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EIGHT hundred Test Match wickets; it is almost incredible. I am old enough to have seen Fred Trueman become the first man to claim his three-hundredth Test scalp (Neil Hawke, caught by Colin Cowdrey in the slips) at The Oval in 1964. Nobody before him had taken as many as 250; Richie Benaud was next with 248. Asked if he thought his record would ever be beaten, Fred replied, "if anybody does, he'll be bloody tired".
Now people are asking the same question about Muttiah Muralitharan's record 800. It will certainly last for a good many years, for there is no one within sight of it. The next in the list are Makahya Ntini (390), Harbhajan Singh (355), Daniel Vettori (325) and Danesh Kaneria (258).See the full content of this document
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Muralitharan's Landmark May Well Stand the Test of Time
Whether anyone ever catches Murali will depend first on how much Test cricket is played. Murali has played 133 Test matches, Shane Warne 145 for his 708 wickets. One may well wonder with the proliferation of ...
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