| Full Name: | Muttiah Muralitharan | |
| Born: | 17 April 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman | |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break | |
| Test Debut: | Sri Lanka v Australia at Khettarama Stadium, Colombo - 28, 29, 30 August, 1, 2 September 1992 | |
| Last Test: | West Indies v Sri Lanka at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain - | |
| ODI Debut: | Sri Lanka v India at Khettarama Stadium, Colombo - 12 August 1993 | |
| Last ODI: | Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne Cricket Ground - 29 February 2008 | |
| Twenty20 Debut: | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Westpac Stadium, Wellington - 22 December 2006 | |
| Last Twenty20: | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Westpac Stadium, Wellington - 22 December 2006 |
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 120 | 151 | 51 | 1156 | 11.56 | 67 | 1663 | 69.51 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 133 | 25 | 68 | 0 |
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W | 10 W |
| 40035 | 16137 | 735 | 9/51 | 21.95 | 2.41 | 54.46 | 42 | 63 | 20 |
| Recent scores: | 8, 4, 1, 15, 1*, 4, 6*, 0, 0, 8 | |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (25), stumped (6), caught & bowled (4), lbw (4), run out (4), caught behind (14), caught (43) | |
| Dismissed most by: | Anil Kumble 4, Daniel Vettori 4, Ashley Giles 4, Henry Olonga 3, Andrew Hall 3, Harbhajan Singh 3, Shane Warne 3, Stuart MacGill 3, Paul Strang 2, Waqar Younis 2 | |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 305 | 139 | 51 | 516 | 5.86 | 27 | 737 | 70.01 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 7 | 120 | 0 |
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W |
| 16534 | 10674 | 464 | 7/30 | 23.00 | 3.87 | 35.63 | 13 | 8 |
| Recent scores: | 1, 13, 0*, 11, 2*, 1, 8, 3, 0, 10 | |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (30), run out (11), caught & bowled (1), lbw (1), stumped (1), caught behind (6), caught (37) | |
| Dismissed most by: | Nathan Bracken 4, Wasim Akram 3, Jacob Oram 3, Saqlain Mushtaq 3, Waqar Younis 2, Chris Cairns 2, Robin Singh 2, Alan Mullally 2, Abdul Razzaq 2, Ashish Nehra 2 | |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W |
| 24 | 27 | 2 | 2/27 | 13.50 | 6.75 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
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| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
