The next year, he played in 26 fixtures, and captured 77 wickets at 23.32.

He has an aggregate of 22 runs and captured eight wickets.

In first class cricket, he captured 280 wickets at 26.28 with a best performance of eight for 84.

He also captured 8 wickets at an average of 39.50, as well taking 5 catches during his career.

He also captured 16 wickets at 14.75 a piece.

In Tests, he made 790 runs and captured 59 wickets.

In the Tests, he captured 17 wickets at an average of 23.47.

Muralitharan captured 11 wickets in 15 games, at an economy rate of 6.96 an over.

He captured 16 wickets at 25.06 and held 14 catches.

He captured 18 wickets in the five Tests at an average of 30.83.