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Murali: love or hate
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Me too. ^^^. He is an extremely nice person, in fact, a trait that is shared by the contemporary all time greats like Warnie, Sachin, Lara etc.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Murali is without doubt one of the finest men playing cricket today. Full of life and truly celeberating the Joy of Cricket every moment he spends on the field.honestbharani said:
He is a victim of ICI's unsure and dragging policies on 'throwing' but that can not and will not take away, for posterirty, from his phenomenal skills with a cricket ball. With or without a bent arm, there is no one in the world who can control the leather sphere and virtually make it talk as he can. Murali bowling to the top batsmen in the world is one of the finest sights in contemporary cricket.
vandemataram
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What has kaneria really done to be bracketed with greats like Anil Kumble?12th Man said:
There are other spinners like Warne, Harbhajan and Vettori who happen to be class act and much better than the mentioned inexperianced leggie.
Murali will tour Australia in the future
Murali has now officially said he will tour Australia in the future ! That should put an end to any speculation about his participation in the World XI v Australia ICC super series coming up. Here's the cricinfo news item-
'I'll play in Australia again' - Murali
Cricinfo staff
January 12, 2005
A year ago Muttiah Muralitharan threatened never to tour Australia again. John Howard, the prime minister, had publicly decided Muralitharan was a chucker, whenever he bowled there were no-ball yells from the stands, and it was the only country where he had been called for throwing.
But the reception Muralitharan received during the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal has changed his mind. "I will come to Australia from now on," Muralitharan told the Sydney Morning Herald. "Before the game it was one of the things I had to decide, whether to come again or not. The whole crowd was very supportive and helped to raise a lot of money that will help people in my country."
Muralitharan, who decided after Howard's comments not to tour Australia last winter because of "personal reasons", met the prime minister after the match and was welcomed to Australia. "We are very happy you are back," Howard told him. Syed Ashraful Huq, the Asian XI manager, said Muralitharan smiled. "The fact Murali was cheered by everybody, he was in a completely different mood after that," Huq said.
Sri Lanka's next scheduled Test tour to Australia is in 2007-08, but Muralitharan should return as part of the World XI in October for a Test match and three one-day games.
© Cricinfo
Murali has now officially said he will tour Australia in the future ! That should put an end to any speculation about his participation in the World XI v Australia ICC super series coming up. Here's the cricinfo news item-
'I'll play in Australia again' - Murali
Cricinfo staff
January 12, 2005
A year ago Muttiah Muralitharan threatened never to tour Australia again. John Howard, the prime minister, had publicly decided Muralitharan was a chucker, whenever he bowled there were no-ball yells from the stands, and it was the only country where he had been called for throwing.
But the reception Muralitharan received during the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal has changed his mind. "I will come to Australia from now on," Muralitharan told the Sydney Morning Herald. "Before the game it was one of the things I had to decide, whether to come again or not. The whole crowd was very supportive and helped to raise a lot of money that will help people in my country."
Muralitharan, who decided after Howard's comments not to tour Australia last winter because of "personal reasons", met the prime minister after the match and was welcomed to Australia. "We are very happy you are back," Howard told him. Syed Ashraful Huq, the Asian XI manager, said Muralitharan smiled. "The fact Murali was cheered by everybody, he was in a completely different mood after that," Huq said.
Sri Lanka's next scheduled Test tour to Australia is in 2007-08, but Muralitharan should return as part of the World XI in October for a Test match and three one-day games.
© Cricinfo
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age_master
Hall of Fame Member
hehe now we can 'no ball' him again 
Langeveldt
Soutie
The only reason Murali didn't get jeered was because the nature of the match, an emotional event in response to a terrible disaster.. I expect it will all start up again next time he plays a test or ODI in Aus..
Legglancer
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Thats quite a negative observation ...... I think people realized that after all Murali is only a man with a leather ball who wants more than anything else in the world to defeat the batsman legitimately. Thats on the cricket field.Langeveldt said:
Also he is a human being whoes country was facing tragic circumstances. Murali from all accounts have been driving trucks all around SL himself trying to help the less fortunate most times against the advise of his board and doctors. He knows the diffarence between cricket and life !
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