7 worst patches for legendary cricketers in Tests

2. Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan was quite a shadow of himself towards his last couple of years

Arguably the greatest spinner of all time, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan is the only bowler to scale the peak of 800 wickets in Test cricket. A legend in every regard, the offie enjoyed a great career which saw him and his team achieve quite a lot of success across formats. Muralitharan did not have a great start but made up for it with heaps of wickets later on.

Such was the Sri Lankan icon's knack for picking up wickets that it is difficult to come across a period when he struggled. However, Muttiah Muralitharan was not really at his best towards the fag end of his career. The year 2009 saw him take just 26 wickets in 8 Tests at a very high average of 45.96 and no five-wicket hauls.