Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the highest wicket taker in the history of Test Cricket, leaving behind Australia's Shane Warne's Record of 708 Wickets.
He bowled out England's Paul Collingwood as his 709th wicket on the third day of the first cricket match at Asgiriya Stadium , Kandy, Sri Lanka on Monday 3rd Decembber, 2007.
Murali achieved the record in his 116th Test and on his home ground, which had been eagerly awaiting the historic moment over the first two days of the Test.
The 35-year-old off-spinner is now the highest wicket taker in the history of test cricket with 709 wickets with an average of 21.77 and economy rate of 2.41. He has also a unique racord of taking 5 wickets in an inning 60 times and 10 wickets in a match 20 times.Shane Warne took 145 test matches with an average of 25.41 and economy rate of 2.65 to reach the land mark.
It is the third time Murali has held the wicket-taking record, having originally passed Courtney Walsh in 2004 before briefly sharing the mark with Shane Warne. He then claimed it outright for the second time against South Africa until a shoulder injury allowed Warne to move back to the top against India and Muralitharan has been chasing him since. This time there is no one close to knocking him off and with a tireless appetite for the game 1000 wickets is a possibility.
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