Murali milestones
Monday 3 December 2007 09:19, UK
Muttiah Muralitharan is now Test cricket's greatest wicket-taker. We check out the landmarks on his way to 709 victims.
Muttiah Muralitharan is now Test cricket's greatest wicket-taker. We check out the landmarks on his way to overtaking Shane Warne's record.1st wicket
Opposition: AustraliaVenue and Date: Colombo, August 1992
Victim: Craig McDermott
How out: lbw
50th wicket
Opposition: IndiaVenue and Date: Ahmedabad, February 1994
Victim: Navjot Sidhu
How out: caught
100th wicket
Opposition: New ZealandVenue and Date: Hamilton, March 1997
Victim: Stephen Fleming
How out: lbw
150th wicket
Opposition: ZimbabweVenue and Date: Colombo, January 1998
Victim: Guy Whittal
How out: caught
200th wicket
Opposition: EnglandVenue and Date: Kennington, August 1998
Victim: Ben Hollioake
How out: lbw
250th wicket
Opposition: PakistanVenue and Date: Karachi, March 2000
Victim: Naved Ashraf
How out: lbw
300th wicket
Opposition: South AfricaVenue and Date: Durban, September 2000
Victim: Shaun Pollock
How out: caught
350th wicket
Opposition: BangladeshVenue and Date: Colombo, September 2001
Victim: Mohammad Sharif
How out: caught
400th wicket
Opposition: ZimbabweVenue and Date: Galle, January 2002
Victim: Henry Olonga
How out: bowled
450th wicket
Opposition: New ZealandVenue and Date: Kandy, May 2003
Victim: Daryl Tuffey
How out: caught
500th wicket
Opposition: AustraliaVenue and Date: Kandy, March 2004
Victim: Michael Kasprowicz
How out: bowled
550th wicket
Opposition: BangladeshVenue and Date: Colombo, September 2005
Victim: Khaled Mashud
How out: caught
600th wicket
Opposition: BangladeshVenue and Date: Bogra, March 2006
Victim: Khaled Mashud
How out: caught
650th wicket
Opposition: South AfricaVenue and Date: Colombo, August 2006
Victim: Makhaya Ntini
How out: caught
700th wicket
Opposition: BangladeshVenue and Date: Kandy, July 2007
Victim: Syed Rasel
How out: caught
708th wicket
Opposition: EnglandVenue and Date: Kandy, December 2007
Victim: Ravi Bopara
How out: caught
709th wicket
Opposition: EnglandVenue and Date: Kandy, December 2007
Victim: Paul Collingwood
How out: bowled
