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Muthiah Muralidaran Test record against England

1993-03-13 – 2007-12-18 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 16 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 20 batting innings and 30 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting202021315.5371.12
Bowling302,24711220.0659.05

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 2.03 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 6,614.

Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 284.

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total
916846230Runs1993: 19 runs1919931998: 30 runs3019982001: 18 runs1820012002: 6 runs620022003: 91 runs9120032006: 37 runs372007: 1 runs12007Season
Wickets by seasonTest · annual total
26201360Wickets1993: 5 wickets519931998: 16 wickets1619982001: 14 wickets1420012002: 8 wickets820022003: 26 wickets2620032006: 24 wickets242007: 19 wickets192007Season
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
200731111.00100.000000161921.632.1959.15
200636373312.3368.5100315452416.872.7636.66
200334913830.3397.8400949362612.301.3853.42
200223663.0046.150000133837.122.3594.50
20013418109.00120.0000211561430.071.78101.14
199811303030.0083.3300503621613.751.9342.68
199311191919.0026.380010722534.602.8373.20

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home91012918.4271.27186020.46
Away6107312.1670.87104819.20
Unknown100N/AN/A2424.25
MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v England · Colombo (SSC)

  2. Best recorded bowling · 9/65

    Test v England · The Oval

  3. First five-wicket innings in this archive

    Test v England · The Oval

  4. Highest recorded innings · 38 runs

    Test v England · Galle

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v England · Galle International Stadium

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2007-12-18Galle International Stadium3391
2007-12-18Galle International Stadium216
2007-12-09Sinhalese Sports Club Ground3158
2007-12-09Sinhalese Sports Club Ground15116
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium4385
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium2655
2007-12-01Asgiriya Stadium111
2006-06-02Trent Bridge4870
2006-06-02Trent Bridge324
2006-06-02Trent Bridge2362
2006-06-02Trent Bridge13329
2006-05-25Edgbaston4429
2006-05-25Edgbaston301
2006-05-25Edgbaston2686
2006-05-25Edgbaston114
2006-05-11Lord's3116
2006-05-11Lord's200
2006-05-11Lord's13158
2003-12-18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo3463
2003-12-18Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo22110

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.