Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon Stats Comparison For Test, ODI, T20 & More

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: Who is better?

Muttiah Muralitharan has accumulated a total of 1526 wickets combined - across all formats in international cricket and T20 leagues while Nathan Lyon has amassed a total of 654 wickets combined in the same category. Muttiah Muralitharan is superior than Nathan Lyon on the big stage - purely going by total number of wickets scalped.

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: Wickets

Player	Test	ODI	T20(I)	T20	Total Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan	800	534	13	179	1526
Nathan Lyon	567	29	1	57	654

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: Test Records (Bowling)

Player	Innings	Wickets	Economy	Average
Muttiah Muralitharan	230	800	2.47	22.72
Nathan Lyon	262	567	2.94	30.15

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: ODI Records (Bowling)

Player	Innings	Wickets	Economy	Average
Muttiah Muralitharan	341	534	3.93	23.08
Nathan Lyon	29	29	4.92	46

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: T20 International Records (Bowling)

Player	Innings	Wickets	Economy	Average
Muttiah Muralitharan	12	13	6.31	22.84
Nathan Lyon	2	1	9.6	48

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: Record in IPL and other T20 Leagues Combined (Bowling)

Player	Innings	Wickets	Economy	Average
Muttiah Muralitharan	164	179	6.38	22.03
Nathan Lyon	49	57	7.34	21.87

Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon: Comparison FAQs

Q: Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon who has a better economy rate?

A: Nathan Lyon has a better economy rate in T20 (7.34), ODI (4.92), Test (2.94) and T20I (9.6) compared to Muttiah Muralitharan who has an economy of 6.38 (T20), 3.93 (ODI), 2.47 (Test) and 6.31 (T20I).

Q: Muttiah Muralitharan vs Nathan Lyon who has more wickets?

A: Muttiah Muralitharan has bagged 1347 wickets in international cricket, which is greater in comparison to Nathan Lyon who has bagged 597 wickets in the same category.