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07-22-2010, 11:45 AM
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 Sri Lankan spin wizard and world's leading wicket-taker, Muttiah Muralitharan finally decided to quit Test cricket at the age of 38 years 
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07-22-2010, 11:46 AM
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 Muttiah Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in the five-day format. He has now picked 800 wickets in 133 Tests at an average of 22.74 and is the only man to reach the 800 wickets mark.
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07-22-2010, 11:48 AM
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 Although Muralitharan had struggled against India in the past picking up only 97 wickets in 21 matches, he came back well in his last Test to pick up 8 wickets in the match.
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07-22-2010, 11:49 AM
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 In April 2004, Murali was instructed by the ICC to stop bowling his Doosra, after he was reported by Chris Broad. But that did not deter the champion at all. Within a month he surpassed Courtney Walsh's record of 520 Test wicket
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07-22-2010, 11:49 AM
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 After completing 600 wickets, Murali played just 12 more Tests to count his 700th Test victim in 2007. Same year, he dethroned leg-spin legend Shane Warne to become the highest wicket-taker of all times with 709 wickets.
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