Muthaiah Murlidharan of Sri Lanka holds the unpreceedented record for maximum test wickets which now stands at 723. he has so far played in 118 test matches spanning a period from 1992-2007. He has sent down 38202 overs giving away just 15742 runs with a career best of 9/51 in an innings & 16/2220 in a match. His bowling strike rate is 21.77
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