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Muttiah Muralitharan, who was hailed by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002 as the "best bowler ever" in Test cricket, dominates the bowling records for Sri Lanka. [12] He is the world record holder for the highest number of wickets, the most five wickets per innings, as well as the most ten wickets per match. [13]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1972) This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Muralitharan, and not as Muttiah. Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan Muralitharan at the CEAT Cricket Ratings Awards in February ...
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.
South African fast bowler Shaun Pollock is the most economical with 3.67 runs per over, whereas Lee has the best strike rate of 29.4 balls per wicket. [2] Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas' eight wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001 remains the only occasion where a bowler has taken eight wickets in an ODI. [8]
Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 36 wickets in 2021, 34 wickets in 2022 & 23 wickets in 2024. Dushmantha Chameera with 22 wickets in 2021 and Maheesh Theekshana in 2022 jointly hold the Sri Lankan record for most wickets in a year. [149]
He was most successful against Bangladesh and South Africa, with 11 five-wicket hauls against each team. Fourteen of Muralitharan's five-wicket hauls were taken at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [14] He retired from Test cricket in July 2010, capturing his 67th and final five-wicket haul during his last match. [15]
Herath is a specialist left-arm bowler for Sri Lanka and holds the record of best bowling figures in Test matches by a left-arm spinner with 433 wickets. On 11 March 2017, Herath surpassed 362 wickets by Daniel Vettori to become the most successful left-arm spinner in Test cricket history. [2]
Sri Lanka: 101 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa 20 September 2007 South Africa: 94/0 Zimbabwe: 93/8 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota, Sri Lanka 20 September 2012 Oman: 131/0 Papua New Guinea: 129/9 Oman Cricket Academy Ground, Muscat, Oman 17 October 2021 Pakistan: 152/0 India: 151/7