da brwin： Muttiah Muralitharan added another milestone to his burgeoning list on the third afternoon of the Chittagong match
da bwin： S Rajesh02-Mar-2006Muttiah Muralitharan has been scaling peaks and setting records at a breakneck rate over the last few years, and he added another milestone to his burgeoning list on the third afternoon of the Chittagong match. Playing his 100th Test, Murali made the occasion doubly memorable by taking his 1000th wicket in international cricket. The dismissal itself was a controversial one – Khaled Mashud was given out caught when the ball only hit his pad – but that only meant the inevitable was achieved a few minutes earlier than it would have been. The table below lists the highest wicket-takers – Shane Warne is only 48 behind, but none of the others are within touching distance.
Muralitharan 593 411 1004 Warne 659 293 952 Akram 414 502 916 McGrath 542 331 873 Kumble 494 329 823 Younis 373 416 789 Walsh 519 227 746 Pollock 385 346 731 Kapil 434 253 687 Vaas 301 352 653The table below charts out Murali’s progression to 1000 wickets. He took 46 matches to get to 100 wickets, and then needed 51 more to get to 200, but that was more because he only played seven Tests during this period. His quickest 100-wicket spell – in terms of matches played – was when he galloped from 600 to 700 in a mere 24 games, 10 Tests (which fetched him 80 wickets) and 14 ODIs.
Played/ wickets
Played/ wickets
100 21/ 78 25/ 25 46 200 28/ 107 69/ 95 97 300 39/ 177 91/ 123 130 400 48/ 227 127/ 173 175 500 57/ 291 148/ 209 205 600 66/ 350 174/ 250 240 700 76/ 430 188/ 276 264 800 82/ 459 223/ 342 305 900 90/ 527 240/ 374 330 1000 100/ 593 270/ 411 370