The first cricket test match which was played against the Indian team at the Galle grounds, on the final day, Muralitharan achieved this record by grabbing the wicket of Indian cricketer Oja. Muralitharan who was born in Kandy in the year 1972 April 17th had grabbed more wickets in the test matches and one day international matches. During the year 2009, Muralitharan snatched the wicket of Indian cricketer Gowtham Kambeeran in Colombo, which enable him to defeat the world record of 502 wickets which was in possession of Wasim Akram from the one day International cricket series.
Muralitahran in December 3rd, year 2007, captured more number of wickets from the Australian Cricket Shane Wane. He previously had defeated the award of West Indian cricketer Godney Walzin’s 519 test wickets in the year 2004, but due to a pain in his shoulder Shane Wane was able to grab more wickets than Muralitharan. At the time Murali was in the intention of retiring from cricket, his wickets were approximately six wickets of a match. Murali who was playing for the local cricket Tamil union, was also playing for Indian Premier League matches and Chennai Super Kings team.
During his cricket life, Muthiah Muralitharan faced many obstacles to achieve this record. Many cricket umpires during the year 1996 and 1999 made allegations that there is a mistake while Murali spins the ball, which at times was a danger to his cricket future. But the International cricket Association stand to his side, and gave judgment that there is nothing wrong with his bowling, hence his cricket life resumed. During the year 2004, another controversy cropped up about Murali’s Dusra bowling which came a question mark. This issue was that Murali was raising his elbow to 9 degrees hence the new crisis occurred. After a settlement, a ruling was given for the spinners in increasing their elbow level which happened in the year 2005. Hence the final obstruction which was impeding his future got settled. By passing all these many difficulties and achieving the maximum record, Muralitharan informed to his cricket fans on last 18th, that he is retiring from cricket.
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Sri Lankan right hand spinner Muttiah Muralitharan retired from International Test Cricket matches from today. In this situation, he established a new record in the world cricket history, by grabbing 800 test cricket wickets.
Sri Lankan government had informed that the land mines excavation in the Jaffna Vadamarachchi area has been done completely. Government believes, the resettlements could be expedited. [
Reports states, 89 thousand women living in the north and east provinces have lost their husbands due to war. Out of them 25,000 widows are living in the Batticoloa district is according to statistics reports. Tamil National Alliance Parliament Member P.Selvaraja made this statement. [
Reports states, the Sinhalese and Muslim businessmen are in the habit of grabbing the abandoned assets of displaced Vanni people. Towards these activities the military are engaged in duties in the Vanni region are cooperating is according to Vanni information. [
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Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao visited Mullaitheevu today to find the situations in the district. She met the Mullaitheevu Government Agent Nagalingam Vethanayagam at 8.30 a.m. The Government Agent informed in detail about the situation of the resettled persons, and the request for Indian aid. She distributed Indian aid items to the resettled people. [
A leading Sinhala website had quoted a news item that Democratic National Alliance Leader Sarath Fonseka had suddenly suffering from ill health. The doctors from the navy forces are examining his health conditions is according to reports. [
Prof.C.K.Chittampalam made a statement that, arms supplied from India during the internal war in Sri Lanka, is the main cause for the massive devastation of Tamil civilians which is the general opinion from many Tamils. He made this comment while he met Indian External Affairs Secretary Nirupama Rao at the Jaffna Public Library yesterday. [
The Supreme Court of New Zealand Friday dismissed the appeal of the government seeking rejection of the refugee status of an Eezham Tamil who was captaining a ship carrying arms to the LTTE. [
Democratic People’s Front Leader Mano Ganeshan said, the Sri Lankan government does not have any concern to find a settlement to the crisis faced by the Sri lankan Tamils. [
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A senior Sri Lankan Army commander and frontline soldier have told Britain’s Channel 4 News that point-blank executions of Tamils at the end of the civil war in May 2009 were carried out under orders ‘from the top’. In an extended segment on Sri Lanka Tuesday, Channel 4 broadcast translated video interviews with the two soldiers. [