CRICKET WICKETShane Warne vs Muttiah Muralitharan
Compare Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan: format-by-format career figures, visual comparisons, playing spans and sample sizes.
Test career comparison
Shane Warne: 1992-2007 · 145 matches. Muttiah Muralitharan: 1992-2010 · 133 matches.
Full format careers at the checked date. These spans and workloads differ; the comparison does not adjust for era, opposition, venue or role. Bar lengths show the metric’s magnitude, not an overall player rating.
| Metric | Shane Warne | Muttiah Muralitharan |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 145 | 133 |
| Batting innings | 199 | 164 |
| Runs | 3,154 | 1,261 |
| Dismissals | 182 | 108 |
| Batting average | 17.32 | 11.67 |
| Balls faced | 5,470 | 1,794 |
| Batting strike rate | 57.65 | 70.28 |
| Centuries | 0 | 0 |
| Fifties | 12 | 1 |
| Highest score | 99 | 67 |
| Bowling innings | 273 | 230 |
| Wickets | 708 | 800 |
| Runs conceded | 17,995 | 18,180 |
| Legal balls bowled | 40,705 | 44,039 |
| Bowling average | 25.41 | 22.72 |
| Balls per wicket | 57.49 | 55.04 |
| Economy | 2.65 | 2.47 |
| Five-wicket innings | 37 | 67 |
| Catches | 125 | 72 |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 |
ODI career comparison
Shane Warne: 1993-2005 · 194 matches. Muttiah Muralitharan: 1993-2011 · 350 matches.
Full format careers at the checked date. These spans and workloads differ; the comparison does not adjust for era, opposition, venue or role. Bar lengths show the metric’s magnitude, not an overall player rating.
| Metric | Shane Warne | Muttiah Muralitharan |
|---|---|---|
| Matches | 194 | 350 |
| Batting innings | 107 | 162 |
| Runs | 1,018 | 674 |
| Dismissals | 78 | 99 |
| Batting average | 13.05 | 6.80 |
| Balls faced | 1,413 | 869 |
| Batting strike rate | 72.04 | 77.56 |
| Centuries | 0 | 0 |
| Fifties | 1 | 0 |
| Highest score | 55 | 33* |
| Bowling innings | 191 | 341 |
| Wickets | 293 | 534 |
| Runs conceded | 7,541 | 12,326 |
| Legal balls bowled | 10,642 | 18,811 |
| Bowling average | 25.73 | 23.08 |
| Balls per wicket | 36.32 | 35.22 |
| Economy | 4.25 | 3.93 |
| Five-wicket innings | 1 | 10 |
| Catches | 80 | 130 |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 |
T20I career comparison
Shane Warne has no T20I career in this record set, so a like-for-like T20I comparison is unavailable. Open Muttiah Muralitharan’s profile for the individual record.
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