Muralitharan factfile

Factfile on world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who is retiring from Test cricket later this month.

Factfile on world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who is retiring from Test cricket later this month:

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Full name: Muttiah Muralitharan

Born : April 17, 1972 in Kandy

Age : 38 years

Major teams: Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket Club

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Test record: 132 matches, 792 wickets, 22.71 average.

One-day record: 337 matches, 515 wickets, 23.07 average.

Twenty20 internationals: 11 matches, 13 wickets, 20.46 average
(Muralitharan is the leading wicket-taker in both Test and one-day cricket.)

Test debut: v Australia, Colombo, August 1992.