Pak_Forever Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Murali' date=' Don Bradman of bowling.[/quote'] Summed it up perfectly.
ludhianvi Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Murali - quite a character, always smiling, trying to have a chat with the opposition player, and making the newcomers in the team feel at home by taking them for meals on foreign tours. But dead serious while bowling. That is quite a character, no wonder they call him the smiling assassin. What a character and congrats on a legendary career despite all the controversies !! This is just another stark reminder, the end of an era is indeed coming true with the likes of Ganguly, Kumble, Inzi, McGrath, Warne, Gilchrist, Hayden to name a few retiring and next in line in a couple of years Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Ponting, Kallis, etc. It is indeed the beginning of an ending. To be honest, having watched all these players from the beginning, it will feel very strange with all these players missing in a couple of years. The only thing constant in life is change :(( A look at the 800 scalps by the Smiling Assassin %2$s 1 . CJ McDermott lbw 9 2 . TM Moody bowled 54 3 . ME Waugh lbw 0 4 . IA Healy caught 71 5 . MD Crowe bowled 0 6 . AC Parore lbw 5 7 . MB Owens caught 0 8 . MD Crowe caught 107 9 . JG Wright caught 50 10 . ML Su'a bowled 0 11 . AC Parore caught 60 12 . MW Gatting caught 29 13 . GA Hick caught 68 14 . RA Smith bowled 128 15 . PCR Tufnell lbw 1 16 . CC Lewis caught 45 17 . M Azharuddin caught 50 18 . A Kumble bowled 9 19 . KS More caught 4 20 . SLV Raju caught 1 21 . KC Wessels caught 47 22 . WJ Cronje bowled 17 23 . JN Rhodes caught 8 24 . CE Eksteen bowled 1 25 . PL Symcox caught 48 26 . KC Wessels caught 16 27 . KC Wessels caught 92 28 . DJ Cullinan caught 52 29 . BM McMillan bowled 0 30 . DJ Richardson caught 11 31 . BN Schultz stumped 6 32 . JN Rhodes stumped 7 33 . BM McMillan caught 2 34 . DJ Richardson caught 62 35 . BN Schultz caught 0 36 . JN Rhodes bowled 19 37 . BC Lara caught 18 38 . CL Hooper caught 62 39 . WKM Benjamin bowled 2 40 . CA Walsh caught 0 41 . NS Sidhu caught 124 42 . SV Manjrekar caught 61 43 . N Kapil Dev caught 42 44 . RK Chauhan caught 3 45 . NR Mongia caught 44 46 . VG Kambli caught 82 47 . NS Sidhu lbw 99 48 . SV Manjrekar caught 39 49 . M Azharuddin lbw 108 50 . NS Sidhu caught 43 51 . M Azharuddin bowled 152 52 . RK Chauhan bowled 9 53 . Rashid Latif caught 0 54 . MH Dekker caught 40 55 . HH Streak caught 8 56 . ADR Campbell stumped 18 57 . BA Young caught 14 58 . MJ Greatbatch caught 46 59 . SP Fleming caught 0 60 . SA Thomson caught 4 61 . AC Parore caught 17 62 . GR Larsen caught 16 63 . DN Patel bowled 52 64 . Saeed Anwar caught 50 65 . Ijaz Ahmed jnr caught 5 66 . Wasim Akram caught 36 67 . Waqar Younis caught 0 68 . Aamer Sohail bowled 20 69 . Saeed Anwar caught 54 70 . Saqlain Mushtaq caught 34 71 . Aaqib Javed bowled 8 72 . Moin Khan stumped 30 73 . Rameez Raja caught 25 74 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 26 75 . Shoaib Mohammad lbw 8 76 . Rameez Raja lbw 26 77 . Basit Ali lbw 4 78 . Mohammad Akram bowled 5 79 . DC Boon caught 13 80 . MJ Slater caught 219 81 . ME Waugh bowled 61 82 . HK Olonga caught 1 83 . PA Strang bowled 6 84 . GW Flower bowled 27 85 . A Flower caught 0 86 . ADR Campbell caught 26 87 . PA Strang caught 8 88 . AR Whittall bowled 11 89 . MH Dekker caught 18 90 . GW Flower caught 52 91 . GJ Whittall caught 0 92 . AR Whittall caught 3 93 . A Flower caught 31 94 . AR Whittall bowled 12 95 . BC Strang bowled 2 96 . BA Pocock caught 85 97 . DL Vettori bowled 4 98 . DN Patel caught 13 99 . MJ Horne stumped 16 100 . SP Fleming bowled 59 101 . CL Cairns caught 4 102 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 12 103 . Ijaz Ahmed caught 113 104 . Moin Khan bowled 0 105 . Asif Mujtaba caught 21 106 . Mushtaq Ahmed bowled 26 107 . Shahid Nazir caught 2 108 . CL Hooper lbw 27 109 . CO Browne caught 0 110 . IR Bishop bowled 5 111 . FA Rose bowled 0 112 . CA Walsh bowled 0 113 . SC Williams caught 83 114 . SL Campbell caught 79 115 . BC Lara caught 4 116 . RIC Holder caught 16 117 . IR Bishop bowled 11 118 . FA Rose bowled 1 119 . SC Williams caught 46 120 . IR Bishop lbw 0 121 . CO Browne lbw 0 122 . RIC Holder hit wicket 34 123 . CA Walsh bowled 0 124 . SR Tendulkar caught 143 125 . M Azharuddin caught 126 126 . NS Sidhu stumped 29 127 . NR Mongia bowled 15 128 . A Kumble caught 0 129 . A Kuruvilla caught 0 130 . R Dravid caught 6 131 . SR Tendulkar caught 8 132 . SC Ganguly caught 45 133 . NR Mongia bowled 57 134 . A Kumble caught 22 135 . RK Chauhan caught 2 136 . GW Flower bowled 4 137 . CB Wishart caught 3 138 . PA Strang caught 35 139 . HH Streak bowled 5 140 . BC Strang bowled 2 141 . GJ Rennie lbw 24 142 . AR Whittall bowled 14 143 . MW Goodwin bowled 70 144 . A Flower caught 67 145 . CB Wishart bowled 0 146 . PA Strang caught 33 147 . AG Huckle lbw 0 148 . GJ Rennie caught 50 149 . CB Wishart lbw 2 150 . GJ Whittall caught 17 151 . PA Strang bowled 3 152 . M Mbangwa caught 4 153 . HD Ackerman caught 23 154 . JH Kallis caught 3 155 . AA Donald bowled 12 156 . PR Adams stumped 2 157 . DJ Cullinan caught 68 158 . MV Boucher caught 10 159 . HD Ackerman lbw 8 160 . PR Adams caught 3 161 . G Kirsten bowled 13 162 . WJ Cronje stumped 10 163 . SM Pollock bowled 1 164 . MV Boucher caught 13 165 . AA Donald bowled 6 166 . GFJ Liebenberg lbw 45 167 . HD Ackerman bowled 2 168 . DJ Cullinan lbw 0 169 . BA Young caught 30 170 . CD McMillan lbw 0 171 . CL Cairns caught 20 172 . PJ Wiseman caught 6 173 . DL Vettori caught 20 174 . MJ Horne caught 35 175 . CD McMillan caught 142 176 . AC Parore caught 1 177 . CL Cairns caught 6 178 . SP Fleming lbw 10 179 . CZ Harris caught 9 180 . SB O'Connor caught 0 181 . MW Priest caught 12 182 . DL Vettori caught 0 183 . BA Young stumped 24 184 . CM Spearman caught 22 185 . CD McMillan caught 1 186 . NJ Astle caught 16 187 . DL Vettori bowled 3 188 . SP James caught 36 189 . MR Ramprakash caught 53 190 . BC Hollioake caught 14 191 . DG Cork bowled 6 192 . IDK Salisbury bowled 2 193 . D Gough caught 4 194 . ARC Fraser bowled 32 195 . MA Butcher stumped 15 196 . GA Hick lbw 0 197 . SP James caught 25 198 . JP Crawley bowled 14 199 . BC Hollioake lbw 0 200 . DG Cork caught 8 201 . IDK Salisbury lbw 0 202 . MR Ramprakash caught 42 203 . D Gough bowled 15 204 . IA Healy stumped 11 205 . JN Gillespie lbw 41 206 . CR Miller caught 0 207 . RT Ponting caught 96 208 . MJ Slater lbw 27 209 . GS Blewett caught 14 210 . IA Healy bowled 3 211 . GS Blewett bowled 62 212 . JL Langer caught 7 213 . MJ Slater stumped 96 214 . ME Waugh caught 10 215 . IA Healy caught 4 216 . ME Waugh caught 13 217 . JL Langer caught 32 218 . DW Fleming caught 32 219 . GB Brent caught 0 220 . GW Flower caught 48 221 . GW Flower bowled 19 222 . GJ Whittall bowled 1 223 . EZ Matambanadzo caught 6 224 . GW Flower caught 13 225 . ADR Campbell lbw 5 226 . MW Goodwin caught 38 227 . GJ Whittall caught 9 228 . Mohammad Yousuf caught 32 229 . Wasim Akram caught 0 230 . Abdul Razzaq stumped 9 231 . Waqar Younis caught 0 232 . Aamer Sohail caught 24 233 . Mohammad Yousuf caught 18 234 . Wasim Akram caught 79 235 . Younis Khan caught 107 236 . Younis Khan caught 8 237 . Abdul Razzaq caught 0 238 . Waqar Younis caught 3 239 . Arshad Khan lbw 0 240 . Shahid Afridi stumped 31 241 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 9 242 . Abdul Razzaq lbw 5 243 . Mohammad Yousuf lbw 88 244 . Waqar Younis caught 0 245 . Arshad Khan caught 5 246 . Shahid Afridi caught 74 247 . Mohammad Yousuf caught 7 248 . Waqar Younis caught 16 249 . Shoaib Akhtar caught 26 250 . Naved Ashraf lbw 27 251 . Ijaz Ahmed caught 3 252 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 138 253 . Waqar Younis caught 39 254 . Younis Khan caught 23 255 . Mohammad Yousuf caught 2 256 . Saeed Anwar caught 56 257 . Waqar Younis caught 4 258 . Mushtaq Ahmed caught 2 259 . Mohammad Yousuf bowled 11 260 . Mohammad Wasim lbw 30 261 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 13 262 . Mohammad Wasim caught 29 263 . Azhar Mahmood bowled 0 264 . Mohammad Yousuf stumped 41 265 . Abdul Razzaq bowled 48 266 . ND McKenzie bowled 11 267 . G Kirsten caught 12 268 . JH Kallis caught 29 269 . JN Rhodes bowled 12 270 . MV Boucher bowled 0 271 . SM Pollock caught 4 272 . DJ Cullinan caught 12 273 . L Klusener caught 4 274 . MV Boucher lbw 7 275 . SM Pollock caught 12 276 . N Boje lbw 35 277 . PR Adams bowled 2 278 . M Ntini bowled 0 279 . JH Kallis lbw 16 280 . M Hayward bowled 13 281 . DJ Cullinan bowled 6 282 . MV Boucher caught 15 283 . JH Kallis bowled 87 284 . JN Rhodes bowled 21 285 . SM Pollock bowled 33 286 . PR Adams lbw 15 287 . DJ Cullinan caught 3 288 . G Kirsten lbw 40 289 . JN Rhodes caught 54 290 . L Klusener caught 35 291 . MV Boucher bowled 25 292 . DJ Cullinan caught 59 293 . ND McKenzie caught 9 294 . MV Boucher caught 17 295 . L Klusener caught 50 296 . N Boje bowled 32 297 . HH Dippenaar lbw 22 298 . JH Kallis bowled 15 299 . G Kirsten caught 34 300 . SM Pollock caught 11 301 . MV Boucher caught 10 302 . ND McKenzie lbw 13 303 . G Kirsten caught 52 304 . N Hussain lbw 3 305 . GP Thorpe caught 7 306 . AF Giles caught 4 307 . N Hussain lbw 1 308 . C White lbw 3 309 . AF Giles lbw 1 310 . D Gough bowled 0 311 . N Hussain bowled 109 312 . GA Hick lbw 0 313 . AF Giles bowled 5 314 . AR Caddick bowled 7 315 . GP Thorpe caught 46 316 . AJ Stewart bowled 3 317 . MP Vaughan bowled 8 318 . S Ramesh caught 42 319 . R Dravid caught 12 320 . BKV Prasad bowled 0 321 . M Kaif caught 14 322 . HK Badani caught 5 323 . SS Dighe caught 3 324 . Harbhajan Singh caught 12 325 . BKV Prasad lbw 20 326 . Z Khan caught 0 327 . Harvinder Singh bowled 6 328 . SS Das bowled 19 329 . R Dravid caught 75 330 . SS Das bowled 59 331 . S Ramesh caught 46 332 . SC Ganguly lbw 1 333 . R Dravid caught 36 334 . SS Dighe lbw 0 335 . HK Badani caught 38 336 . Z Khan caught 0 337 . SV Bahutule stumped 18 338 . SS Das caught 68 339 . S Ramesh bowled 55 340 . Z Khan caught 45 341 . Al Sahariar caught 16 342 . Naimur Rahman bowled 0 343 . Khaled Mashud bowled 0 344 . Hasibul Hossain bowled 2 345 . Mohammad Ashraful caught 26 346 . Mehrab Hossain lbw 4 347 . Javed Omar lbw 40 348 . Habibul Bashar caught 19 349 . Khaled Mashud lbw 3 350 . Mohammad Sharif caught 19 351 . RR Sarwan bowled 88 352 . CL Hooper caught 69 353 . BC Lara caught 178 354 . MN Samuels bowled 16 355 . NC McGarrell caught 4 356 . CEL Stuart bowled 0 357 . RR Sarwan caught 30 358 . MN Samuels lbw 2 359 . RD Jacobs bowled 9 360 . M Dillon lbw 0 361 . CEL Stuart caught 2 362 . RR Sarwan bowled 17 363 . CL Hooper lbw 23 364 . MN Samuels caught 0 365 . BC Lara lbw 74 366 . D Ganga bowled 8 367 . RR Sarwan caught 48 368 . M Dillon bowled 19 369 . MN Samuels lbw 54 370 . PT Collins bowled 0 371 . CEL Stuart bowled 0 372 . D Ramnarine caught 0 373 . CL Hooper stumped 9 374 . MN Samuels caught 0 375 . TR Gripper caught 30 376 . GJ Rennie lbw 35 377 . GW Flower caught 0 378 . GB Brent bowled 0 379 . H Masakadza caught 28 380 . TR Gripper caught 10 381 . TJ Friend bowled 44 382 . GW Flower caught 18 383 . TR Gripper caught 20 384 . H Masakadza bowled 10 385 . GJ Rennie stumped 0 386 . A Flower caught 8 387 . SV Carlisle lbw 20 388 . CB Wishart lbw 26 389 . HH Streak bowled 1 390 . DA Marillier bowled 8 391 . GW Flower bowled 72 392 . TR Gripper lbw 21 393 . CB Wishart caught 3 394 . DA Marillier lbw 9 395 . HK Olonga caught 1 396 . SV Carlisle lbw 64 397 . A Flower caught 6 398 . GW Flower lbw 19 399 . TJ Friend bowled 1 400 . HK Olonga bowled 0 401 . CB Wishart caught 7 402 . GJ Rennie caught 6 403 . HH Streak caught 7 404 . DA Marillier caught 15 405 . Younis Khan bowled 46 406 . Waqar Younis bowled 19 407 . Rashid Latif caught 36 408 . Shoaib Akhtar lbw 15 409 . Shahid Afridi stumped 70 410 . Mohammad Yousuf caught 7 411 . Abdul Razzaq lbw 5 412 . Waqar Younis caught 25 413 . MP Vaughan caught 46 414 . MA Butcher bowled 94 415 . N Hussain bowled 22 416 . AJ Stewart caught 7 417 . A Flintoff caught 29 418 . ME Trescothick caught 81 419 . AF Giles caught 45 420 . AJ Stewart caught 123 421 . Habibul Bashar lbw 24 422 . Aminul Islam caught 0 423 . Khaled Mashud caught 23 424 . Enamul Haque stumped 1 425 . Alamgir Kabir bowled 0 426 . Habibul Bashar bowled 34 427 . Akram Khan caught 5 428 . Aminul Islam caught 0 429 . Al Sahariar caught 67 430 . Manjural Islam caught 2 431 . MV Boucher caught 38 432 . AJ Hall lbw 31 433 . S Elworthy lbw 6 434 . AJ Hall lbw 0 435 . S Elworthy caught 5 436 . AJ Hall caught 16 437 . ND McKenzie bowled 39 438 . JDP Oram caught 33 439 . RG Hart caught 9 440 . MS Sinclair caught 1 441 . JDP Oram caught 19 442 . RG Hart caught 0 443 . SB Styris caught 32 444 . RG Hart lbw 31 445 . PJ Wiseman bowled 7 446 . MJ Horne caught 27 447 . MS Sinclair stumped 0 448 . JDP Oram lbw 16 449 . DL Vettori bowled 0 450 . DR Tuffey caught 1 451 . CH Gayle lbw 27 452 . RR Sarwan caught 7 453 . MN Samuels stumped 8 454 . RD Jacobs lbw 13 455 . CD Collymore caught 0 456 . BC Lara lbw 10 457 . RD Jacobs lbw 16 458 . VC Drakes bowled 30 459 . WW Hinds bowled 29 460 . ME Trescothick caught 23 461 . MP Vaughan bowled 24 462 . PD Collingwood caught 1 463 . A Flintoff lbw 1 464 . CMW Read caught 0 465 . AF Giles caught 18 466 . RL Johnson caught 26 467 . GP Thorpe caught 10 468 . CMW Read caught 14 469 . GJ Batty bowled 26 470 . RL Johnson bowled 3 471 . ME Trescothick caught 36 472 . MP Vaughan caught 52 473 . A Flintoff bowled 16 474 . GP Thorpe lbw 57 475 . MA Butcher stumped 6 476 . GP Thorpe caught 41 477 . A Flintoff lbw 19 478 . MP Vaughan caught 105 479 . ME Trescothick caught 70 480 . GP Thorpe lbw 13 481 . A Flintoff caught 77 482 . N Hussain caught 11 483 . GP Thorpe stumped 19 484 . GJ Batty stumped 0 485 . RJ Kirtley bowled 12 486 . ML Hayden caught 41 487 . A Symonds caught 0 488 . AC Gilchrist caught 4 489 . DS Lehmann bowled 63 490 . MS Kasprowicz bowled 1 491 . SCG MacGill lbw 0 492 . ML Hayden caught 130 493 . DR Martyn caught 110 494 . DS Lehmann caught 129 495 . A Symonds stumped 24 496 . SK Warne stumped 0 497 . DR Martyn lbw 1 498 . ML Hayden lbw 54 499 . JN Gillespie caught 8 500 . MS Kasprowicz bowled 0 501 . AC Gilchrist lbw 144 502 . A Symonds lbw 23 503 . SK Warne caught 6 504 . JN Gillespie caught 11 505 . DR Martyn stumped 161 506 . SM Katich caught 14 507 . AC Gilchrist caught 22 508 . SK Warne lbw 32 509 . JN Gillespie caught 0 510 . DS Lehmann caught 153 511 . JN Gillespie caught 1 512 . DS Lehmann caught 1 513 . SM Katich lbw 86 514 . A Maregwede lbw 0 515 . ML Nkala lbw 2 516 . T Taibu caught 40 517 . NB Mahwire bowled 0 518 . P Utseya bowled 45 519 . DT Hondo bowled 19 520 . ML Nkala caught 24 521 . A Maregwede caught 22 522 . ML Nkala caught 19 523 . DT Hondo bowled 11 524 . BRM Taylor caught 61 525 . T Taibu caught 0 526 . E Chigumbura lbw 12 527 . DT Hondo caught 3 528 . M van Jaarsveld caught 37 529 . JH Kallis caught 59 530 . M Ntini caught 10 531 . JA Rudolph caught 102 532 . HH Dippenaar caught 11 533 . RS Morton bowled 43 534 . SC Joseph caught 2 535 . D Ramdin lbw 11 536 . OAC Banks caught 7 537 . DBL Powell caught 0 538 . TL Best stumped 27 539 . JJC Lawson caught 0 540 . OAC Banks caught 17 541 . JJC Lawson bowled 3 542 . RS Morton lbw 9 543 . RR Ramdass caught 23 544 . SC Joseph caught 0 545 . N Deonarine bowled 29 546 . OAC Banks caught 1 547 . DBL Powell caught 0 548 . D Ramdin bowled 28 549 . TL Best bowled 8 550 . Khaled Mashud caught 2 551 . Mohammad Rafique lbw 9 552 . Shahadat Hossain lbw 2 553 . Shahriar Nafees bowled 13 554 . Mohammad Ashraful lbw 0 555 . Tushar Imran bowled 3 556 . Aftab Ahmed caught 8 557 . Mohammad Rafique caught 4 558 . Enamul Haque jnr stumped 2 559 . Mohammad Rafique caught 6 560 . Syed Rasel caught 5 561 . Khaled Mashud stumped 26 562 . Shahriar Nafees caught 51 563 . Khaled Mashud lbw 18 564 . ML Hayden caught 111 565 . SR Watson lbw 24 566 . SM Katich caught 2 567 . AC Gilchrist caught 1 568 . GD McGrath caught 2 569 . SR Tendulkar lbw 22 570 . IK Pathan caught 0 571 . R Dravid caught 24 572 . VVS Laxman caught 69 573 . SC Ganguly lbw 40 574 . SR Tendulkar lbw 109 575 . IK Pathan caught 0 576 . MS Dhoni bowled 5 577 . Harbhajan Singh bowled 7 578 . SC Ganguly bowled 39 579 . SR Tendulkar caught 23 580 . Yuvraj Singh caught 0 581 . MS Dhoni lbw 49 582 . G Gambhir caught 30 583 . MS Dhoni lbw 14 584 . IK Pathan bowled 27 585 . Khaled Mashud lbw 6 586 . Alok Kapali caught 16 587 . Mohammad Ashraful caught 136 588 . Mohammad Ashraful caught 1 589 . Khaled Mashud caught 15 590 . Shahriar Nafees caught 38 591 . Alok Kapali lbw 9 592 . Enamul Haque jnr lbw 1 593 . Mohammad Rafique stumped 40 594 . Nafees Iqbal lbw 26 595 . Javed Omar lbw 35 596 . Mushfiqur Rahim lbw 2 597 . Habibul Bashar caught 69 598 . Syed Rasel caught 0 599 . Shahriar Nafees caught 6 600 . Khaled Mashud caught 6 601 . Shahid Afridi bowled 14 602 . Umar Gul lbw 2 603 . Kamran Akmal caught 27 604 . Imran Farhat caught 34 605 . Younis Khan bowled 8 606 . Inzamam-ul-Haq caught 48 607 . Kamran Akmal caught 33 608 . Mohammad Yousuf bowled 17 609 . Faisal Iqbal lbw 5 610 . Abdul Razzaq bowled 4 611 . Danish Kaneria caught 4 612 . AJ Strauss caught 48 613 . ME Trescothick caught 106 614 . PD Collingwood bowled 57 615 . ME Trescothick caught 27 616 . AN Cook lbw 23 617 . PD Collingwood caught 19 618 . KP Pietersen lbw 142 619 . LE Plunkett caught 0 620 . GO Jones caught 4 621 . ME Trescothick lbw 0 622 . AJ Strauss caught 16 623 . KP Pietersen lbw 13 624 . PD Collingwood caught 3 625 . KP Pietersen caught 41 626 . GO Jones stumped 19 627 . MJ Hoggard caught 10 628 . ME Trescothick bowled 31 629 . AN Cook lbw 5 630 . AJ Strauss caught 55 631 . KP Pietersen caught 6 632 . A Flintoff caught 0 633 . PD Collingwood caught 9 634 . GO Jones bowled 6 635 . J Lewis lbw 7 636 . HM Amla stumped 19 637 . MV Boucher caught 4 638 . N Boje lbw 5 639 . AB de Villiers caught 65 640 . AJ Hall lbw 64 641 . AB de Villiers lbw 24 642 . AG Prince caught 61 643 . HH Gibbs caught 18 644 . A Nel bowled 0 645 . DW Steyn bowled 4 646 . HM Amla lbw 40 647 . AG Prince caught 86 648 . MV Boucher bowled 32 649 . DW Steyn caught 6 650 . M Ntini caught 13 651 . HH Gibbs caught 92 652 . AG Prince caught 17 653 . AB de Villiers caught 33 654 . SM Pollock caught 14 655 . N Boje caught 15 656 . DW Steyn lbw 0 657 . MV Boucher caught 65 658 . CD Cumming bowled 43 659 . NJ Astle lbw 2 660 . JEC Franklin lbw 0 661 . SE Bond lbw 1 662 . JM How lbw 11 663 . MS Sinclair caught 4 664 . NJ Astle lbw 24 665 . JDP Oram lbw 1 666 . JEC Franklin lbw 1 667 . SE Bond lbw 8 668 . BB McCullum bowled 43 669 . CD Cumming caught 20 670 . MS Sinclair caught 37 671 . NJ Astle lbw 9 672 . BB McCullum bowled 17 673 . DL Vettori lbw 51 674 . JEC Franklin caught 44 675 . Rajin Saleh lbw 3 676 . Shakib Al Hasan lbw 16 677 . Mashrafe Mortaza stumped 1 678 . Mohammad Rafique lbw 11 679 . Abdur Razzak stumped 4 680 . Shahriar Nafees caught 38 681 . Mohammad Ashraful caught 37 682 . Mashrafe Mortaza lbw 9 683 . Shahadat Hossain stumped 1 684 . Mushfiqur Rahim caught 9 685 . Mohammad Rafique caught 2 686 . Rajin Saleh caught 21 687 . Shahadat Hossain bowled 1 688 . Mushfiqur Rahim caught 80 689 . Rajin Saleh caught 0 690 . Shahriar Nafees caught 29 691 . Mashrafe Mortaza caught 5 692 . Mohammad Rafique caught 5 693 . Shahadat Hossain caught 0 694 . Syed Rasel caught 0 695 . Habibul Bashar bowled 15 696 . Shahriar Nafees caught 64 697 . Mohammad Ashraful lbw 19 698 . Mashrafe Mortaza caught 8 699 . Shahadat Hossain bowled 5 700 . Syed Rasel caught 4 701 . RT Ponting stumped 56 702 . PA Jaques stumped 100 703 . RT Ponting caught 31 704 . ML Hayden lbw 33 705 . MP Vaughan caught 37 706 . IR Bell caught 83 707 . KP Pietersen lbw 31 708 . RS Bopara caught 8 709 . PD Collingwood bowled 45 710 . MJ Hoggard stumped 15 711 . MJ Prior bowled 63 712 . IR Bell bowled 74 713 . RJ Sidebottom lbw 1 714 . MP Vaughan caught 87 715 . IR Bell caught 15 716 . RJ Sidebottom caught 17 717 . SJ Harmison caught 0 718 . MJ Prior caught 79 719 . IR Bell caught 54 720 . RJ Sidebottom caught 11 721 . IR Bell bowled 34 722 . KP Pietersen caught 30 723 . PD Collingwood stumped 0 724 . S Chanderpaul caught 23 725 . DJ Bravo lbw 8 726 . RO Hinds caught 37 727 . DJ Bravo caught 83 728 . RO Hinds caught 10 729 . SJ Benn lbw 7 730 . MN Samuels lbw 3 731 . RR Sarwan caught 57 732 . DS Smith bowled 47 733 . D Ramdin caught 13 734 . DBL Powell lbw 3 735 . RR Sarwan caught 102 736 . G Gambhir caught 39 737 . SR Tendulkar bowled 27 738 . SC Ganguly caught 23 739 . KD Karthik caught 9 740 . Harbhajan Singh caught 9 741 . V Sehwag lbw 13 742 . SR Tendulkar caught 12 743 . G Gambhir stumped 43 744 . SC Ganguly caught 4 745 . KD Karthik caught 0 746 . A Kumble bowled 12 747 . A Kumble stumped 4 748 . Z Khan caught 2 749 . R Dravid lbw 44 750 . KD Karthik caught 20 751 . SC Ganguly stumped 16 752 . SC Ganguly caught 35 753 . Harbhajan Singh caught 3 754 . SC Ganguly lbw 18 755 . A Kumble lbw 9 756 . I Sharma caught 0 757 . Tamim Iqbal caught 17 758 . Junaid Siddique bowled 29 759 . Shakib Al Hasan caught 26 760 . Mashrafe Mortaza lbw 0 761 . Shahadat Hossain stumped 5 762 . Mahbubul Alam caught 0 763 . Junaid Siddique caught 37 764 . Raqibul Hasan bowled 24 765 . Mehrab Hossain jnr caught 23 766 . Mushfiqur Rahim caught 61 767 . Mohammad Ashraful caught 45 768 . Enamul Haque jnr caught 4 769 . Mashrafe Mortaza caught 63 770 . Salman Butt caught 23 771 . JS Patel lbw 26 772 . TG McIntosh lbw 69 773 . JDP Oram caught 12 774 . IE O'Brien caught 9 775 . JD Ryder caught 24 776 . JS Patel stumped 22 777 . IE O'Brien caught 5 778 . JS Patel caught 1 779 . BB McCullum caught 18 780 . IE O'Brien lbw 4 781 . BB McCullum bowled 13 782 . JS Patel caught 12 783 . DL Vettori caught 140 784 . Yuvraj Singh caught 68 785 . Harbhajan Singh bowled 22 786 . I Sharma stumped 0 787 . V Sehwag caught 131 788 . G Gambhir caught 167 789 . V Sehwag caught 293 790 . VVS Laxman caught 62 791 . Harbhajan Singh bowled 1 792 . Z Khan caught 7 793 . SR Tendulkar lbw 8 794 . MS Dhoni bowled 33 795 . Yuvraj Singh caught 52 796 . PP Ojha caught 3 797 . A Mithun bowled 8 798 . Yuvraj Singh caught 5 799 . Harbhajan Singh lbw 8 800 . PP Ojha caught 13
Don Sharma Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Bradman didnt get 4more runs knowing it would have retained his average over 100 but Murali took 8 Indian wicket to reach landmark of impossible. Is that mean Murali is better than Bradman:-):-) Braddy didn't know that!
gaurav92 Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 Well Murali what a Legend Every Praise is less for this Cricketer.This record will never be broken :hail::hail::hail::hail::hail::hail::hail:
Manny_Pacquiao Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 i am all for honoring a great cricketer but is it really necessary to have this guy's ugly mug on the banner? it is an indian forum after all
Lord Posted July 24, 2010 Posted July 24, 2010 i am all for honoring a great cricketer but is it really necessary to have this guy's ugly mug on the banner? it is an indian forum after all before that its a cricket forum.so the banner should stay for a while as it celebrates a unique achievement by a legendary cricketer that we may not see again in our lifetimes
Zelig Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 i am all for honoring a great cricketer but is it really necessary to have this guy's ugly mug on the banner? it is an indian forum after all Manny Pacquiao an Indian cricketer? Just checking...:idunno:
SJS50 Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Murali must have a great sense of humour or a funny sense of stats when he said Harbhajan is the only one who could catch up with his (murali's) records. Its interesting to see how - though difficult at 60 for me to wait for :-) Here is the gap between them as at present . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji Diff[/B] [B]Tests[/B] 133 85 48 [B]Wickets[/B] 800 355 445 [B]5 fors[/B] 67 24 43 [B]10 fors[/B] 22 5 17 Since January 2006 Harbhajan and Murali have played more or less the same number of Test matches 35 and 34 respectively. Here is how they have performed . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji[/B] Tests 34 35 Wickets 216 136 5 fors 19 7 10 fors 8 1 Avg 23.4 37.4 St Rt 50.3 76.6 W/Test 6.4 3.9 Tests/5 for 4.3 5 Tests/10 for 1.8 35 My first reaction on looking at those figures is to beg Murali's Chennai born wife to get her husband to migrate to India, but we digress. So assuming that Mr Turbinator (how impressive that sounds to our electronic media who have an orgasm every time Bhajji screams for a leg before) plays as well as he has during the last five and a half years and (as is pretty safe to assume I suppose) that India doesn't find another spinner as good as Bhajji paaji in many a long year, surely Bhajji will catch up with the Mathara Marauder. Oh yes indeed. To catch up with Murali's eight hundred wickets, Bhajji, if he bowls with the same 'penetration' and guile he has shown over the last five and a half years, needs a mere 115 more test matches. That shouldn't be difficult although at the rate of the 6.5 Tests Bhajji plays every year, he will just be in his 49th year although I just might not be around to see him achieve this wonderful milestone. It would be lovely to see Harbhajan announcing his retirement from Test cricket on the eve of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens still three short of the magical figure and with Arjun Tandulkar as his captain just managing to get the last Sri Lankan wicket be carried off by Dhoni and Yuvraj's sons to the pavillion. The record for the five fors and ten fors might take slightly longer for Bhajji needs 215 more tests for the former and 595 more for the latter. More importantly he would be in his 64th year for the first and a sprightly 122 by the time he gets to the second. Well none of you youngsters may be around too but its wonderful to even sit back and imagine the glorious heights our nation would reach that day. This is Shekh Chilli signing off for IndiaTV
Lord Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Murali must have a great sense of humour or a funny sense of stats when he said Harbhajan is the only one who could catch up with his (murali's) records. Its interesting to see how - though difficult at 60 for me to wait for :-) Here is the gap between them as at present . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji Diff[/B] [B]Tests[/B] 133 85 48 [B]Wickets[/B] 800 355 445 [B]5 fors[/B] 67 24 43 [B]10 fors[/B] 22 5 17 Since January 2006 Harbhajan and Murali have played more or less the same number of Test matches 35 and 34 respectively. Here is how they have performed . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji[/B] Tests 34 35 Wickets 216 136 5 fors 19 7 10 fors 8 1 Avg 23.4 37.4 St Rt 50.3 76.6 W/Test 6.4 3.9 Tests/5 for 4.3 5 Tests/10 for 1.8 35 My first reaction on looking at those figures is to beg Murali's Chennai born wife to get her husband to migrate to India, but we digress. So assuming that Mr Turbinator (how impressive that sounds to our electronic media who have an orgasm every time Bhajji screams for a leg before) plays as well as he has during the last five and a half years and (as is pretty safe to assume I suppose) that India doesn't find another spinner as good as Bhajji paaji in many a long year, surely Bhajji will catch up with the Mathara Marauder. Oh yes indeed. To catch up with Murali's eight hundred wickets, Bhajji, if he bowls with the same 'penetration' and guile he has shown over the last five and a half years, needs a mere 115 more test matches. That shouldn't be difficult although at the rate of the 6.5 Tests Bhajji plays every year, he will just be in his 49th year although I just might not be around to see him achieve this wonderful milestone. It would be lovely to see Harbhajan announcing his retirement from Test cricket on the eve of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens still three short of the magical figure and with Arjun Tandulkar as his captain just managing to get the last Sri Lankan wicket be carried off by Dhoni and Yuvraj's sons to the pavillion. The record for the five fors and ten fors might take slightly longer for Bhajji needs 215 more tests for the former and 595 more for the latter. More importantly he would be in his 64th year for the first and a sprightly 122 by the time he gets to the second. Well none of you youngsters may be around too but its wonderful to even sit back and imagine the glorious heights our nation would reach that day. This is Shekh Chilli signing off for IndiaTV :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
DomainK Posted July 27, 2010 Author Posted July 27, 2010 Murali must have a great sense of humour or a funny sense of stats when he said Harbhajan is the only one who could catch up with his (murali's) records. Its interesting to see how - though difficult at 60 for me to wait for :-) Here is the gap between them as at present . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji Diff[/B] [B]Tests[/B] 133 85 48 [B]Wickets[/B] 800 355 445 [B]5 fors[/B] 67 24 43 [B]10 fors[/B] 22 5 17 Since January 2006 Harbhajan and Murali have played more or less the same number of Test matches 35 and 34 respectively. Here is how they have performed . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji[/B] Tests 34 35 Wickets 216 136 5 fors 19 7 10 fors 8 1 Avg 23.4 37.4 St Rt 50.3 76.6 W/Test 6.4 3.9 Tests/5 for 4.3 5 Tests/10 for 1.8 35 My first reaction on looking at those figures is to beg Murali's Chennai born wife to get her husband to migrate to India, but we digress. So assuming that Mr Turbinator (how impressive that sounds to our electronic media who have an orgasm every time Bhajji screams for a leg before) plays as well as he has during the last five and a half years and (as is pretty safe to assume I suppose) that India doesn't find another spinner as good as Bhajji paaji in many a long year, surely Bhajji will catch up with the Mathara Marauder. Oh yes indeed. To catch up with Murali's eight hundred wickets, Bhajji, if he bowls with the same 'penetration' and guile he has shown over the last five and a half years, needs a mere 115 more test matches. That shouldn't be difficult although at the rate of the 6.5 Tests Bhajji plays every year, he will just be in his 49th year although I just might not be around to see him achieve this wonderful milestone. It would be lovely to see Harbhajan announcing his retirement from Test cricket on the eve of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens still three short of the magical figure and with Arjun Tandulkar as his captain just managing to get the last Sri Lankan wicket be carried off by Dhoni and Yuvraj's sons to the pavillion. The record for the five fors and ten fors might take slightly longer for Bhajji needs 215 more tests for the former and 595 more for the latter. More importantly he would be in his 64th year for the first and a sprightly 122 by the time he gets to the second. Well none of you youngsters may be around too but its wonderful to even sit back and imagine the glorious heights our nation would reach that day. This is Shekh Chilli signing off for IndiaTV Hilarious.:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Mr. Wicket Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Murali must have a great sense of humour or a funny sense of stats when he said Harbhajan is the only one who could catch up with his (murali's) records. Its interesting to see how - though difficult at 60 for me to wait for :-) Here is the gap between them as at present . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji Diff[/B] [B]Tests[/B] 133 85 48 [B]Wickets[/B] 800 355 445 [B]5 fors[/B] 67 24 43 [B]10 fors[/B] 22 5 17 Since January 2006 Harbhajan and Murali have played more or less the same number of Test matches 35 and 34 respectively. Here is how they have performed . . . [B]Stat Murali Bhajji[/B] Tests 34 35 Wickets 216 136 5 fors 19 7 10 fors 8 1 Avg 23.4 37.4 St Rt 50.3 76.6 W/Test 6.4 3.9 Tests/5 for 4.3 5 Tests/10 for 1.8 35 My first reaction on looking at those figures is to beg Murali's Chennai born wife to get her husband to migrate to India, but we digress. So assuming that Mr Turbinator (how impressive that sounds to our electronic media who have an orgasm every time Bhajji screams for a leg before) plays as well as he has during the last five and a half years and (as is pretty safe to assume I suppose) that India doesn't find another spinner as good as Bhajji paaji in many a long year, surely Bhajji will catch up with the Mathara Marauder. Oh yes indeed. To catch up with Murali's eight hundred wickets, Bhajji, if he bowls with the same 'penetration' and guile he has shown over the last five and a half years, needs a mere 115 more test matches. That shouldn't be difficult although at the rate of the 6.5 Tests Bhajji plays every year, he will just be in his 49th year although I just might not be around to see him achieve this wonderful milestone. It would be lovely to see Harbhajan announcing his retirement from Test cricket on the eve of the first Test match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens still three short of the magical figure and with Arjun Tandulkar as his captain just managing to get the last Sri Lankan wicket be carried off by Dhoni and Yuvraj's sons to the pavillion. The record for the five fors and ten fors might take slightly longer for Bhajji needs 215 more tests for the former and 595 more for the latter. More importantly he would be in his 64th year for the first and a sprightly 122 by the time he gets to the second. Well none of you youngsters may be around too but its wonderful to even sit back and imagine the glorious heights our nation would reach that day. This is Shekh Chilli signing off for IndiaTV :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
King Tendulkar Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 You guys are acting as if Bhaji said he would break muralis record! Laugh at muali imo for such a ludicrous statement
Sachinism Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 No smiley only posts Great write up SJS. Murali must have had a heavy night of drinking with Bhaji the night before or something.
asterix Posted July 27, 2010 Posted July 27, 2010 Yes, breaking Murali's record is bit far fetched but certainly Kumble's record is in danger.. Excellent write up though..
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