
13th
Most balls bowled in a match
Most balls bowled683
Most runs conceded
3rd
Most runs conceded in career
Most runs conceded18180
14th
Most runs conceded in an innings
Most runs conceded224
Dismissals
23rd
Bowler/Batter combinations
Dismissals12
6th
Bowler/fielder combinations
Dismissals77
1st
Most wickets taken bowled
Dismissals167
2nd
Most wickets taken caught
Dismissals435
1st
Most wickets taken caught and bowled
Dismissals35
1st
Most wickets taken caught by a fielder
Dismissals388
2nd
Most wickets taken lbw
Dismissals150
1st
Most wickets taken stumped
Dismissals47
Miscellaneous
Dismissing all eleven batters in a match
MiscellaneousFastest career wickets
38th
Fastest to 150 wickets
Fastest career wickets36
9th
Fastest to 200 wickets
Fastest career wickets42
5th
Fastest to 250 wickets
Fastest career wickets51
3rd
Fastest to 300 wickets
Fastest career wickets58
1st
Fastest to 350 wickets
Fastest career wickets66
1st
Fastest to 400 wickets
Fastest career wickets72
1st
Fastest to 450 wickets
Fastest career wickets80
1st
Fastest to 500 wickets
Fastest career wickets87
1st
Fastest to 600 wickets
Fastest career wickets101
1st
Fastest to 700 wickets
Fastest career wickets113
1st
Fastest to 750 wickets
Fastest career wickets122
1st
Fastest to 800 wickets
Fastest career wickets133
Batting and bowling
1000 runs and 100 wickets
Batting and bowlingBatting, bowling and fielding
1000 runs, 50 wickets and 50 catches
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