The Railways left-arm spinner got a call from English county Lancashire to replace Australian batsman Brad Hodge.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto on Sunday threw his weight behind the struggling Shakib Al Hasan and said the country's greatest all-rounder is doing everything in his capacity to regain his form with the ball.
Athletics Federation of India vice-president Anju Bobby George believes that while the spotlight will undoubtedly be on javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to defend his Olympic title,
Muttiah Muralitharan said the tsunami match had helped him forget his bitter experience with the crowds.
The Sri Lanka spinner could be banned for up to 12 months if he continues to bowl his doosra because his action exceeds official guidelines.
The Australian surgeon who operated on Muttiah Muralithan's shoulder said the Sri Lankan spinner's injury is not as bad as initially feared.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner has chosen Madhimalar as his life partner and the marriage would be held in Chennai on March 21.
Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne showered accolades on retiring Muttiah Muralitharan, his arch rival during his playing days, by describing the Sri Lankan as one of the game's great competitors whose world record of Test wickets will be hard to be broken.
The Australian fast bowler said his bowling action was also "questioned" at the start of his career and he could relate to Murali's feelings.
Veteran left-arm spinner Murali Kartik retired from competitive cricket having played eight Tests and 37 ODIs for India between 1999 and 2007 taking 24 and 37 wickets respectively.
The ace off-spinner says he hopes to play for another 3-4 years.
Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has criticised the performance of India's top-order batsmen save Murali Vijay terming their effort as "below-par" despite the pitch being a tricky one.
Discarded Indian spinner Murali Kartik has signed up with Somerset as their overseas player for 2010. The left-arm spinner, who joined Middlesex in 2007, has signed a one-year contract with Somerset.
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
Several Carnatic musicans have pulled out of Madras Music Academy's annual December conference to protest the Sangita Kalanidhi award to classical vocalist T M Krishna, who they allege has 'glorified Periyar' and vilified the Carnatic music community.
The writer-actor is making a comeback after a year in the upcoming film Ee Adutha Kaalathu
Pavithra Srinivasan remembers the Tamil actor who passed away at a young age of 46.
'It has been amazing to compete against you but also learn off you. So mate, congratulations and plenty more to come.'
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muthiah Muralitharan says he is "proud" to play for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League as the son-in-law of Tamil Nadu. "My ancestors hail from Tamil Nadu and my wife is from Chennai," he said on Tuesday. "That way it is a privilege for me to be playing for a team from this place," added the world's leading wicket-taker, who has 735 wickets in 120 Tests."
Being the third highest wicket-taker in history of Test cricket is no mean achievement but former India captain Anil Kumble wishes he had the skills of his two greatest contemporaries -- Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Going into the quarter-final match against the erratic England, Sri Lanka have their own set of problems in both the batting and bowling departments.
The left-arm spinner claimed six wickets and then scored an unbeaten 21 as India beat Australia by two wickets in the seventh ODI.
The Indian spinner put Middlesex in driver's seat against Glamorgan in the Division II County Championship match.
The left-arm spinner claimed five wickets in the second innings but couldn't prevent Middlesex from going down to Derbyshire in the four-day County match.
Showering praise on retired Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, former Australian captain Steve Waugh on Monday said there was no racist angle involved in chucking allegations which the bowler had faced earlier.
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Having missed a few international games in Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka owing to a recurrent hamstring injury, India opener Murali Vijay has said he wants to attain peak fitness before the upcoming home series against South Africa.
Murali Kartik's timely knock of 40 helped Lanacshire to a big first innings total against Hampshire.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara on reminded his team-mates to focus on the job at hand and not get carried away by emotions in Muttiah Muralitharan's swansong cricket Test against India.
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Sunday 'voluntarily' gave dope sample to the NADA officials after producing a big leap of 8.41m to qualify for the upcoming World Championships so that 'nobody points any finger of suspicion'.
The Sri Lankan off spinner does not think there is anything wrong in the way Harbhajan Singh bowls his 'doosra'.
Muttiah Muralitharan swapped spin wizardry for batting fireworks, smashing 33 runs from 16 balls to guide Sri Lanka to a two-wicket win over Bangladesh in the tri-series final on Friday.
The big names of Indian cricket including World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Virender Sehwag and Kirti Azad paid their last respects to the spin great.
'Muttiah Muralitharan and Ravichandran Ashwin can't be compared in a strait-jacketed manner.'
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday said Tamil Nadu batsman Murali Vijay is likely to replace Gautam Gambhir and open the batting for India in the fourth and final Test against Australia in Nagpur. Gambhir's appeal against his one-match ban, which was imposed for elbowing Shane Watson in the drawn third Test in Delhi, was rejected by Justice Albie Sachs, the lead Appeals Commissioner, on Tuesday.
It's a downfall for the powerhouse that produced some iconic names such as PT Usha, Shiny Wilson, Anju Bobby George, Rosa Kutty, Mercy Kuttan and Bobby Aloysius among others."
