Asian XI bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, right, chats with World XI bowler Shane Warne after their the one day international charity cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia, Monday ...

But Muralitharan does not hold the record for most Test wickets in a calendar year. Muralitharan was 10 short of 100 wickets ...

Sunrisers Hyderabad's explosive batting has already rewritten IPL history, but Muttiah Muralitharan believes they are capable of going even further. With their eyes on the first-ever 300-run total ...

Former Sri Lankan cricketing great Muttiah Muralitharan says a planned film about his life will be released, despite a massive backlash in south India which caused the lead actor to quit. The BBC ...

The left-arm spinner is only two five-wicket hauls away from equalling the legendary Muttiah Muralitharan's record for most five-wicket hauls at the Galle International Stadium by a Sri Lankan bowler.

The magnitude of Muralitharan's feat has perhaps not been celebrated as much as it ought to be. The fact that he didn’t eloquently articulate his craft and talk up his achievements to the wider ...

<p>Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates their victory against Bangladesh during the final match of tri-series one-day international cricket tournament in Dhaka January 16, 2009.

The first one was Ian Meckiffin Brisbane in 1963, then the second time was Muralitharan when he was called at the MCG [by Umpire Darrell Hair, whom Sri Lanka got barred from standing in their games].

Muttiah Muralitharan is retiring from Test cricket after the first Test match against India at Galle later this month. No doubt, Sri Lanka will miss the 38-year-old wily spinner’s services in ...

Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka, in the last match of his 18-year test career, became the first bowler to take 800 test wickets.