Muralitharan

/ ˌmɜːrəˈlɪθərən /

noun

1. MuralitharanMuttiah1972MSri LankanSPORT AND GAMES: cricketer Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets

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Mehedi has since constructed a fine, if not world-beating, career, but the nine bowlers on the list before him contain some of the greatest in the history of the sport - Rangana Herath, the infinitely cunning Sri Lankan left-arm spinner who took more than 400 Test wickets; then the four leading non-English wicket-takers in Test history: Muttiah Muralitharan, Anil Kumble, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.

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Sri Lanka's only previous visit to The Oval, in 1998, produced one of their greatest Test victories, when Muttiah Muralitharan took 16 wickets in the match.

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Malaysia's Muralitharan Thinaah and Pearly Tan stay patient to win a 108-shot rally against the Chinese pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan in their women's doubles semi-final.

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Anderson has gone on to amass 700 wickets, more than any other pace bowler in Test cricket, and sits third on the all-time list of wicket-takers, behind only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne.

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Anderson is third on the all-time list of wicket-takers in Tests behind spinners Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka and Australia's Shane Warne, having taken 700 wickets in 187 Tests.

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