Muttiah

West Indian great and former captain Brian Lara was one batsman who tackled two of the best spinners of any era, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, without too much trouble.

But since that infamous 1995-96 series when Muttiah Muralitharan was no-balled for throwing, the Aussies have hosted their fellow island nation in just nine matches.

Muttiah Muralitharan, one of the finest bowlers, has a compelling personal story.

The request from Muttiah Muralitharan came considering opposition that the actor was facing.

Fernando said he had consulted former greats Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Muttiah Muralitharan and Sidath Wettimuny in making the plan.

Shami took five wickets and Jadeja scalped four, while Ravichandran Ashwin took one to equal Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan in becoming the joint fastest to take 350 wickets.

In terms of five-wicket-hauls (Test cricket), Herath is fifth on the list only behind Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Richard Hadlee, and Anil Kumble.

It is like playing Roger Federer at Wimbledon, Liverpool at Anfield on Champions League nights or Muttiah Muralitharan in Galle: a trial for which no amount of relentless training and rigorous analysis can ever truly prepare.

Since the retirement of the great triumvirate of Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, other Asian sides have won in Sri Lanka: India made a complete 3-0 sweep here, and even Bangladesh won a rare Test victory abroad.

An upper limb kinematic for the examination of cricket bowling: A case study of Muttiah Muralitharan.

During the 1995 Boxing Day Test at the MCG, Australian umpire Darrell Hair called Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing the ball, rather than bowling it, seven times during the match.

Muttiah Muralitharan also took at least five five-fors against all the other nine Test sides.