Ravichandran Ashwin has the second most wickets by an active player in Test cricket. Australia's Nathan Lyon leads the list with 530 wickets and Ashwin can overtake him in the second Test in Kanpur.
Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan faces a battle against time to get fit for Tuesday's World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan will retire from international cricket after the Feb. 19-April 2 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Sri Lanka's spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who is bowling coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad, on Tuesday lavished praise on rookie Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan terming him a 'special talent'.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner will be given an unofficial reprimand for gesturing at a spectator.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner joined Australia's Shane Warne as the only player to reach the landmark.
Prodigious spin propelled by an abnormally strong wrist and an iron resolve forged in bitter acrimony over his unique action took Muttiah Muralitharan to unprecedented heights in world cricket.
The Australian umpire, who called off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking, does not believe that the Sri Lankan deserves to retire as the most prolific Test wicket-taker of all time.
Cricket Australia has roped in Muttiah Muralitharan as spin consultant ahead of Australia's tour to Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner denied having close links with a Mumbai bar dancer being investigated by Indian police.
The uncertainty over Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan's further participation in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup is finally over with the ICC confirming Thilan Thushara as his replacement for the rest of the tournament.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner faces up to 10 weeks on the sidelines after his surgeon recommended immediate surgery to avoid long-term tendon damage.
The chucker's tag remains Muttiah Muralitharan's albatross and former New Zealand opener Mark Richardson on Sunday accused the Sri Lankan off-spinner of breaching the 15 degree flexion rule. Richardson said Muralitharan often bends his arm beyond the 15 degree norm even though he feel it is not the spinner but the indifferent International Cricket Council (ICC) which is at fault.
Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan feels India's Ravichandran Ashwin is presently the best spinner in the world and his achievements with the ball are a testimony to his greatness.
Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan has pulled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a knee injury. The ace spinner, who holds the record for the most Test wickets, injured his patella tendon.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to claim a five-wicket haul in both his debut and 100th Test match.
Hair, who no-balled Muralitharan for throwing in the 1995-96 Melbourne Test, will officiate in Lanka's match against England in Sydney.
The ace off-spinner, who underwent a hernia operation in November, is likely to play in Thursday's game.
'He pursued it, practised hard at it and continued to look for new things as his career progressed, to keep up with the times.'
Ravichandran Ashwin became the first bowler to pick 50 or wickets in each of three World Test Championship cycles.
Reader Trivikram Arun sent us a picture of Muralitharan from England.
Sri Lanka were 30 for no wicket in reply to Bangladesh's 131 all out after a rain-shortened second day in the third and final Test.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan on Tuesday said that he will miss his previous IPL team Chennai Super Kings and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni but is excited to play for Kochi franchisee, the new entrants in the Twenty20 league.
Paying glowing tributes to Muttiah Muralitharan, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the Sri Lankan spin legend is more accurate and has more variations, so tougher to face.
Bangladesh slumped to 36-3 in the second innings, and need another 147 runs to make Sri Lanka bat in the first Test.
The 33-year-old, returns for the first time since August last year after recovering from two shoulder operations.
Retiring Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Wednesday said among the current crop of slow bowlers, only Harbhajan Singh can match his record of scalping nearly 800 Test wickets.
Murali's presence in Australia had been in doubt ever since since Australian Prime Minister John Howard branded him a "chucker".
Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 240 runs in the second Test, to blank them 2-0 in the series
'He's got a pretty good record against Indian batsmen (123 wickets in 28 Tests versus India).' 'In India too he has a great record (56 wickets in 11 Tests in India), that is a pretty good record against a country that traditionally plays spin very well.'
Former Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble called Sri Lankan off-break bowler Muttiah Muralitharan's feat of claiming 800 wickets in Test cricket on Thursday, as an 'unparalleled' achievement which would take a long time and uncommon skill to be filliped.
Sri Lanka's world record holder spinner Muttiah Muralitharan announced on Thursday he is planning to retire from Test cricket in 2010. However, the spinner plans to carry on in the shorter forms of the sport.
Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan is disappointed at the IPL governing council's move to disallow players from his country to play matches in Chennai, a decision taken in view of the prevailing anti-Sinhalese sentiments in the state.
One of the finest but most controversial spinners of his generation, Sri Lankan veteran Muttiah Muralitharan bid an emotional goodbye to his 18-year-old Test career on Thursday with an unprecedented tally of 800 wickets.
James Anderson will retire from Test cricket after the first match of the series against West Indies at Lord's this year.
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muraitharan will retire from the longer version of the game after the first Test against India in Galle, beginning July 18.
Australia one-day captain believes that playing against the Sri Lanka off-spinner is largely guesswork.
Legendary Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan paid rich tributes to iconic Sachin Tendulkar and termed the Indian batting legend as the "greatest cricketer" of his generation who played the game like a "true gentleman" for 24 years.
Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan has been signed by Australian domestic club Victorian Bushrangers to play in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition for the 2009-10 season.
