Question 1

True or false: Muttiah Muralitharan is the only bowler to take 800 Test wickets, all for Sri Lanka.

Accepted Answer

True. Muralitharan finished with 800 Test wickets, all for Sri Lanka, a feat no other bowler has matched.

Question 2

True or false: Muttiah Muralitharan ended his ODI career with 534 wickets, the most by any bowler, surpassing Wasim Akram's 502.

Accepted Answer

True. Muttiah Muralitharan ended with 534 ODI wickets, the highest in history, ahead of Wasim Akram's 502.

Question 3

True or false: Muralitharan never played a Test match outside Asia due to fitness concerns.

Accepted Answer

False. He played Tests in Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, and the West Indies, taking wickets everywhere.

Question 4

True or false: Muralitharan took a Test hat-trick against the West Indies in 2001.

Accepted Answer

True. He dismissed Brian Lara, Ridley Jacobs, and Dinanath Ramnarine in consecutive deliveries in Kandy, February 2001.

Question 5

True or false: Muralitharan once took all 10 wickets in a Test innings against England.

Accepted Answer

False. He took 9/51 against Zimbabwe in 2002 and 9/65 against England, but never a full 10-wicket innings haul.

Question 6

True or false: Muttiah Muralitharan once bowled a delivery that spun so much it hit the wicketkeeper’s helmet behind the batsman.

Accepted Answer

False. This is an exaggerated myth; no official record confirms such a delivery, though his spin was famously extreme.

Question 7

True or false: Muttiah Muralitharan was born with a congenital deformity in his bowling arm that allowed extra wrist flexion.

Accepted Answer

True. Muralitharan was born with a congenital bent elbow in his right arm, which allowed him to generate more wrist rotation and spin, a key factor in his record-breaking bowling career.

Question 8

True or false: Muralitharan was banned from bowling by the ICC for a suspected illegal action in 1995.

Accepted Answer

False. He was called for throwing in 1995 during a Test in Australia, but never officially banned; biomechanical tests later cleared him.

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