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Magical Murali

Muralitharan took 16 wickets to bowl Sri Lanka to a ten-wicket win in the one-off Test against England at The Oval in August 1998

Muralitharan's 26 wickets helped Sri Lanka defeat hosts Pakistan 2-1 in the three-Test series in 2000

Muralitharan continued to trouble the English batsmen, and his 26 wickets at home resulted in Sri Lanka's first series win over England in 2003

Muralitharan celebrates his 500th Test wicket, against Australia at Kandy in March 2004

Muralitharan is carried by his team-mates after breaking Courtney Walsh's record for the most Test wickets in May 2004

Muralitharan holds aloft the ball that got him his 50th five-wicket haul in March 2006, against Bangladesh at Bogra

 

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