Sri Lanka off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to claim eight hundred wickets in Test matches, taking 5 for 63 in the first innings and adding 3 for 128 in the second innings of the first of three Test matches against India.
Having confirmed that this series will be his last Test matches for [...]

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Record breaker Muttiah Muralitharan reaches 800 test wickets
John Williams - Thursday 22.07.10, 12:29pm
Tags: Muttiah Muralitharan · Sri Lanka · Test Match
India top World rankings following Test victory over Sri Lanka
John Williams - Monday 07.12.09, 18:51pm
India’s unbelievable blitzing of Sri Lanka in the third Test, by an innings and twenty four runs has moved them to become the world’s top ranked Test team for the first time.
And how they deserve to have reached such a pinnacle, made all the more fitting by their recent performances in the final home Test [...]
Tags: India · Sri Lanka · Test Match
Rahul Dravid moves up to fourth all time scorer in Test cricket
John Williams - Wednesday 25.11.09, 19:28pm
Rahul Dravid’s 144 runs for India in the second day of the second test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur took him past Australian Allan Border’s 11,174 runs in Test cricket and into fourth place in the all time scorers list.
Dravid sits behind his Indian team mate Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies’ Brian Lara and the [...]
Tags: India · Rahul Dravid · Sri Lanka · Test Match
Dilshan the star as Sri Lanka hit back at India
John Williams - Tuesday 17.11.09, 20:20pm
India batsman Rahul Dravid failed to add to the incredible 177 runs he took into this mornings session of the first Test match in Ahmedabad and with the collapse of India’s tailenders, Sri Lanka were left chasing a total of 426 runs.
Sri Lanka braved the early menace of India’s Zaheer and quickly took a hold [...]
Tags: India · Sri Lanka · Test Match
Rahul Dravid India’s hero in Ahmedabad
John Williams - Monday 16.11.09, 17:11pm
Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni assumed control for India in the first Test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad, after Sri Lanka’s Chanaka Welegedara claimed three wickets in his first four overs with the new ball to leave the hosts reeling at 32 for four.
In only his second Test match, Welegedara made the most [...]
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