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Sri Lanka leave out Muralitharan for the future m...
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Sri Lanka leave out Muralitharan for the future matches
2008-03-14 20:27:00 Sri Lanka leave out Muralitharan Muralitharan has taken 464 one-day wickets Sri Lanka have left veterans Muttiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuriya out of their one-day squad to tour West Indies next month. The 38-year-old Jayasuriya and spinner Muralitharan, 35, have been left out as Sri Lanka build for the 2011 World Cup. Ajantha Mendis replaces Muralitharan, who will play the two Tests that precede the one-dayers, while Mahela Udawatta takes Jayasuriya's place. Fast bowler Lasith Malinga will miss the series with a foot injury. Jayasuriya - the only player to score over 12,000 runs and take over 300 wickets in the 50-over format - retired from Test cricket in December but stated his intention to play one-day cricket for a few more seasons. Muralitharan has a world record 723 Test wickets and 464 one-day scalps and his experience will be ...
Muralitharan's world record knocks civil war off front pages in ... - I
2007-12-04 16:31:00 Gulf TimesMuralitharan's world record knocks civil war off front pages in ...International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours agoState-owned Daily News carried a front-page picture of Muralitharan celebrating and inside called him "Spin king of the world."Muralitharan reclaims world record Reuters UKMurali is a world class spinner: Lara HinduMurali?s 710: World beater The TimesCCTV - Hinduall 1,173 news articles
Muralitharan reclaims world record - Reuters UK
2007-12-04 03:29:00 Muralitharan reclaims world recordReuters UK, UK - 1 hour agoMuralitharan had previously held the world record after surpassing West Indian fast bowler Courtney Walsh (519 wickets) in 2004, but he was subsequently ...Murali is a world class spinner: Lara HinduMurali?s 710: World beater The TimesWorld-record holders over the years CricInfo.comHindu - Independent Onlineall 1,148 news articles
Muttiah Muralitharan breaks world record
2007-12-03 21:41:00 Muttiah Muralitharan is the new world record holder for the most number of wickets breaking leg spinner legend Shane Warne's 708 wickets. Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne battled it out as who was the better spinner through out their career. Both excelled the art of spin and were nightmares even to the best batsman on their given day. Their excellence performance shows their skill and they took spin bowling to next level.Murali dismissed Paul Collingwood during England's first innings in Kandy to take his 709th wicket in 29 fewer Tests than it had taken Warne to get to 708 wickets. He was four behind Warne before the series began but took his fifth wicket of the match to claim the record. Murali achieved the record in his 116th Test and on his home ground.His milestones:Wicket no. Matches Average100 27 31.49 200 42 26.90300 58 25.17400 72 ...
Muttiah Muralitharan is now highest wicket taker in Test cricket
2007-12-03 20:45:00 Today, Sri Lankan legendary spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the highest wicket taker in test cricket history. He achieved this success in his 116 test match against England in Kandy. He has now taken 709 wickets from 116 test matches which are one than the previous record of 708 held by Australian star bowler Shane Keith Warne. However, Muralitharan achieved this success only in 116 matches while it took 145 matches for Warne to complete this task.This moment become more memorable for the Muttiah Muralitharan because Kandy is home town of Muttiah Muralitharan, he is born in this city on April 17, 1972. His complete family, friends and fans were present to witness this glorious moment. Muralitharan started his cricket career in 1992 and today he is highest wicket taker in test and second highest wicket taker in ODI. Hopefully, Muralitharan will also break the 502 wickets record of Wasim Akram of Pakistan, at present Muralitharan has 455 wickets from 297 matches.With this gre...
Muralitharan sets world record - Reuters UK
2007-12-03 08:47:00 Gulf TimesMuralitharan sets world recordReuters UK, UK - 1 hour agoKANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took his world record 709th test wicket in helping the home side dismiss England for 281 ...Muralitharan reclaims world record for test wickets Reuters UKMurali snares Warne's world record Sydney Morning HeraldMurali will break world record in Kandy Test: Jayawardene Hindustan TimesHindu - International Herald Tribuneall 1,237 news articles
Muralitharan's support act
2007-12-01 21:38:00 Muralitharan's support act By Oliver Brett Lasith Malinga, Chaminda Vaas and Dilhara Fernando The injury to Sri Lanka all-rounder Farveez Maharoof during the recent Test series in Australia was a bitter blow to the island's supporters. But it has decided which three seamers will take on England in support of Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's number one ranked bowler, in the three Tests from 1 December. Chaminda Vaas will bat at eight, with Lasith Malinga and Dilhara Fernando fighting out the last three places in the batting order with spinner Murali. ...
Cricket-Muralitharan will have to wait for world record - Reuters UK
2007-11-20 05:02:00 Setanta SportsCricket-Muralitharan will have to wait for world recordReuters UK, UK - 2 hours ago"We are disappointed for him, he's disappointed himself, but it's not the end of the world for Murali, he has got many more years of test cricket to go. ...Sri Lankans rewrite Test partnership world record Hindustan TimesWarne likely to hold on to world wicket taking record Melbourne Herald Sunall 1,044 news articles
Jayawardene, Muralitharan sign for BCCI's IPL
2007-10-02 06:23:00 Jayawardene, Muralitharan sign for BCCI's IPL
Muralitharan 'elbowed' out - not fit for even till...
2007-09-04 17:58:00 Muralitharan 'elbowed' out - not fit for even till...
MUTTIAH Muralitharan has set his eyes on taking 1000 Test wickets after bec
2007-07-15 14:15:00 The champion off-spinner achieved the landmark with the last ball of the third and final Test against Bangladesh in Kandy that secured Sri Lanka's victory by an innings and 193 runs. Muralitharan is only nine wickets away from surpassing retired Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne's world record of 708 to become the most successful bowler ever in the game. But the 35-year-old wants to play till the next limited-overs World Cup in 2011 and hopes he will add another 300 Test wickets to his kitty by then.?It is a big achievement taking 700 wickets but I think I can achieve a little bit more,? Muralitharan told reporters.?I anyway knew I was going to get to 700. The challenge is whether I can take 1,000 Test wickets before I retire.?I am now thinking about playing until the next World Cup.?Wow!! what a great guy he is, no one can spin the ball like him, or smile so much as him or even have the ambition which he has I feel. You can read the rest of the story here if you like...
Muralitharan takes 6 wickets for Lancashire
2007-05-18 20:23:00 Muralitharan takes 6 wickets for Lancashire against Worcestershire, but the question still remains, IS HE A CHUCKER? I think he is, and this is the sole reason he is able get so much purchase on the ball. I think I could get that much spin on the ball when I was to through, rather keeping the ...
Muralitharan aims for career-best moment
2007-04-27 14:16:00 Muttiah Muralitharan says a victory in the World Cup final against Australia on Saturday would be the biggest moment of his career, surpassing the 1996 World Cup triumph and all of his personal records. "I had moments in 1996, I was very young and I didn't know much about it," he told AFP. "Now I know what it takes to win a World Cup. This may be my last World Cup so if we can win it will be the greatest moment in my life rather than my individual records." Muralitharan, along with Chaminda Vaas and Sanath Jayasuriya, was part of the team that beat Australia in the final of the 1996 World Cup. He said the batsmen held the key to defeating Australia, who are unbeaten in the Caribbean. "We have batsmen of the calibre of Jayasuriya, [Mahela] Jayawardene, [Kumar] Sangakkara, and [Upul] Tharanga," Muralitharan said. "If they click, the way we played in England [Sri Lanka won the one-day series 5-0 in 2006], we had total domination and I only played in two matches. If our batsmen get ...
Muralitharan better than Warne
2007-04-15 16:54:00 Australia face Sri Lanka in Grenada on Monday and the Murali factor is bound to play a part, according to Mark Waugh. In the newspaper, Waugh writes that he found Muttiah Muralitharan even harder to face than Shane Warne. Muralitharan is a far more dangerous bowler than when I last faced him a few years ago because the doosra is harder to pick, because he is bowling it quicker and with a trajectory similar to the offie. WHO FOR UR THINKING IS BETER MURLITHARAN OR SHANE WARNE? CLICK HERE TO EARN 5 DOLLERS INSTANTLY IN A MINUTE CANT BELIEVE ITS HARD TO CLICK HERE TO BELIEVE IT RSS Feeds Submission Directory &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs...
Muralitharan named Wisden cricketer of the year, 2006
2007-03-28 17:49:00 Sri Lankan off-spinner, Muthiah Muralitharan has been named the best cricket player of the year 2006 by Wisden. This title has been given by Wisden on the basis of votes of cricket journalists and editors whose yearly edition is going to be published on Wednesday, 28th March. The Wisden writer, Simon Barnes has written that he has been the heart of Sri Lankan team since 10 years.Muralitharan has taken altogether 674 wickets in tests cricket and is the second highest wicket taker in test cricket. But he has high chance of breaking Shane Warne’s record of 708 wickets as Warne has already retired from international cricket. Not only in tests he has also chances of breaking Wasim Akram’s record of over 500 wickets in ODI. He has already taken over 400 ODI wickets. He is 34 years old and has high chances of playing the cricket world cup 2011 as well as many ODI and test matches..Muralitharan’s bowling action has been in controversy for many times. His action has been tested by ICC ... |
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