muttiah muralitharan

Historical

The Randiv ruckus: A World Cup final selection call that came out of nowhere

Mendis missed out

Stories
Bending the rules: When the ICC discovered almost every bowler in cricket history had an illegal action

"This issue has afflicted the game for over 60 years"

by Wisden Staff / July 30, 2022
Quizzes
Quiz! Name the XIs from Muttiah Muralitharan's final Test

Murali finished his career with 800 Test wickets.

by Wisden Staff / April 7, 2022
Videos
Watch: When Murali bowled in a brace to try and prove his action was legal

The ICC tweaked its rules regarding illegal actions in 2005

by Wisden Staff / February 21, 2022
Videos
Watch: The 'absolutely bizarre' unappealed-for, uncelebrated caught behind that denied Murali a Test ten-for

Ouch

by Wisden Staff / December 4, 2021
Australia v India
Murali: Lyon's 'not good enough' to get close to my record, but Ashwin is

“Lyon is close to 400 but he has had to play many, many matches to get there”

by Wisden Staff / January 14, 2021
Archive
Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith

"Bowling at Tendulkar, you didn’t want to just get him out but you wanted to get his respect"

by Andrew Flintoff / December 4, 2020
Golden Summers
My Golden Summer 1998: Sri Lankan pride and a flawed stylist

“When you teach someone to bat, you teach them to bat like Ramprakash”

by Vithushan Ehantharajah / October 17, 2020
News
There's a new biopic on Muralitharan on the way – but not everyone is happy about it

"The film does not make any political statement"

by Wisden Staff / October 15, 2020
Stories
Muralitharan proposes run penalty instead of 'Mankading'

“I believe warnings should be given"

by Wisden Staff / September 16, 2020

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September '22 Issue

The latest issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, out September 15:

Cover story – With cricket at a crossroads, we explore our relationship with the game, and what it could look like tomorrow.
Ed Smith reflects on his time as national selector
Taha Hashim goes inside the South Asian Cricket Academy
John Sterns revisits England’s last tour of Pakistan in 2005
Columnists – Andrew Miller on The Hundred, Raf Nicholson on the candidates to coach England Women, Mark Ramprakash on the high-performance review, Lawrence Booth on the defining moments from a spectacular summer of Test cricket
Phil Walker assesses the appointment of Richard Thompson as ECB chair
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muttiah muralitharan

The Randiv ruckus: A World Cup final selection call that came out of nowhere

Bending the rules: When the ICC discovered almost every bowler in cricket history had an illegal action

Quiz! Name the XIs from Muttiah Muralitharan's final Test

Watch: When Murali bowled in a brace to try and prove his action was legal

Watch: The 'absolutely bizarre' unappealed-for, uncelebrated caught behind that denied Murali a Test ten-for

Murali: Lyon's 'not good enough' to get close to my record, but Ashwin is

Andrew Flintoff's toughest opponents – From Pommie Mbangwa to Graeme Smith

My Golden Summer 1998: Sri Lankan pride and a flawed stylist

There's a new biopic on Muralitharan on the way – but not everyone is happy about it

Muralitharan proposes run penalty instead of 'Mankading'

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