CRICKET WICKETMuthiah Muralidaran Test record against Pakistan
1994-08-09 – 2009-03-01 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 15 Test matches against Pakistan with recorded batting or bowling figures: 23 batting innings and 25 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 23 | 174 | 12 | 14.50 | 80.18 |
| Bowling | 25 | 2,037 | 80 | 25.46 | 58.71 |
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: 2.60 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 4,697.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 217.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 7 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22.00 | 137.50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 195.00 | 2.79 | 418.00 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 20.00 | 2.46 | 48.72 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15.87 | 2.15 | 44.25 |
| 2000 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 22 | 18.60 | 76.22 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 122 | 9 | 38 | 21.63 | 2.51 | 51.65 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | N/A | 160.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16.33 | 1.84 | 53.00 |
| 1995 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 10.00 | 58.82 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 15 | 27.33 | 2.97 | 55.06 |
| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | 142.85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 165.00 | 3.51 | 282.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 6 | 10 | 72 | 18.00 | 83.72 | 10 | 30 | 26.30 |
| Away | 9 | 13 | 102 | 12.75 | 77.86 | 15 | 50 | 24.96 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Colombo (PSS)
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Faisalabad
- Best recorded bowling · 6/71
Test v Pakistan · Peshawar
- Highest recorded innings · 22 runs
Test v Pakistan · Peshawar
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Gaddafi Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-01 | Gaddafi Stadium | 2 | — | — | 0 | 23 |
| 2009-03-01 | Gaddafi Stadium | 1 | 22 | 16 | — | — |
| 2009-02-21 | National Stadium | 2 | — | — | 1 | 172 |
| 2006-04-03 | Asgiriya Stadium | 4 | — | — | 0 | 46 |
| 2006-04-03 | Asgiriya Stadium | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2006-04-03 | Asgiriya Stadium | 2 | — | — | 5 | 39 |
| 2006-04-03 | Asgiriya Stadium | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — |
| 2006-03-26 | Colombo (SSC) | 4 | — | — | 3 | 94 |
| 2006-03-26 | Colombo (SSC) | 2 | — | — | 3 | 41 |
| 2006-03-26 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2002-03-06 | Lahore | 3 | — | — | 4 | 72 |
| 2002-03-06 | Lahore | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2002-03-06 | Lahore | 1 | — | — | 4 | 55 |
| 2000-06-21 | Galle | 3 | 22 | 10 | — | — |
| 2000-06-21 | Galle | 2 | — | — | 4 | 138 |
| 2000-06-21 | Galle | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2000-06-14 | Colombo (SSC) | 4 | — | — | 3 | 53 |
| 2000-06-14 | Colombo (SSC) | 3 | 3 | 9 | — | — |
| 2000-06-14 | Colombo (SSC) | 2 | — | — | 5 | 115 |
| 2000-06-14 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | 18 | 37 | — | — |
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.