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Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will
retire from Test cricket after the first Test of the home series
against India in Galle started on 18 July. Muralitharan, an
off-spin bowler with a unique action, has a world record 792
wickets from 132 Test appearances. He is expected to continue to
play in some limited-overs internationals, including next year's
World Cup. Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on 5 February 2009 in Colombo, to surpass Wasim Akram's ODI record of 502 wickets. Muralitharan became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he overtook the previous record-holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007 in the longer version of the game. Muralitharan had previously held the record when he surpassed Courtney Walsh's 519 wickets in 2004. |
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