Editing Muttiah Muralitharan (section)

====Career summary====
On 12 August 1993 Muralitharan made his One Day International (ODI) debut against India at the Khettarama Stadium and took 1 for 38 off ten overs. [[Pravin Amre]] was his first ODI wicket.

On 27 October 2000 in Sharjah, Muralitharan captured 7 for 30 against India, which were then the best bowling figures in One Day Internationals.

On 9 April 2002 Muralitharan achieved a career peak ODI Bowling Rating of 913, based on the LG ICC Player Rankings. This is the highest ever rating achieved by a spin bowler in One Day Internationals. This also puts him in fourth place in the LG ICC Best-Ever ODI bowling ratings.<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.cricketratings.com/|title= LG ICC Best-Ever ODI Bowling Ratings|access-date= 12 February 2008|archive-date= 27 January 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080127210050/http://www.cricketratings.com/|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2006, Muralitharan had the second (now third) highest number of runs (99) hit off him in a One Day International Innings. The Australians, especially Adam Gilchrist, attacked Muralitharan's bowling more than usual that day. Yet, for his performances in 2006, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ricky Ponting takes top honours at glittering ICC Awards night|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-awards/content/story/266801.html|date=2006-11-03|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804091358/https://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-awards/content/story/266801.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Muralitharan does not have a great record against the Australians in ODIs and this was proved again as he was ineffective in the finals of the 2007 World Cup; his chief tormentor again being Gilchrist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/102992.html |title=ESPNcricinfo – Records – One-Day Internationals – Most runs conceded in an innings |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 April 2011 |archive-date=22 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422020838/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/102992.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Yet, for his performances in 2007, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.<ref>[[ICC ODI Team of the Year]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2019}} He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo for the 2007 World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=And the winners are ...|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22952952/and-winners|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=14 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214064851/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22952952/and-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>

Muralitharan played in five [[Cricket World Cup]] tournaments, in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. He captured 67 World Cup wickets and is second in the list behind Glenn McGrath who has 71,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=12;type=trophy |title=Most Wickets – World Cup |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |date=3 December 2007 |access-date=2 February 2008 |archive-date=14 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214084157/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=12%3Btype%3Dtrophy |url-status=live }}</ref> and represented Sri Lanka in three World Cup finals. In 1996 Muralitharan was part of Sri Lanka's World Cup winning team that defeated Australia in [[Lahore]], Pakistan. Muralitharan also played in the 2007 World Cup final, when Australia defeated Sri Lanka in [[Bridgetown]], Barbados. He picked up 23 wickets in the 2007 World Cup, and finished as the second highest wicket taker in the tournament behind [[Glenn McGrath]]. He was part of the 2011 team who lost the world cup final against India in Mumbai. It was his farewell match as well. He was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup by the ICC.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sachin, Zaheer, Yuvi in ICC's World Cup XI|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/world-cup-2011/sachin-zaheer-yuvi-in-iccs-world-cup-xi-1572998|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

Muttiah Muralitharan was left out of the Sri Lankan one-day squad to tour [[West Indies]] in April 2008. The chairman of selectors [[Ashantha De Mel]] clarifying the non-selection stated that "We know he (Muralitharan) can still play in the next World Cup if he is properly looked after, so we want to use him sparingly to preserve him for the big games and the World Cup coming up in the Asian sub-continent where Muralitharan will be a threat."<ref name=omit>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/sri_lanka/7291858.stm ''Sri Lanka leave out Muralitharan''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319052812/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/sri_lanka/7291858.stm |date=19 March 2008 }} ''[[BBC News]]'' retrieved {{Nowrap|13 March}} 2008</ref><ref name="De Mel comments">{{Cite news|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/cricket/story/7906628/Jayasuriya-still-has-future---De-Mel |title=Jayasuriya-still-has-future—De-Mel |work=Fox Sports |date=13 March 2008 |access-date=16 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Muralitharan has the highest number of career wickets in One Day Internationals, having overtaken [[Wasim Akram]] on {{Nowrap|5 February}} 2009. Akram took 502 wickets in 356 matches. On {{Nowrap|3 February}} 2009, Muralitharan dismissed [[Yuvraj Singh]] in his 327th match, the third ODI against [[India national cricket team|India]] in [[Colombo]] to equal [[Akram]]'s record. He won 13 Man of the Match awards in this form of the game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Misc/MiscManOfMatch2_ODI.asp?PlayerID=1234 |title=Muralitharan – Man of Match Awards (ODI Cricket) |work=HowSTAT |access-date=23 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324004410/http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Misc/MiscManOfMatch2_ODI.asp?PlayerID=1234 |archive-date=24 March 2005 }}</ref>