Muttiah Muralitharan: Profile, Age, Height, Achievements, And Career Stats

Biography of Muttiah Muralitharan

• Full name: Muttiah Muralitharan
• Nickname: Murali
• Profession: Cricketer
• Famous For- Bowling Style
• Net Worth: $9 million
• Salary: NA
• Monthly Income: NA
• Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/murali_800/?hl=en

Physical Status of Muttiah Muralitharan

• Height: 5’ 7’’
• Weight: 70 kg
• Eye Color: Black
• Hair Color: Black

Personal Life of Muttiah Muralitharan

• Birth Date: 17 April, 1972
• Place of Birth: Nattarampottha, Kandy (Sri Lanka)
• Nationality: Sri Lankan
• School: St. Anthony’s College, Kandy
• College: NA
• Hobbies: Fishing, Playing guitar

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Family of Muttiah Muralitharan

• Father: Sinnasamy Muttiah
• Mother: Lakshmi Muttiah
• Brother: NA
• Sister: NA
• Wife: R. Madhi Malar
• Son: Naren
• Daughter: Krisha

Career Statistics of Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan’s Debut:

• Test Match: 28 August, 1992 vs Australia at Colombo
• ODI Match: 12 August, 1993 vs India at colombo

Muttiah Muralitharan’s Last Match:

• Test Match: 22 July, 2010 vs India at Sri Lanka
• ODI Match: 2 April, 2011 vs India at Mumbai

Achievements of Muttiah Muralitharan

International Records:

Test Cricket

• Most wickets: 800
• Most five-wicket hauls: 68
• Most ten-wicket hauls: 22
• Best bowling figures in an innings: 9/65
• Best bowling figures in a match: 13/220
• Highest bowling average in a calendar year: 68.46 (2007)

One Day International (ODI) cricket

• Most wickets: 534
• Most five-wicket hauls: 19
• Best bowling figures in an innings: 7/30
• Highest bowling average in a calendar year: 40.13 (2000)

Awards and Honors:

International Awards and Honors

• ICC Cricket Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2017
• Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack: Rated the greatest Test match bowler in 2002
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World: 2006
• ICC World Test XI: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• ICC World ODI XI: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
• ICC World T20 XI: 2009
• Ceat International Cricketer of the Year: 2006-07
• International Bowler of the Year: 2006-07

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Sri Lankan Awards

• Sri Lankan Sportsman of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006
• Sri Lankan Cricketer of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2006
• Most Outstanding Bowler at the Carlton & Juliet Sinhala Sports Awards: 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Sri Lankan Sports Lifetime Achievement Award: 2011
• Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year: 2017

Other Notable Awards-

• Named to the ICC Test Team of the Decade (2000-2009)
• Named to the ICC Cricket World Cup Dream Team (1996-2015)
• Holds the world record for most wickets in Test cricket (800) and ODIs (534)
• The only cricketer to have taken 800 wickets, 500 catches, and 10,000 runs in all formats
• Recipient of Sri Lanka’s highest civilian honor, the Deshamanya, in 2011