Shahadat Hossain vs Muttiah Muralitharan (Test): 24 runs off 100 balls, out 6 times (SR 24, dot% 84, 2×4, 0×6).
| Balls | 100 |
| Runs | 24 |
| Dismissals | 6 |
| Strike rate | 24 |
| Dot % | 84 |
| Boundary % | 2 |
| Fours | 2 |
| Sixes | 0 |
| 2005 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 47.61 |
| 2006 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 29.16 |
| 2007 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 4.16 |
| 2008 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15.38 |
| 2009 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram | 31 | 6 | 0 | 19.35 |
| P Sara Oval, Colombo | 15 | 6 | 1 | 40.0 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15.38 |
| Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra | 11 | 5 | 0 | 45.45 |
| Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | 11 | 1 | 2 | 9.09 |
| R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | 10 | 4 | 1 | 40.0 |
| Sinhalese Sports Club | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Shahadat Hossain has scored 24 runs off 100 balls against Muttiah Muralitharan in Test cricket (strike rate 24, average 4).
Muttiah Muralitharan has dismissed Shahadat Hossain 6 time(s) in Test cricket (stumped ×2, bowled ×2, caught ×1, lbw ×1).
Shahadat Hossain has hit 0 six(es) and 2 four(s) off Muttiah Muralitharan in Test cricket.
In 2007-2009: 7 runs off 55 balls, 5 dismissal(s), strike rate 12.73.