Murali now becomes the highest wicket taker in Test Cricket history. Sri Lanka VS England 1st Test | Day3 Courtesy http://www.hilalscricket.com/
Sri Lanka 188 and 167 for 2 (Jayasuriya 78, Sangakkara 30*, M Jayawardene 0*) lead England 281 (Bell 83, Collingwood 45, Muralitharan 6-55) by 74 runs.
Muttiah Muralitharan moved level with Shane Warne on 708 wickets as he bowled Sri Lanka back into the first Test at Kandy. He claimed the first four England batsmen to fall on the second day as they lost 5 for 78 and drew level with Warne when he removed Ravi Bopara. But he was forced to wait for his crowning moment as rain, which had threatened during the morning, moved across the ground and wiped out the final three hours of play.
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Kumar Sangakkara 92 Vs England | 1st Test | Day 1| Kandy 2007
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ THE VALUE of Kumar Sangakkara’s innings of 92 yesterday may only become clear as this Test match progresses, but he may have just kept his team’s hopes alive. Sangakkara is currently among the world’s best batsmen. He has just returned from Australia, where he played a blistering innings of 192 in Hobart that might, with more luck, have stolen victory from under the noses of Ricky Ponting’s men. He was given out to a shocking decision for which umpire Rudi Koertzen later apologised to him in person. It takes something extraordinary to lever Sangakkara from the crease these days. Had he scored eight more runs yesterday, Sangakkara would have recorded a seventh century in eight Tests and he isn’t often content with merely reaching three figures. Last year he scored 287 against South Africa and an unbeaten 156 against New Zealand. Earlier this year he took back-to-back double-centuries off Bangladesh. Description courtesy - Times Online
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Sri Lanka Vs Australia | Second Tes | Day Three | Hobart 2007
Warne-Muralitharan Trophy - 2nd Test- Day 3 http://www.hilalscricket.com/
Welegedera ahead of the 3rd test match, Galle Sri Lanka www.hilalscricket.com
Africa XI v Asia XI | Played at Kingsmead, Durban (neutral venue), on 20 August 2005 - day/night (50-over match) http://www.hilalscricket.com/
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ Murali gives us a rare look into his magic, courtesy of Mark Nicholas and the Channel 9 crew.
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ Dealing in boundaries and steam rolling ahead it never looked like the Aussies could stop him. The second new ball hardly rattled him in fact all the Aussie quick men were being belted to all parts. Ricky Ponting the Australian skipper was cornered tactically by Sanga's aggression towards the new ball and Malinga's resilience. The ball was too new for Mcgill to cop yet another pasting so the only suitable bowling change would have been Symonds or another part timer. Sanga was looking beyond 200 and was surely planning to accelerate the scoring rate with Malinga getting his eye in and providing good support. It looked very much like only an outside influence and not the opposition that could dismiss him and some times in life the worst possible thing happens.
England 281 and 9 for 1 (Vaughan 1*, Anderson 4*) need 341 more runs to beat Sri Lanka 188 and 442 for 8 (Sangakkara 152, Jayasuriya 78, M Jayawardene 65, Panesar 3-132) www.hilalscricket.com
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