| 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 (five-day match) |
| Last Test: | Sri Lanka v India at Galle International Stadium - 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd July 2010 |
| ODI Debut: | Sri Lanka v India at Khettarama Stadium, Colombo - 12 August 1993 |
| Last ODI: | India v Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - 2nd April 2011 |
| Twenty20 Debut: | New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Westpac Stadium, Wellington - 22 December 2006 |
| Last Twenty20: | Australia v Sri Lanka at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth - 31st October 2010 |
TEST BATTING
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 133 | 164 | 56 | 1261 | 11.67 | 67 | 1794 | 70.28 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 147 | 28 | 72 | 0 |
Test Bowling
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W | 10 W |
| 44039 | 18180 | 800 | 9/51 | 22.72 | 2.47 | 55.04 | 45 | 67 | 22 |
Test Other Analysis
| Recent scores: | 5*, 14, 4*, 6, 29, 17*, 8, 22, 0, 0* |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (27), lbw (6), stumped (6), caught & bowled (5), run out (4), caught behind (16), caught (44) |
| Dismissed most by: | Harbhajan Singh 5, Anil Kumble 5, Daniel Vettori 4, Ashley Giles 4, Shane Warne 3, Henry Olonga 3, Stuart MacGill 3, Andrew Hall 3, Simon Doull 2, Shahadat Hossain 2 |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
ODI Batting
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 350 | 162 | 63 | 674 | 6.80 | 33* | 869 | 77.56 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 50 | 12 | 130 | 0 |
ODI Bowling
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W |
| 18811 | 12326 | 534 | 7/30 | 23.08 | 3.93 | 35.22 | 15 | 10 |
ODI Other Analysis
| Recent scores: | 7, 0*, 4*, 2, 1*, 18, 0*, 32, 3*, 0 |
| Modes of dismissal: | bowled (33), run out (14), caught & bowled (1), lbw (1), stumped (1), caught behind (9), caught (39) |
| Dismissed most by: | Nathan Bracken 4, Jacob Oram 3, Wasim Akram 3, Saqlain Mushtaq 3, Waqar Younis 2, Ashish Nehra 2, Chris Cairns 2, Shoaib Akhtar 2, Mohammad Sami 2, Robin Singh 2 |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |
Twenty20 BATTING
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | BF | SR | 50s | 100s | 0s | G 0s | 4s | 6s | ct | st |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.50 | 1 | 5 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Twenty20 Bowling
| Balls | Runs | Wkts | BB | Avg | Econ | SR | 4 W | 5 W |
| 282 | 297 | 13 | 3/29 | 22.84 | 6.31 | 21.69 | 0 | 0 |
Twenty20 Other Analysis
| Recent scores: | 1, 0 |
| Modes of dismissal: | stumped (1), caught (1) |
| Dismissed most by: | Alex Cusack 1, Saeed Ajmal 1, |
| More player stats: | Batting Analysis | Bowling Analysis |