Muttiah Muralitharan (503 Wickets) Breaks the ODI Wicket Record, Muttiah Muralitharan Profile, Cricket Career.

Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan one among the greatest legends of Sri Lanka cricket. Mualitharan reached greatest mile stone of taking 503 wickets in one day internationals passed Wasim Akram record of 502 wickets.Muttiah Muralitharan reached this record in 4th one-day international match with India in IDBI Fortis Wealthsurance ODI series. Muralitharan reached the record by tacking the wicket of Gautam Gambir who scored 150 in the match. Unfortunately Sri Lanka loosed match by 67 runs.

Muttiah Muralitharan Player Profile

Full Name: Muttiah Muralitharan.Muttiah Muralitharan Born Date: April 17, 1972 KandyMajor
Teams Muralitharan Played: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.
Muralitharan Batting Style: Right hand bat.
Muralitharan Bowling Style: Right-arm off break.
Muttiah Muralitharan Height: 5ft 7 in.

Muttiah Muralitharan Great AchievementsMuttiah Muralitharan won the wisden Cricketer of the year, 1999.Muttiah Muralitharan won the Leading Cricketer of the year, 2006Highest Wicket taker in ICC Test matches: 769 wickets in 125 Matches.Highest Wickets taker in ICC one-day internationals: 503 wickets in 328 Matches.

Words spoke by Muttiah Muralitharan after breaking the record of Wasim Akram.

"I am very proud and happy to have achieved this record,"

"I would like to dedicate it to my parents and family who have always been there for me through good times and bad."

Muttiah Muralitharan Test Debut: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 28-Sep 2, 1992.Muttiah Muralitharan ODI Debut: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 12, 1993.

Muttiah Muralitharan Only T20 Match: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 22, 2006.

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Muttiah Muralitharan Batting and fielding averages
Tests	125	156	53	1156	67	11.22	1677	68.93	0	1	133	25	69	0
ODIs	327	152	58	607	33*	6.45	828	73.30	0	0	43	9	126	0
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
First-class	224	268	80	2087	67	11.10			0	1			120	0
List A	415	189	70	832	33*	6.99			0	0			148	0
Twenty20	23	3	1	16	9	8.00	13	123.07	0	0	1	1	6	0

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Muttiah Muralitharan Bowling averages
Tests	125	218	41602	16886	769	9/51	16/220	21.95	2.43	54.0	43	66	22
ODIs	327	319	17593	11378	502	7/30	7/30	22.66	3.88	35.0	14	10	0
T20Is	1	1	24	27	2	2/27	2/27	13.50	6.75	12.0	0	0	0
First-class	224		64496	25703	1343	9/51		19.13	2.39	48.0		118	34
List A	415		21801	13840	625	7/30	7/30	22.14	3.80	34.8	16	12	0
T20	23	23	522	560	28	4/18	4/18	20.00	6.43	18.6	2	0	0

ALL THE BEST FOR MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN