Who is a better bowler: Warne or Murali?

Number of test matches: Murali - 123; Warne - 145

Number of balls bowled: Murali - 41,000; Warne - 40,705

Runs Conceded - Murali - 16,604; Warne - 17,995

Wickets taken - Murali - 756; Warne - 708

Wickets per Match - Murali - 6.15; Warne - 4.88

percent share of wickets in series played - Murali - 19.2; Warne - 14.3

Runc conceded per wicket - Murali - 21.96; Warne - 25.42

Runs conceded per over - Murali - 2.43; Warne - 2.65

Balls per wicket - Murali - 54; Warne - 57

Balls per match - Murali - 333; Warne - 281

Rating - Murali - 978; Warne - 855

All time bowler Rank - Murali - 2nd; Warne - 14th.

Muralitharan is more effective than Warne in test matches as you can see from the above figures. Hope you will agree.

Warne is DEFINITELY better. They're both good, but Murali has been the only good bowler in his team for years, and Warne has had to compete with Lee, McGrath, McDermott and all the other australian bowlers since he's been playing for wickets. Murali bowls a hell of alot more in matches aswell, up to 20 more overs than Warne during tests, because he is more heavily relied on, which means that he should get more wickets. Also, as what was said earlier, Murali has gotten most of his wickets against lesser skilled sides.

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Warne was way better and always will be. Murali always gets heaps of cheap wickets coz srilanka tend to play the not so good sides more often than the good ones. Murali doesnt have a great record against some of the better sides like Australia and South Africa. Warne played good against absoultely everyone not just sides like Bangladesh and Pakistan etc.

Warne -- has to come on after the quick bowlers have there lot

Murali -- has been there only bowler for many years and takes a lot of wickets against very poor sides

Murali has failed in australia when it counted

warne is far the better bowler over all

Murali -- has and still is considered a chucker

Taking into considerations the ground conditions these stalwarts bowled in, Shane Warne will have his nose ahead of Murali

(Comparison :- Test Cricket)

Murali's wickets

In Sri Lanka - 472 wickets

in India - 31 wickets

in Zimbabwe - 26

in New Zealand -30

in Pakistan - 49

in Australia - 12

in West Indies -37

in South Africa -35

in England - 48

in Bangladesh - 16

(Murali's Average in Australia is 75.41 & in India is 39.58, otherwise it is 27.53 or less)

Shane Warne's Wickets

in Australia - 319

in England - 129

in South Africa - 61

in New Zealand - 49

in Sri Lanka - 48

in India - 34

in Pakistan -18

in West Indies -17

in U.A.E. - 16

in Bangladesh - 11

in Zimbabwe - 6

(Except in India & Pakistan his average is 28.00 or below)

S. Warne in Subcontinent (including in UAE) - 127 wickets (17.94%)

elsewhere - 581 wickets (82.06%)

Murali in Subcontinent - 568 wickets (75.13%)

elsewhere - 188 wickets (24.87%)

And all know, sub continental pitches favour spin bowling, and elsewhere it is quite tough for spinners

Easy to answer. Warne - because Murali is a chucker.

Your question is who is the better bowler-Answer:WARNE. Murali does not bowl, he throws. Is records should removed from the record books. He is a cheater!

Very difficult to choose as both are legends of the game but I would say Warne because he can also most of the time spin the ball on wickets suited for faster bowlers.

They both are, Warne got his wickets against tougher teams then Murali.