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A perfect 10 for the Kandy man?

Mohandas Menon

° Highest wicket takers in in Test cricket     ° Top wicket takers for Sri Lanka
° Most wickets by a bowler in an innings     ° Record against each country
° Bowling record in the past 12 months     ° Series-by-series summary

Highest wicket takers in in Test cricket
Bowler Wkts For Mts Balls Runs Ave Best SR ER 10 5
CA Walsh 519 WI 132 30019 12688 24.45 7/37 57.84 2.54 3 22
N Kapil Dev 434 Ind 131 27740 12867 29.65 9/83 63.92 2.78 2 23
RJ Hadlee 431 NZ 86 21918 9612 22.30 9/52 50.85 2.63 9 36
SK Warne 424 Aus 97 27002 11314 26.68 8/71 63.68 2.51 5 20
Wasim Akram 414 Pak 103 22611 9774 23.61 7/119 54.62 2.59 5 25
CEL Ambrose 405 WI 98 22103 8501 20.99 8/45 54.58 2.31 3 22
M Muralitharan 395 SL 71 23599 9372 23.84 9-51 60.20 2.38 10 32
IT Botham 383 Eng 102 21815 10878 28.40 8/34 56.96 2.99 4 27
MD Marshall 376 WI 81 17584 7876 20.95 7/22 46.77 2.69 4 22
GD McGrath 373 Aus 80 19216 8167 21.90 8/38 51.52 2.55 3 22
Imran Khan 362 Pak 88 19458 8258 22.81 8/58 53.75 2.55 6 23
DK Lillee 355 Aus 70 18467 8493 23.92 7/83 52.02 2.76 7 23
Waqar Younis 332 Pak 74 14361 7643 23.02 7/76 43.26 3.19 5 21
AA Donald 328 SA 70 15223 7141 21.77 8/71 46.41 2.81 3 20
RGD Willis 325 Eng 90 17357 8190 25.20 8/43 53.41 2.83 0 16
LR Gibbs 309 WI 79 27115 8989 29.09 8/38 87.75 1.99 2 18
FS Trueman 307 Eng 67 15178 6625 21.58 8/31 49.44 2.62 3 17
A Kumble 300 Ind 66 20664 8412 28.04 10/74 68.88 2.44 4 18
Note: When he took 13-115 in the second Test at Zimbabwe in Kandy last week Muralitharan became the first bowler in Test history to take 10 "10 wicket hauls".

Top wicket takers for Sri Lanka
Bowler Wkts For Mts Balls Runs Ave Best SR RPO 10 5
M Muralitharan 392 SL 71 23599 9373 29.91 9/51 60.20 2.38 10 32
WPUJ Vaas 185 SL 56 12320 5330 28.81 7/71 66.59 2.60 2 7
GP Wickramasinghe 85 SL 40 7260 3559 41.87 6/60 85.41 2.94 0 3
RJ Ratnayake 73 SL 23 4961 2563 35.11 6/66 67.96 3.10 0 5
ALF de Mel 59 SL 17 3518 2180 36.95 6/109 59.63 3.72 0 3
HDPK Dharmasena 58 SL 25 5613 2276 39.24 6/72 96.78 2.43 0 3
KR Pushpakumara 58 SL 23 3792 2242 38.66 7/116 65.38 3.55 0 4
ST Jayasuriya 56 SL 67 4651 1987 35.48 4/24 83.05 2.56 0 0
JR Ratnayeke 56 SL 22 3833 1972 35.21 8/83 68.45 3.09 0 4

Most wickets by a bowler in an innings
Bowler Wkts For Vs Year Venue
JC Laker 10-53 Eng Aus 1956 Old Trafford
A Kumble 10-74 Ind Pak 1998-99 Delhi
GA Lohmann 9-28 Eng SA 1895-96 Old Wanderers
JC Laker 9-37 Eng Aus 1956 Old Trafford
M Muralitharan 9-51 SL Zim 2001-02 Kandy
RJ Hadlee 9-52 NZ Aus 1985-86 The Gabba'
Abdul Qadir 9-56 Pak Eng 1987-88 Lahore (Gaddafi)
DE Malcolm 9-57 Eng SA 1994 The Oval
M Muralitharan 9-65 SL Eng 1998 The Oval
JM Patel 9-69 Ind Aus 1959-60 Kanpur
N Kapil Dev 9-83 Ind WI 1983-84 Ahmedabad
Sarfraz Nawaz 9-86 Pak Aus 1978-79 MCG
JM Noreiga 9-95 WI Ind 1970-71 Port-of-Spain
SP Gupte 9-102 Ind WI 1958-59 Kanpur
SF Barnes 9-103 Eng SA 1913-14 Old Wanderers
HJ Tayfield 9-113 SA Eng 1956-57 Wanderers
AA Mailey 9-121 Aus Eng 1920-21 MCG
Note: Murali became the first bowler in Test history to take 9 wickets on two occasions

More...

  • Highest wicket takers in in Test cricket

  • Top wicket takers for Sri Lanka

  • Most wickets by a bowler in an innings

  • Record against each country

  • Bowling record in the past 12 months

  • Series-by-series summary

  • Also read:
    - Muralitharan creates a world record
    - Murali tops bowler ratings
    - Murali Magic
    - Muralitharan, Buddika wreck Zimbabwe
    - Murali misses perfect 10
    - Muralitharan spins Sri Lanka to record win