The legendary Sri Lankan bowler is not only the highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game, but is also the highest wicket-taker in international cricket
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Muralitharan was rampant against Zimbabwe in the first innings of the match and ended up taking 9 wickets. He followed this up by taking another 4 wickets in the second innings as Sri Lanka cruised to victory by an innings and 94 runs.
After his amazing figures of 7/155 in the first innings, Muralitharan went on to stun England again in the second innings but this time he did even better and took 9 wickets to end the test match with 16 scalps under his name. Thanks to these amazing bowling figures, Sri Lanka comfortably won the match by 10 wickets.
After Sri Lanka gave a target of 378 to West Indies, Muralitharan stepped up and showed his magic yet again as the Windies crumbled before his outstanding bowling. Thanks to his 8-wicket haul, the visitors were dismissed for only 137 runs and Sri Lanka won the match by a massive 240-run margin.
After Sri Lanka were bowled out for 322 in the second innings setting up a target of 325 runs for England to achieve, Muralitharan’s outstanding spell turned the match into the visitors’ favor. His 8-wicket haul helped Sri Lanka bowl out the hosts on the score of 190 as they won the match by 134 runs.
Thanks to Muralitharan’s fantastic bowling in the first innings of the match, Sri Lanka bowled out India for 234 runs. The hosts followed that up by scoring a huge total of 610/6 in their first innings. India weren’t able to catch up and were bowled out for 299 in their second innings where Murali took another 3 wickets. Sri Lanka ended up winning the match by an innings and 77 runs.
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