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Fitting farewell for Murali

Sri Lanka gave World record holder Muttiah Muralitharan a fitting farewell in his final One Day International at home by winning the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup semifinal clash against New Zealand at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday.

The 39 year old champion off spinner playing his last One Day International in front of his home crowd captured two wickets for 42 from his ten over spell that helped his team bowl out the Kiwis for 217 runs in 48.5 overs.

Muralitharan playing in his 39th World Cup match and 348th One Day International had the rare honour of capturing a wicket with his final delivery in his tenth and last over.

He trapped New Zealand’s top scorer Scott Styris leg before wicket for 57 runs in the 46th over with the total at 213 runs. This was something similar to which he performed during his farewell Test match against India where he picked up his 800th wicket with the last ball of the match at the Galle International Stadium last year.

Muralitharan with his two wickets against New Zealand brought his overall tally to 68 wickets which has put him just four scalps away from overtaking the record haul of 71 wickets held by former Australian fast bowler Glen McGrath.

In the current World Cup Muralitharan has so far captured a total of 15 wickets from eight outings at an average of 16.80 and with an economy rate of 4.00. He will now have the opportunity of playing his final One Day International at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai either against India or Pakistan on April 2.

 

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