By Reuters
December 3rd 2007 @ 5:20am
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Murali equals Warney’s wickets record as England slump
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed 4-30 to equal Shane Warne’s world record for the most Test wickets on the second day of the first Test against England on Sunday.
Muralitharan ripped through England’s top order after lunch to reduce the tourists to 6-186 shortly before tea when rain washed out play for the day.
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Ottayan said | December 3rd 2007 @ 2:07pm | Report comment
Cant make up my mind whether he should be congratulated or condemned.
geoff said | December 3rd 2007 @ 2:35pm | Report comment
He seems like a decent guy , good luck to him
Michael said | December 3rd 2007 @ 4:43pm | Report comment
There is no doubt that he is good at what he does, wether its cheating or not he is a champion.
he probly will go on to knock over the 1000 wiket mark and be named the best bowlr in the histery of the game but have you thought of if sri lanker were as good a team as australia would he of done it?
sri lanker play teams like bangladesh and zimbabwe alot where australia have to play tougher teams such as south afica and england on regular ecations.
but hats off to the no.1 wiket taker in the world, congrats
brad said | December 4th 2007 @ 5:27pm | Report comment
He has a better strike rate than warne against pakistan and india, who traditionally are better at playing spin. Also Murali has more Australian wickets! Perhaps if he were a drunked smoker who cheats on his wife he would get more respect from the cricket world. Australians think of cricket like AFL and league as in it is their game. if anybody breaks records and is not Australian then its not the same because he is not Australian. Murali, Brian Lara Sachin etc are better than anything the Aussies have produced.