Muralitharan captured his 800^th wicket when he had PP Ojha caught by DPMD Jayawardene in the first test at Galle in the ongoing series. This catch gave Murali {bowler} and DPMD Jayawardene {fielder} combination a record of 77 catches which is unparalleled in the annals of test cricket. They are the third pair of bowler-fielder combination to account for 50 plus wickets, others being – A Kumble-R Dravid {55} and SK Warne-MA Taylor {51}

The following list shows the bowler-fielder combinations which has accounted for 25 or more wickets. The list includes caught and bowled combinations also

No	Bowler	Fielder	Team	Mat	Wkts	Ct Fi
1	M Muralitharan	DPMDJayawardene	Srl	96	77	77
2	A Kumble	R Dravid	Ind	107	55	55
3	SK Warne	MA Taylor	Aus	66	51	51
4	Harbhajan Singh	R Dravid	Ind	81	47	47
5	LR Gibbs	GS Sobers	Win	60	39	39
6	SK Warne	ML Hayden	Aus	69	39	39
7	SK Warne	ME Waugh	Aus	103	39	39
8	SK Warne	RT Ponting	Aus	85	36	36
9	M Ntini	JH Kallis	SAF	93	35	35
10	A Kumble	A Kumble	Ind	132	35	35
11	M Muralitharan	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	35	35
12	GD McGrath	ME Waugh	Aus	87	34	34
13	M Muralitharan	TM Dilshan	Srl	53	31	31
14	M Muralitharan	HP Tillakaratne	Srl	62	31	31
15	M Ntini	GC Smith	SAF	76	30	30
16	CA Walsh	BC Lara	Win	78	30	30
17	GD McGrath	SK Warne	Aus	104	30	30
18	RJ Hadlee	JV Coney	NZl	48	27	27
19	CA Walsh	CL Hooper	Win	83	26	26
20	A Kumble	VVS Laxman	Ind	84	26	26
21	SM Pollock	JH Kallis	SAF	93	26	26
22	A Kumble	M Azharuddin	Ind	54	25	25
23	M Muralitharan	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	90	25	25

M Muralitharan remain the only bowler to have a combination of five fielders to account for 25 or more wickets. The five combinations include the caught and bowled combination also. A Kumble and SK Warne are the other two bowlers to have four and three combinations respectively

No	Bowler	Fielder	Team	Mat	Wkts	Ct Fi
1	M Muralitharan	DPM Jayawardene	Srl	96	77	77
2	M Muralitharan	M Muralitharan	Srl	133	35	35
3	M Muralitharan	TM Dilshan	Srl	53	31	31
4	M Muralitharan	HP Tillakaratne	Srl	62	31	31
5	M Muralitharan	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	90	25	25
1	A Kumble	R Dravid	Ind	107	55	55
2	A Kumble	A Kumble	Ind	132	35	35
3	A Kumble	VVS Laxman	Ind	84	26	26
4	A Kumble	M Azharuddin	Ind	54	25	25
1	SK Warne	ML Hayden	Aus	69	39	39
2	SK Warne	ME Waugh	Aus	103	39	39
3	SK Warne	RT Ponting	Aus	85	36	36

JH Kallis, ME Waugh and R Dravid are the three fieldsmen who have helped two bowlers to capture 25 or more wickets. The wickets taken by these bowlers are furnished in the list below.

No	Bowler	Fielder	Team	Mat	Wkts	Ct Fi
1	M Ntini	JH Kallis	SAF	93	35	35
2	SM Pollock	JH Kallis	SAF	93	26	26
1	SK Warne	ME Waugh	Aus	103	39	39
2	GD McGrath	ME Waugh	Aus	87	34	34
1	A Kumble	R Dravid	Ind	107	55	55
2	HarbhajanSingh	R Dravid	Ind	81	47	47

It may be noted that R Dravid is on the threshold of creating a world record to become the only fieldsman in the annals of test cricket to pouch 50 plus catches of two bowlers. Having already pouched 55 catches of his Karnataka team mate A Kumble, he needs to pouch three more catches of Harabhajan Singh to earn this coveted world record