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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Muttiah Muralitharan is a former Sri Lankan crickter who is widely considered one of the greatest bowlers ever to play the game. <\/strong>Check some interesting trivia about him:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Muttiah Muralitharan was born on April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He holds the world record for the most wickets in both test (800) and one-day cricket (534).<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He started his cricketing career as a medium pace bowler but on the advice of his school coach he took up off-spin.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Muralitharan married Madhimalar Ramamurthy, a Chennai girl, on 21 March 2005<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He had most 5-wicket hauls in an innings at Test level - 67<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He had most 10-wicket hauls in a match at Test level - 22. He is also the only player to take 10 wickets in a test match against every Test playing nation.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Only player to take 10 wickets in a Test in four consecutive matches. He achieved this feat twice.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The only bowler to take 75 or more wickets in a calendar year on three occasions, achieving it in 2000, 2001 and 2006<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He won 19 Man Of Match awards in Test cricket and 14 in ODI.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He holds the record of &quot;Most Man of the series&quot; award - 11 times<\/li>\r\n\t<li>He currently holds the record for the most ducks ever in international cricket (Tests, ODI&#39;s and T20), with a total of 59 ducks.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Most successful bowler\/fielder (non-wicket keeper) combination &ndash; caught Mahela Jayawardene bowled Muttiah Muralitharan - 77 times<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Former Australian captain Steve Waugh called him &quot;the Don Bradman of bowling&quot;.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h3>Muttiah Muralitharan Statistics<\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Test Record<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Matches - 133<br \/>\r\nRuns - 1,256&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nBatting Average - 11.67&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n50s - 1<br \/>\r\nTop Score - 67&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nWickets - 800<br \/>\r\nBowling Average - 22.72&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n5W - 67&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n10W in match - 22<br \/>\r\nBest Bowling - 9\/51<br \/>\r\nCatches - 72<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>ODI Record<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Matches - 350<br \/>\r\nRuns - 674<br \/>\r\nBatting Average - 6.8<br \/>\r\nTop Score - 33*<br \/>\r\nWickets - 534<br \/>\r\nBowling Average - 23.08<br \/>\r\n5W - 10&nbsp;<br \/>\r\nBest Bowling - 7\/30<br \/>\r\nCatches - 130<\/p>\r\n",
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