Biography Of Muttiah Muralitharan- Biggest Spin Superstar In Cricket History

Muttiah Muralitharan is a former Sri Lankan crickter who is widely considered one of the greatest bowlers ever to play the game. Check some interesting trivia about him:

• Muttiah Muralitharan was born on April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
• He holds the world record for the most wickets in both test (800) and one-day cricket (534).
• He started his cricketing career as a medium pace bowler but on the advice of his school coach he took up off-spin.
• Muralitharan married Madhimalar Ramamurthy, a Chennai girl, on 21 March 2005
• He had most 5-wicket hauls in an innings at Test level - 67
• He had most 10-wicket hauls in a match at Test level - 22. He is also the only player to take 10 wickets in a test match against every Test playing nation.
• Only player to take 10 wickets in a Test in four consecutive matches. He achieved this feat twice.
• The only bowler to take 75 or more wickets in a calendar year on three occasions, achieving it in 2000, 2001 and 2006
• He won 19 Man Of Match awards in Test cricket and 14 in ODI.
• He holds the record of "Most Man of the series" award - 11 times
• He currently holds the record for the most ducks ever in international cricket (Tests, ODI's and T20), with a total of 59 ducks.
• Most successful bowler/fielder (non-wicket keeper) combination – caught Mahela Jayawardene bowled Muttiah Muralitharan - 77 times
• Former Australian captain Steve Waugh called him "the Don Bradman of bowling".

Muttiah Muralitharan Statistics

Test Record

Matches - 133
Runs - 1,256 
Batting Average - 11.67 
50s - 1
Top Score - 67 
Wickets - 800
Bowling Average - 22.72 
5W - 67 
10W in match - 22
Best Bowling - 9/51
Catches - 72

ODI Record

Matches - 350
Runs - 674
Batting Average - 6.8
Top Score - 33*
Wickets - 534
Bowling Average - 23.08
5W - 10 
Best Bowling - 7/30
Catches - 130