da imperador bet： Muttiah Muralitharan finished the first day of the second Janashakthi National Test with nine wickets, agonisingly short of a world record, with Jim Laker’s best ever Test bowling of 10/53 well within his sights
CricInfo04-Jan-2002Muttiah Muralitharan finished the first day of the second Janashakthi National Test with nine wickets, agonisingly short of a world record, with Jim Laker’s best ever Test bowling of 10/53 well within his sights. Here are his 9 wickets so far as described by CricInfo’s commentator at the ground.8.2 Muralitharan to Gripper, OUT: just outside off stump. Grippersweeps and gets the inside edge to the boot and then to Jaywardeneat slipsTR Gripper c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 20 (25b 3×4 0x6)M Muralitharan 0.2-0-0-112.5 Muralitharan to Masakadza, OUT: What a delivery! Straight ballright on target. Hamilton trying to turn on the leg side butmisses it completelyH Masakadza b Muralitharan 10 (50b 0x4 0x6)M Muralitharan 2.5-1-4-216.1 Muralitharan to Rennie, OUT: flighted down the leg side. Rennie uses his feet to drive. Sangakkara does the stumpingGJ Rennie st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 0 (8b 0x4 0x6)M Muralitharan 4.1-3-4-320.6 Muralitharan to A Flower, OUT: tried to sweep but gets the insideedge, the ball hits hs boot and carries in to Sangakkara’s hands.A loud appeal. After a long think umpire Asoka de Silva’s fingergoes upA Flower c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 8 (23b 1×4 0x6)M Muralitharan 7-3-14-430.6 Muralitharan to Carlisle, OUT: pitched outside the offstump, comes into the batsman who tries to play on the backfoot, misses it, hit on the pads, loud shouts from all thefielders and the bowler, umpire raising his fingerSV Carlisle lbw b Muralitharan 20 (64b 2×4 0x6)51.3 Muralitharan to Wishart, OUT: forced onto the back foot,hurries on to him, easy decision for the umpireCB Wishart lbw b MuralitharanM Muralitharan 17.3-9-25-653.4 Muralitharan to Streak, OUT: tries to pad it away but onlysucceeds in deflecting the ball onto his stumps.HH Streak b Muralitharan 1M Muralitharan 18.4-10-25-763.4 Muralitharan to Marillier, OUT: pitched just outside the offstump, turns in to batsman, tries to defends it, misses it, rightthrough the gate, well bowled!DA Marillier b Muralitharan 8M Muralitharan 23.4-14-27-885.1 Muralitharan to GW Flower, OUT: pitched outside the off andsharp spin into the stumps as Flower tries to sweep itGW Flower b Muralitharan 72M Muralitharan 34.1-16-47-9