Test players with the highest frequency of Man-of-the-match awards (Part 2)
Continuing our discussion about Test players who have won the most number of the Man-of-the-match awards, we now take a look at Jacque Kallis and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157.
Jacques Kallis
The players' test records speak volumes about Jacques contributions as a match winner for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757. Kallis has dominated the international cricketing arena with both bat and ball. In his 15 years of test cricket, the South African all-rounder has done
comparatively better than all other world-class all-rounders. A part from blazing with the bat, Kallis has an exceptional test record with the ball against all international full member teams.
He is by far one of the greatest stars of the game of cricket who made their mark in all formats of international cricket - test, ODI or T20 cricket.
Jacques 237 innings in test cricket allowed the veteran South African all-rounder to score a massive tally of 11,126 runs with a personal best of 189 runs. He is one of the fewest test cricketers who have successfully maintained an average of 55.07 with
a strike rate of 44.52. The veteran has 35 centuries and 53 half centuries to his name. He also has the ability to strike boundaries at regular intervals, which is something dreaded by many international bowlers, as the veteran has 1243 boundaries and 74 smashing
sixes to his credit.
In the 137 test matches played, Kallis has taken an impressive collection of 266 wickets, at an average of 31.59. He also has 5 five-wicket hauls to his name. He also has maintained a strike rate of 67.2 with an economy rate of 2.81.
In the 137 matches he has appeared in, the veteran has been able to secure 20 man-of-the-match awards. He also has a striking man-of-the-match awards rate of 6.85, winning the award after almost every 7 test matches. With a stellar record, Kallis has single-handedly
helped South Africa win several test matches over the years. He surely earns himself a well deserved second spot amongst the test players with the highest frequency of man-of-the-match awards.
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan has a massive collection of 32 overall man-of-the-match awards in all forms of the game, including test, ODI and T20 cricket. The Sri Lankan spin Guru has played 132 test matches in his 18 year long test career. He is the highest wicket
taker in the longer version of the game with 800 wickets. Muralitharan has been able to dominate world-class batsmen throughout his international cricketing career.
One of his most accomplished talents were his ability to turn the ball sharply on any given cricketing wicket. He is also responsible for changing the bowling laws, as the ICC found his bowling action more inclined towards throwing the cricket ball. But
nothing stopped this cricket’s living legend from breaking and making new international records. His 800 wickets are the highest wickets taken by any bowler in the international cricket arena in test or ODI cricket.
Out of the 7340 overs bowled by the veteran in test cricket, 1794 overs were maidens. He has maintained an outstanding bowling average of 22.72 throughout his test career. Taking a massive of 800 wickets, the veteran has had a strike rate of 55.0 runs per
wicket. He has a massive collection of 67 five-wicket hauls and 22 ten-wicket hauls in a match to his name. With a best of 9 for 51 and 16 for 220 in a match, the Lankan tiger has had some of the world’s greatest batsmen on the edge of their crease.
The Lankan Tiger has an impressive of 19 Man-of-the-Match awards in Test cricket to his name. He is at number 3 in the rankings for the highest frequency of man-of-the-match awards for a test player based on his outstanding tests per award rate of 6.95.
This veteran Lankan tiger surely is worthy to have his name among the world’s greatest test player’s that international cricket has come across.
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