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...guess I was lucky.' MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN, Sri Lankan spin bowler, on bowling out English batsman Paul Collingwood. The feat took place during a match in Muralitharan's hometown of Kandy, making the bowler the greatest wicket taker in Test cricket, with Collingwood his 709th victim
...jeopardy. Ponting can't be held responsible for everything his teammates say and do. But he could try to foster a more generous attitude to those outside the sanctum. He could, for example, have done more to dissociate his players from local crowds' relentless heckling of Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Perhaps Ponting could have pleaded with the mob to stop, directly or through the press: what better way to use the power of captaincy for the greater good...
...cause of the declaration was an investigation into Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the sport's all-time greats. Murali, as he is known, is celebrated for a particularly devilish delivery known as the doosra, which has a deceptive spin that most batsmen aren't aware of until it's too late. Critics have accused the 32-year-old of throwing rather than bowling, in which no more than a slight flexing of the elbow is permitted. In April, Murali was made to undergo tests in Perth, Australia, using the same biomechanical and video technology used...
...rarely misses an opportunity to comment on his greatest passion: cricket. An obsessive fan of the game?Australians call him a "cricket tragic"?it surprised few to hear that Howard holds an opinion on an issue that is the talk of the international cricket fraternity: Is Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, a slow bowler with the uncommon ability to spin a ball like a top, a "chucker"? Howard didn't hesitate: "Yes," he told supporters at a political function in rural Australia last month. Howard had, in effect, labeled the most successful bowler in cricket history and an icon...
...Marcus Trescothick and India's pint-sized maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Pakistan's Yousuf Youhana and Shoaib Akhtar, the "Rawalpindi Express," who can bowl a ball at 161 km/h, should be enough to keep them in contention. And don't miss Sri Lanka's man with the golden arm, spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, sometimes known as the smiling assassin because he grins incessantly as he mercilessly bowls out opposing batsmen. For South Africa, meanwhile, there is the chance to recoup from a disastrous semifinal of the 1999 World Cup, when a dreadful mix-up with two balls remaining between their batsmen Allan...