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Murali Magic | New Zealand | World Cup 2007 | 1st SEMI FINAL
What a genius this man is, like a fine wine he gets better with age. Murali held a brilliant lunging one-handed catch to dismiss all-rounder Jacob Oram off his own bowling. Next ball Brendon McCullumâÃÂÃÂs top-edged sweep was athletically caught by a diving Chamara Silva, running round from square leg to leave Murali on a hat-trick at the start of his next over.
Best delivery ever bowled in cricket
An intesnse match with some briliant cricket played by both teams. Sachin plays what would go down as one of his greatest. Saeed Anwar makes a ton in what would be a losing effort. For more videos check out www.cougarcricket.net
11th Match, Group C: Canada v England at Gros Islet - Mar 18, 2007 England won by 51 runs England 279/6 (50 ov); Canada 228/7 (50 ov). After the disciplinary problems of the previous day England managed to keep their focus, dispatching Canada by 51 runs in St Lucia, to open their World Cup account. Ed Joyce and Paul Collingwood hit sixties as England began and ended their batting strongly before early inroads with the ball put the result beyond doubt. But while England have avoided adding their name to the list of upsets from Saturday, the performance didn't quell the major doubts surrounding the team. As against New Zealand the batting faltered with the loss of three top-order wickets, this time for eight runs, then there was a lack of cutting edge from the bowling attack when the threat of the new ball had disappeared.
A mesmerising four for 31 by off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan powered Sri Lanka to an emphatic 81-run victory against New Zealand in the first semi-final at Jamaica on Tuesday. A tremendous performance by the ever-reliant Muralitharan, who was on a hat-trick at one stage, ensured that the Kiwis, who were 105-2, lost momentum and within a blink of an eye, collapsed to 116-7.
Murali now becomes the highest wicket taker in Test Cricket history. Sri Lanka VS England 1st Test | Day3 Courtesy http://www.hilalscricket.com/
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Sri Lanka VS West Indies | 2nd Test, Day 3 | Evening Session | Trinidad '08
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Critics will also grumble about Murali's good fortune at playing Bangladesh and Zimbabwe so regularly. Indeed, it is true that approximately 25% of his victims have come from these two minnows. But Murali would also have enjoyed Warne's volume of matches against England, a team against whom he has been equally prolific. In any case, his 26 wickets in this series is now par for the course considering the fact that he raced from 600 to 700 in just 12 matches: an average haul of 8.33 wickets per Test against opposition that includes Pakistan (2 Tests), England (3 Tests), South Africa (2 Tests), New Zealand (2 Tests) and Bangladesh (3 Tests). His wicket-taking was no more prolific against Bangladesh than it was against the rest. - Charlie Austin, Cricinfo
Rumesh Ratnayake hits the stumps 5 times in Sri Lankas first ever win on Australian soil during the 1984/85 World Series Cup. For more videos check out www.cougarcricket.net
http://www.hilalscricket.com/ Murali gives us a rare look into his magic, courtesy of Mark Nicholas and the Channel 9 crew.
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