A perfect 10 for the Kandy man?

° Highest wicket takers in in Test cricket     ° Top wicket takers for Sri Lanka
° Most wickets by a bowler in an innings     ° Record against each country
° Bowling record in the past 12 months     ° Series-by-series summary

Highest wicket takers in in Test cricket
Bowler	Wkts	For	Mts	Balls	Runs	Ave	Best	SR	ER	10	5
CA Walsh	519	WI	132	30019	12688	24.45	7/37	57.84	2.54	3	22
N Kapil Dev	434	Ind	131	27740	12867	29.65	9/83	63.92	2.78	2	23
RJ Hadlee	431	NZ	86	21918	9612	22.30	9/52	50.85	2.63	9	36
SK Warne	424	Aus	97	27002	11314	26.68	8/71	63.68	2.51	5	20
Wasim Akram	414	Pak	103	22611	9774	23.61	7/119	54.62	2.59	5	25
CEL Ambrose	405	WI	98	22103	8501	20.99	8/45	54.58	2.31	3	22
M Muralitharan	395	SL	71	23599	9372	23.84	9-51	60.20	2.38	10	32
IT Botham	383	Eng	102	21815	10878	28.40	8/34	56.96	2.99	4	27
MD Marshall	376	WI	81	17584	7876	20.95	7/22	46.77	2.69	4	22
GD McGrath	373	Aus	80	19216	8167	21.90	8/38	51.52	2.55	3	22
Imran Khan	362	Pak	88	19458	8258	22.81	8/58	53.75	2.55	6	23
DK Lillee	355	Aus	70	18467	8493	23.92	7/83	52.02	2.76	7	23
Waqar Younis	332	Pak	74	14361	7643	23.02	7/76	43.26	3.19	5	21
AA Donald	328	SA	70	15223	7141	21.77	8/71	46.41	2.81	3	20
RGD Willis	325	Eng	90	17357	8190	25.20	8/43	53.41	2.83	0	16
LR Gibbs	309	WI	79	27115	8989	29.09	8/38	87.75	1.99	2	18
FS Trueman	307	Eng	67	15178	6625	21.58	8/31	49.44	2.62	3	17
A Kumble	300	Ind	66	20664	8412	28.04	10/74	68.88	2.44	4	18
Note: When he took 13-115 in the second Test at Zimbabwe in Kandy last week Muralitharan became the first bowler in Test history to take 10 "10 wicket hauls".

Top wicket takers for Sri Lanka
Bowler	Wkts	For	Mts	Balls	Runs	Ave	Best	SR	RPO	10	5
M Muralitharan	392	SL	71	23599	9373	29.91	9/51	60.20	2.38	10	32
WPUJ Vaas	185	SL	56	12320	5330	28.81	7/71	66.59	2.60	2	7
GP Wickramasinghe	85	SL	40	7260	3559	41.87	6/60	85.41	2.94	0	3
RJ Ratnayake	73	SL	23	4961	2563	35.11	6/66	67.96	3.10	0	5
ALF de Mel	59	SL	17	3518	2180	36.95	6/109	59.63	3.72	0	3
HDPK Dharmasena	58	SL	25	5613	2276	39.24	6/72	96.78	2.43	0	3
KR Pushpakumara	58	SL	23	3792	2242	38.66	7/116	65.38	3.55	0	4
ST Jayasuriya	56	SL	67	4651	1987	35.48	4/24	83.05	2.56	0	0
JR Ratnayeke	56	SL	22	3833	1972	35.21	8/83	68.45	3.09	0	4

Most wickets by a bowler in an innings
Bowler	Wkts	For	Vs	Year	Venue
JC Laker	10-53	Eng	Aus	1956	Old Trafford
A Kumble	10-74	Ind	Pak	1998-99	Delhi
GA Lohmann	9-28	Eng	SA	1895-96	Old Wanderers
JC Laker	9-37	Eng	Aus	1956	Old Trafford
M Muralitharan	9-51	SL	Zim	2001-02	Kandy
RJ Hadlee	9-52	NZ	Aus	1985-86	The Gabba'
Abdul Qadir	9-56	Pak	Eng	1987-88	Lahore (Gaddafi)
DE Malcolm	9-57	Eng	SA	1994	The Oval
M Muralitharan	9-65	SL	Eng	1998	The Oval
JM Patel	9-69	Ind	Aus	1959-60	Kanpur
N Kapil Dev	9-83	Ind	WI	1983-84	Ahmedabad
Sarfraz Nawaz	9-86	Pak	Aus	1978-79	MCG
JM Noreiga	9-95	WI	Ind	1970-71	Port-of-Spain
SP Gupte	9-102	Ind	WI	1958-59	Kanpur
SF Barnes	9-103	Eng	SA	1913-14	Old Wanderers
HJ Tayfield	9-113	SA	Eng	1956-57	Wanderers
AA Mailey	9-121	Aus	Eng	1920-21	MCG
Note: Murali became the first bowler in Test history to take 9 wickets on two occasions

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