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Muthiah Muralidaran Test record against India

1993-08-04 – 2010-07-18 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 21 Test matches against India with recorded batting or bowling figures: 24 batting innings and 32 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
Batting242571715.1170.41
Bowling323,42510532.6166.85

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: 2.92 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 7,020.

Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 1 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 365.

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
806040200Runs1993: 7 runs719931994: 46 runs461997: 49 runs4919972001: 80 runs802005: 17 runs1720052008: 0 runs02009: 53 runs532010: 5 runs52010Season
Wickets by seasonTest · annual total
23171260Wickets1993: 4 wickets419931994: 12 wickets121997: 12 wickets1219972001: 23 wickets232005: 16 wickets1620052008: 21 wickets212009: 9 wickets92010: 8 wickets82010Season
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
20101155N/A50.000000102823.873.0946.25
200934532917.6679.100082674965.663.89101.22
200833000.000.000000662122.232.9045.95
2005341794.2562.9600012751631.003.1259.50
200133806726.6688.8801739062319.302.5046.30
199742493924.5055.0500708951256.662.52134.50
199436462023.00109.5200714231235.002.9371.66
199311777.0020.580000341434.002.8870.75

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
Home8612625.2062.06145223.38
Away111512612.6085.71144045.45
Unknown2352.5033.3341330.07
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 India · Colombo (PSS)

  2. First five-wicket innings in this archive

    Test v India · Lucknow

  3. Highest recorded innings · 67 runs

    Test v India · Kandy

  4. Best recorded bowling · 8/87

    Test v India · Colombo (SSC)

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v India · Galle International Stadium

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2010-07-18Galle International Stadium33128
2010-07-18Galle International Stadium2563
2010-07-18Galle International Stadium1510
2009-12-02Brabourne Stadium3149
2009-12-02Brabourne Stadium24195
2009-12-02Brabourne Stadium1420
2009-11-24Green Park32911
2009-11-24Green Park2627
2009-11-24Green Park12175
2009-11-16Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera30124
2009-11-16Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera1397
2008-08-08P Saravanamuttu Stadium3399
2008-08-08P Saravanamuttu Stadium201
2008-08-08P Saravanamuttu Stadium1258
2008-07-31Galle International Stadium403
2008-07-31Galle International Stadium33107
2008-07-31Galle International Stadium202
2008-07-31Galle International Stadium1293
2008-07-23Sinhalese Sports Club Ground3626
2008-07-23Sinhalese Sports Club Ground2584

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.