Top 5 bowlers with most wickets between 2003 and 2007 World Cup

#4 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) - 111 wickets

Muralitharan conceded runs at less than 4-an-over during the period.

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan was the fourth-most successful bowler in ODIs during the period between the 2003 and 2007 World Cup, picking up 111 wickets from 74 matches.

Always a menace for the opposition batsmen, Murali conceded runs at a miserly 3.87 runs-an-over and had an outstanding bowling average of 23.67 during the period.

The world's leading wicket-taker in both ODI and Test history, Muralitharan had a memorable few years since the 2003 World Cup as he was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer of the Year in 2006.

He formed a fruitful partnership with Chaminda Vaas and was the backbone of the Sri Lankan bowling attack for a number of years and was simply too good to keep away from record books for long.