Muttiah muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan
Biography Of Muttiah Muralitharan- Biggest Spin Superstar In Cricket History
Muttiah Muralitharan is a former Sri Lankan crickter who is widely considered one of the greatest bowlers ever to play the game. Check some interesting trivia about him:
- Muttiah Muralitharan was born on April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
- He holds the world record for the most wickets in both test (800) and one-day cricket (534).
- He started his cricketing career as a medium pace bowler but on the advice of his school coach he took up off-spin.
- Muralitharan married Madhimalar Ramamurthy, a Chennai girl, on 21 March 2005
- He had most 5-wicket hauls in an innings at Test level - 67
- 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.
- Only player to take 10 wickets in a Test in four consecutive matches. He achieved this feat twice.
- The only bowler to take 75 or more wickets in a calendar year on three occasions, achieving it in 2000, 2001 and 2006
- He won 19 Man Of Match awards in Test cricket and 14 in ODI.
- He holds the record of "Most Man of the series" award - 11 times
- He currently holds the record for the most ducks ever in international cricket (Tests, ODI's and T20), with a total of 59 ducks.
- Most successful bowler/fielder (non-wicket keeper) combination – caught Mahela Jayawardene bowled Muttiah Muralitharan - 77 times
- Former Australian captain Steve Waugh called him "the Don Bradman of bowling".
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