Muttiah Muralitharan
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Muttiah Muralitharan is a legendary Sri Lankan spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and the leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muttiah Muralitharan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4573867 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Muttiah Muralitharan Context triple: [Sri Lanka national cricket team, notablePlayer, Muttiah Muralitharan]
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A.
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas is a former Sri Lankan left-arm fast-medium bowler renowned as one of the country’s greatest seamers and a leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
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B.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the most destructive opening batsmen in limited-overs cricket and a key figure in Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup triumph.
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C.
Brett Lee
Brett Lee is a former Australian fast bowler renowned for his extreme pace, prolific wicket-taking, and key role in Australia's dominant cricket era of the early 2000s.
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D.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and influential captain who famously led Sri Lanka to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1996.
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E.
Shane Warne
Shane Warne was a legendary Australian leg-spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Muttiah Muralitharan Target entity description: Muttiah Muralitharan is a legendary Sri Lankan spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and the leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
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A.
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas is a former Sri Lankan left-arm fast-medium bowler renowned as one of the country’s greatest seamers and a leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
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B.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer renowned as one of the most destructive opening batsmen in limited-overs cricket and a key figure in Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup triumph.
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C.
Brett Lee
Brett Lee is a former Australian fast bowler renowned for his extreme pace, prolific wicket-taking, and key role in Australia's dominant cricket era of the early 2000s.
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D.
Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and influential captain who famously led Sri Lanka to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1996.
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E.
Shane Warne
Shane Warne was a legendary Australian leg-spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers in the history of the sport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cricketer
ⓘ
human ⓘ spin bowler ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
ICC Test Player of the Year
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed bat ⓘ |
| bestBowlingInInningsTests | 9/51 ⓘ |
| bestBowlingInMatchTests | 16/220 ⓘ |
| bowlingAverageInODIs | 23.08 ⓘ |
| bowlingAverageInTests | 22.72 ⓘ |
| bowlingStyle | right-arm off break ⓘ |
| citizenship | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coachedTeam | Sunrisers Hyderabad (bowling coach) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1972-04-17 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sri Lankan Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Muralitharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fiveWicketHaulsInTests | 67 ⓘ |
| fullName | Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Muttiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | ICC Cricket Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| holdsRecord |
most ODI wickets in cricket history
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most Test wickets in cricket history ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Deshabandu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
prolific wicket-taking in all conditions
ⓘ
unorthodox bowling action ⓘ |
| nationalTeam | Sri Lanka national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| odiBattingAverage | 6.83 ⓘ |
| odiCapNumberForSriLanka | 73 ⓘ |
| odiDebutAgainst | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 1993-08-12 ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 350 ⓘ |
| odiRetirementYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| odiRunsScored | 674 ⓘ |
| odiWickets | 534 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForCountyTeam |
Kent County Cricket Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lancashire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForDomesticTeam |
Central Province cricket team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForIPLTeam |
Chennai Super Kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Challengers Bangalore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedForT20Franchise | Kochi Tuskers Kerala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInWorldCupFinal |
2007 Cricket World Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2011 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| role | bowler ⓘ |
| spouse | Madhi Bamaraj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | biographical film "800" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| t20iMatchesPlayed | 12 ⓘ |
| t20iRetirementYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| t20iWickets | 13 ⓘ |
| tenWicketHaulsInTests | 22 ⓘ |
| testBattingAverage | 11.67 ⓘ |
| testCapNumberForSriLanka | 50 ⓘ |
| testDebutAgainst | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 1992-08-28 ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 133 ⓘ |
| testRetirementDate | 2010-07-22 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 1261 ⓘ |
| testWickets | 800 ⓘ |
| worldCupWinner | 1996 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Muttiah Muralitharan Description of subject: Muttiah Muralitharan is a legendary Sri Lankan spin bowler widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and the leading wicket-taker in international cricket.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.