Murali Options

[wezwaz]

Could Sri Lanka please stop playing Bangladesh!!! You'd think they do it just to pump up Murali's record. It's getting to the ridiculous. The bloke has 85 wickets against them at an average of about 11. Add his wickets against Zimbabwe and he totals 170+ at less than 15. That's 23% of his wickets against club cricketers!

Look at his record against Australia: 59 in 13 tests at 36. And he's not a lot better against India, averaging 30.

I think Bangladesh and Zimbabwe still need to be encouraged to play better cricket, but Murali continues to gorge himself on these easy pickings. It's an insult to better bowlers with career figures that pale against Murali's. Honestly, he's not that good and will always have controversy hanging over his head.

To this day I still feel it's impossible to turn an offspinner the other way, unless you are doing something strange with your arm. Can anyone explain how to make a legspinner out of an offspinner, logically?

[Stirer]

So on the eve of the first test of a three-test series, Murali has decided to retire from Test cricket. He has only eight wickets to go for the unheard-of 800 test wickets. Will he make it or not? He believes that he has nothing left to prove, and he feels that he is keeping some young talent at bay by continuing to hog his test place. What a sportsman! What a gentleman! Its people like him who bring respect to the noble sport of cricket.

What are the chances of anyone overtaking his tally of wickets? Not any time soon, would be my guess. (I remember wondering exactly the same when Hadlee retired with a little over 400 test wickets! 400 Wickets! Who would ever get that many in their test playing lives?)

[jamstains]

So on the eve of the first test of a three-test series, Murali has decided to retire from Test cricket. He has only eight wickets to go for the unheard-of 800 test wickets. Will he make it or not? He believes that he has nothing left to prove, and he feels that he is keeping some young talent at bay by continuing to hog his test place. What a sportsman! What a gentleman! Its people like him who bring respect to the noble sport of cricket.

What are the chances of anyone overtaking his tally of wickets? Not any time soon, would be my guess. (I remember wondering exactly the same when Hadlee retired with a little over 400 test wickets! 400 Wickets! Who would ever get that many in their test playing lives?)

Courtney Walsh's tally for a fast bowler will be hard to beat. And he still can't get into the squad for a WI all time XI !