page_title: Muttiah Muralitharan
section_title: Domestic cricket
hierarchical_section_title: Muttiah Muralitharan / Domestic cricket
caption_attribution_description: English: Muttiah Muralitharan's last game in England: 13 July 2011
context_page_description: Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers ever.
  Muralitharan's career was beset by controversy over his bowling action for much of his international career. Due to an unusual hyperextension of his congenitally bent arm during delivery, his bowling action was called into question on a number of occasions by umpires and sections of the cricket community. After biomechanical analysis under simulated playing conditions, Muralitharan's action was cleared by the International Cricket Council, first in 1996 and again in 1999.
  Muralitharan held the number one spot in the International Cricket Council's player rankings for Test bowlers for a record period of 1,711 days spanning 214 Test matches. Muralitharan holds the world record for the most wickets in both Test and one-day cricket. He became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he overtook the previous record-holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007.
caption: Muralitharan bowling for Gloucestershire in 2011.
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