CRICKET WICKETMuthiah Muralidaran Test record against South Africa
1993-08-25 – 2006-08-04 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 15 Test matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 22 batting innings and 27 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 | 22 | 111 | 15 | 7.40 | 60.98 |
| Bowling | 27 | 2,311 | 104 | 22.22 | 56.80 |
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: 2.34 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 5,908.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 0 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 182.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 18.04 | 2.43 | 44.45 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 33.40 | 2.50 | 80.00 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 27 | 12.33 | 112.12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 35.85 | 2.46 | 87.28 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 99.00 | 2.30 | 258.00 |
| 2000 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.66 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 37 | 17.32 | 2.16 | 48.02 |
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 15 | 17.00 | 61.44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 16 | 25.00 | 2.86 | 52.43 |
| 1993 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 16.00 | 94.11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 22.25 | 2.04 | 65.31 |
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 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 3.14 | 40.00 | 17 | 69 | 20.28 |
| Away | 6 | 11 | 89 | 11.12 | 70.07 | 10 | 35 | 26.02 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Moratuwa
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v South Africa · Moratuwa
- Best recorded bowling · 7/84
Test v South Africa · Galle
- Highest recorded innings · 27 runs
Test v South Africa · Centurion
- Latest available scorecard
Test v South Africa · P Sara Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 4 | 2 | 5 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 3 | — | — | 7 | 97 |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 2 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 1 | — | — | 5 | 128 |
| 2006-07-27 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | — | — | 6 | 131 |
| 2006-07-27 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | — | — | 4 | 41 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 4 | — | — | 1 | 37 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 3 | 2 | 8 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 2 | — | — | 4 | 130 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 4 | — | — | 2 | 35 |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 2 | — | — | 2 | 133 |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 1 | 27 | 26 | — | — |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 2 | — | — | 3 | 83 |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 1 | 10 | 3 | — | — |
| 2001-01-02 | Cape Town | 3 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| 2001-01-02 | Cape Town | 2 | — | — | 1 | 99 |
| 2001-01-02 | Cape Town | 1 | 0 | 3 | — | — |
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.