Muttiah Muralitharan to retire from Test cricket: Sri Lanka spinner will play last game against India

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[Karan114]

Awesome player, but was clearly on the fade over the last year so not a surprising decision.

[Cricket_Guru]

Excellent cricketer, and a good personality on/off the field. but i think after taking the pwnage from afridi in asia cup, he must have been hurt. just like few others, who havent returned since afridi went after them

[Gunner_Mania]

but i think after taking the pwnage from afridi in asia cup, he must have been hurt. just like few others, who havent returned since afridi went after them

:facepalm:

[Laaloo]

Excellent cricketer, and a good personality on/off the field. but i think after taking the pwnage from afridi in asia cup, he must have been hurt. just like few others, who havent returned since afridi went after them

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Muralitharan factfile Factfile on world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who is retiring from Test cricket later this month. More... Muralitharan factfile Agence France-Presse Colombo, July 06, 2010 Factfile on world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, who is retiring from Test cricket later this month: Full name: Muttiah Muralitharan Born : April 17, 1972 in Kandy Age : 38 years Major teams: Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket Club Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak Test record: 132 matches, 792 wickets, 22.71 average. One-day record: 337 matches, 515 wickets, 23.07 average. Twenty20 internationals: 11 matches, 13 wickets, 20.46 average (Muralitharan is the leading wicket-taker in both Test and one-day cricket.) Test debut: v Australia, Colombo, August 1992.

[b555]

A true legend bows out from the game! :hatsoff: He is probably locked in a 3-way race with Mcgrath and Warne for the best bowler ever. He probably ties with Sachin for the greatest cricketer from Asia and is almost certainly the best bowler from our continent. At one point in the late 90s and early 2000s, the entire Sri Lankan team’s test fortunes rise and fell with Murali’s exploits on the field. Back then, he routinely reeled off 15 test-100 wicket seasons for fun. His 16 wicket haul against England at the Oval in 1998 was without doubt the highlight of career, a performance that made the entire world stand up and take note. To see the clueless English batsmen prod around like blind men in a traffic stop was truly a sight to behold! To put his record in perspective, just in the decade that ended, Murali had taken an incredible 565 test wickets with a staggering 49 five wicket hauls in tests and 335 wickets with an astonishing 8 five wicket hauls in ODIs. That's a astronomical 900 wickets in a single decade, which is 40% more than the next bowler on the list (Ntini)! That is unprecedented in the history of the game even, at least in the post WW II era. All this, in a decade that has been one of the kindest periods to the batsmen in recent times. But most importantly, he had to endure a vicious and vindictive media campaign that was out to malign his wicket-taking exploits, once it became clear that he was the only challenger to Warne as the best spinner of our times. He suffered from the ignominy of being publicly called on the pitch for throwing, TWICE. Mere mortals would have simply buckled under pressure, given up and resorted to name calling and playing the victim/race card, but he handled it with dignity and poise. He even went to the extent of subjecting himself to a clinical test in Australia to clear his name. He is also the Sri Lankan version of Sachin Tendulkar/Anil Kumble. A totally non-controversial, low-profile cricketer who wore the tag of the greatest cricketer of his nation loosely on his sleeve. Even though a majority of his career was during the time there was an intense civil war between Sinhala majority and the Tamizh minority in Lanka, he was still able to rise above ethnic differences and was celebrated by both the groups of people.

sums it up :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:

[Sir john]

Great era end

[Sir john]

But he will play for CSK,i guess.

[Shine]

HAtz off 2 u Murali!..:two_thumbs_up:

[Guest sachin200]

He should play whole sereis :poink:

[Lord]

was just watching Dial C for Cricket where he called.he said that he knew that his body is not gonna hold on n he wanted to go on a high by playing the no.1 team rather than WI as earlier planned.he said he wanted to play the WC but wanted the best spinners to be picked for that n left it to selectors.also said that winning 1996 WC was the high point of his career. that idiot RK kept asking him to move so that he may be able to hear Murali properly.n guess wat Murali obliged each time.just sums the humbleness of the man.i'd have hung up. hes a true legend.i hope the Indian team gives him a guard of honour.thats the least he desrves

[Lord]

But he will play for CSK' date='i guess.[/quote'] yes he will,he said he'll also play county cricket in England

[The Outsider]

^ Just curious' date=' why do you always write essays in every post?[/quote'] Hang on! The guy takes out the time and enthusiasm to write a well thought out post and all you can say to him is he is writing essays! Well seeing the place littered with one liners and emoticons, why am I surprised!

[Roshanrocks]

Hang on! The guy takes out the time and enthusiasm to write a well thought out post and all you can say to him is he is writing essays! Well seeing the place littered with one liners and emoticons, why am I surprised!

Well said :hatsoff:

[Gunner_Mania]

Hang on! The guy takes out the time and enthusiasm to write a well thought out post and all you can say to him is he is writing essays! Well seeing the place littered with one liners and emoticons, why am I surprised!

Well said :hatsoff:

[Gunner_Mania]

Hang on! The guy takes out the time and enthusiasm to write a well thought out post and all you can say to him is he is writing essays! Well seeing the place littered with one liners and emoticons, why am I surprised!

Well I am not complaining, I am just curious about the motivation somebody has to write such huge posts every time they post. Its so very rare on messageboards.

[Roshanrocks]

Well I am not complaining' date=' I am just curious about the motivation somebody has to write such huge posts every time they post. Its so very rare on messageboards.[/quote'] yep u got ur 12 million $ :sherlock: