Na May 2004, Muralitharan gafere West Indian Courtney Walsh's ndekọ nke 519 Test Match wickets to become the highest wicket-taker. Zimbabwe's Mluleki Nkala becomes Muralitharan's 520th scalp in Tests. Muralitharan jidere ndekọ ahụ ruo mgbe Shane Warne kwuru ya na Ọktọba 2004. Warne gafere akara nke Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan nke 532 wickets site na ịchụpụ India's Irfan Pathan. Warne kwuru na ya nwere mmasị na ya duel na Muralitharan, bụ onye e wepụrụ n'azụ ịwa ahụ n'ubu n'oge ahụ. Mgbe otu afọ pụtara ìhè gasịrị, a họpụtara Muralitharan dị ka Onye Isi Cricketer na World na 2006. N'ime ule isii, o were 60 wickets. O were wickets iri na anọ n'ime egwuregwu anọ nke ọ bụla, oge nke abụọ ọ rụrụ dị otú ahụ.
Courtney Walsh