If Warne can be denied the nine wickets he needs then Muralitharan will have a chance at the record during the two-Test tour to Zimbabwe.
Spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan took his 40th five-wicket haul as Australia were bowled out for 220.
The ace off-spinner, called for throwing on his past two tours of Australia, said the umpires 'can't question me anymore, because it's gone. It's all past'.
The 34-year-old debuted for England in 2007 at Colombo with Chaminda Vaas his first, and only, wicket in that Test at a cost of 95 runs and logged his best figures of 8-15 when he rampaged through the Australians at Trent Bridge in the Ashes five years ago.
Shane Warne heads to Sri Lanka as the most successful spin bowler of all time but he may well have lost that honour by the end of March.\n\n
Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will be inaugurating the new cricket pitches laid in a stadium in the former LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi.
Muttiah Muralitharan took 3 for 38 as England reached 259 for 8 at close on day 1 of the deciding third and final Test against Sri Lanka.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Rain halted play in the first Test between WI and SL with the home side on 272 for four in reply to the tourists' 354.
The off-spinner took five wickets as the hosts snatched a dramatic 12-run victory over Pakistan.
The ace off-spinner says he hopes to play for another 3-4 years.
The ace spinner took his 450th Test wicket and a five-wicket haul for a record 37th time in the second Test against New Zealand.\n\n
The Sri Lankan off-spinner wants to cut down on injuries and stay fit for the 2007 World Cup.
The Aussies scored a four-wicket win in their triangular one-day series international.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, called for throwing on his past two tours of Australia, said on Thursday he did not expect any more trouble from local umpires.
Muttiah Muralitharan took four wickets as Sri Lanka humiliated Zimbabwe by an innings and 254 runs.
A look at Muttiah Muralitharan's wicket ways after the Sri Lankan off-spinner claimed a world record 709 Test wickets.
Check out the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for IPL 2014.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the interesting numbers from Day 4 of the India-England Test at Trent Bridge.
Still in disbelief by Shane Warne's death, India off-spinner Ravichandran hailed the Australian legend for redefining bowling and bringing spin as an attacking commodity in world cricket.
Factbox on former Australian spinner Shane Warne, who died on Friday at the age of 52.
Yuvraj took to Twitter to ask his fans to applaud the Englishman's hard work and achievement.
Former Australian bowler and influential coach Bruce Yardley died on Wednesday at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer.
Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday became the joint fastest to take 350 wickets, matching Sri Lankan great Muttiah Muralitharan's feat in his 66th Test.
Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath has retired from 50-over and Twenty20 internationals in order to carry on playing Test matches, the country's cricket board said on Sunday.
The off-spin wizard said that the initial perception about spinners being cannon fodder in the shortest format has proved to be a myth.
India have never won the first Test of a series in Australia and will be looking to come hard at Australia on Day 5. Rajneesh Gupta has all the numbers from the fourth day of the Adelaide Test.
Cheteshwar Pujara's innings is the highest by a subcontinent batsman and third highest by any visiting batsman on the opening day of a Test in Australia, reveals Rajneesh Gupta.
According to Ashwin, being in the COVID-19 lockdown made him realise just how lucky he was to play for India.
Out-of-favour India batsman Virender Sehwag and Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will lead two MCC sides in a series of matches in the Middle East to help launch the new county season.
Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath, the most successful left-arm spinner in Test history, will retire after the series opener against England in Galle next month, local media reported on Monday.
Former India cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Mohammad Kaif gave the fans some 'good news' when they appeared on the popular television show Big Boss hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. The Road Safety World Series will see some of the biggest legends of the game take on each other in a five-nation T20 tournament featuring India, West Indies, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka
England fast bowler James Anderson claimed his 400th Test wicket when he had New Zealand's Martin Guptill caught at slip by Ian Bell for nought in the second Test at Headlingley, Leeds.
One of the biggest match-winners in Indian cricket Anil Kumble turned 47 on Tuesday and not surprising that birthday wishes poured in from all quarters for the legendary cricketer.
The tournament is set to be played in Dubai and also at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah.
India skipper Virat Kohli was effusive in praise of Ravchandran Ashwin after the off-spinner became only the fourth Indian, and sixth spinner in the world, to take 400 Test wickets.
IMAGES from Day 4 of the 3rd Test played between England and Pakistan at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Monday.
Pacer Ishant Sharma became the 12th Indian to take 150 Test wickets when he dismissed opener Hamish Rutherford on the opening day of the first Test against New Zealand, in Auckland, on Thursday.
