Recognition In 2002, Wisden carried out a statistical analysis of all Test matches in an effort to rate the greatest cricketers in history, and Muralitharan was ranked as the best Test bowler of all time. However, two years earlier, Muralitharan was not named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh called him "the Don Bradman of bowling".
recognition iN 2002, WIsdEN CaRried ouT a stAtisTicAL anAlYsIs Of alL TeST MatChes in an effORt to Rate thE greatesT criCKEters in hiSTory, and MuRalItHArAN wAs RankeD as the BeSt tEST boWleR of All TImE. howeveR, twO YEArs eaRlieR, muRalitHaraN was not namEd as One of thE FIVe wiSdEN cricKEteRs of the centuRy. fOrMEr AuStRalian captAin sTeve wauGh CAllED hIM "thE dOn braDMan of bOwLiNg".