Muttiah Muralitharan
17 April 1972 – present
Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who bowled off spin for Sri Lanka between 1992 and 2011. He holds the record for the most wickets taken in Test cricket, with 800, and also took more than 500 wickets in one-day internationals. His bowling action was twice reported by umpires during his career and was subsequently cleared by biomechanical testing commissioned by the International Cricket Council.
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Life events
Born into a Sri Lankan Tamil family in the hill-country city of Kandy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgTook up off spin at school, where he was coached by Sunil Fernando.
Made his first Test appearance for Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgUmpire Darrell Hair called his bowling action during the Boxing Day Test against Australia, beginning a long dispute over its legality.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWas part of the Sri Lanka side that beat Australia in the final in Lahore.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPassed Shane Warne's tally of 708 Test wickets during a match against England in Kandy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReached 800 wickets with the last delivery he bowled in Test cricket, against India.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPlayed his last one-day internationals during the 2011 World Cup, hosted in part by Sri Lanka.
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