Murali youngest to reach the 500 wicket milestone
 [March 16, 2004 - 10.00 GMT] 

Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan today reached magic mark of 500 test wickets in his 87th test match. The Asgiriya Stadium in his hometown Kandy erupted into celebrations when he clean bowled Australia’s Michael Kasprowicz on the first day of the second test. 

Muralitharan is the third cricketer to claim 500 test wickets. Muralitharan, 31, joins retired West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh and Shane Warne, who got his 500th wicket last week during the first Test in Galle. Muralitharan is the youngest to reach this milestone in the least number of matches. In 2oo2 the prestigious Wisden Cricket Magazine named him and the late Sir Don Bradman as the two of the greatest cricketers in the history of the sport. 

TEST CRICKET'S LEADING WICKET TAKERS:

Player            

 Matches Wickets
Courtney Walsh (West Indies) 132*    519
Shane Warne (Australia)  109       501
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)   87    500
Kapil Dev (India) 131*    434
Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) 86 *    431
Glenn McGrath (Australia)  95    430
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 104 *     414
Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) 98*      404
Ian Botham (England)   102 *    383
Anil Kumble (India)   81    382 
                                  

 

 

 

 

 

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Last Updated Date: March 16, 2004  - 10.00 GMT.
 


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