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| January 16, 2002 | Wednesday | Ziqa’ad 1, 1422 |
Muralitharan rewrites history in record time
GALLE (Sri Lanka), Jan 15: Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan reached 400 Test wickets in record time Tuesday as he spun Sri Lanka to a 3-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe.
Sri Lanka recorded their eighth consecutive win with a day to spare when they dismissed Zimbabwe for a paltry 79 in their second innings to win by 315 runs.
Muralitharan, playing his 72nd Test, captured nine for 91 in the match with captain Sanath Jayaruiya taking nine for 74 with his part-time left-arm spin.
At 29, Muralitharan is the youngest of the seven men to exceed 400 Test wickets. He also reached the target in eight fewer Tests than the previous fastest, New Zealand pace bowler Sir Richard Hadlee who was first to the mark in 80 matches.
Muralitharan reached his goal when he bowled Henry Olonga in the first innings to finish with figures of five for 67, the 33rd time he has taken five or more wicket in an innings.
Zimbabwe, resuming at 230 for five, lost their last five wickets for six runs to be all out for 236 and conceded a first innings lead of 182.
Sri Lanka went for quick runs in their second innings and declared at 212 for two with Marvan Atapattu setting the pace with his ninth Test hundred, an unbeaten 100 off 126 balls with 11 fours.
The home sidea declared at tea and Zimbabwe, facing a daunting task, were dismissed in the final session after Sri Lanka had claimed the extra hour with Zimbabwe were 72 for eight.
Jayasuriya took the Man-of-the-Match award for his nine wickets while Muralitharan won the Man-of-the-Series award finishing with a Sri Lanka record 30 wickets in three Tests. It was Sri Lanka’s second successive whitewash after a 3-0 win over West Indies.
Scoreboard
SRI LANKA (1st Innings) 418 (U.U. Chandana 92, D.P.M. Jayawardena 76, T.T. Samaraweera 76, M.S. Atapattu 50; D.A. Marillier 4-101).
ZIMBABWE (1st Innings, overnight 230-5):
S.V. Carlisle lbw b Muralitharan 64
T.R. Gripper st S’kkara b J’suriya 83
C.B. Wishart lbw b Jayasuriya 1
G.J. Rennie c S’kkara b J’suriya 7
A. Flower c T’ratne b M’tharan 6
G.W. Flower lbw b Muralitharan 19
H.H. Streak b Jayasuriya 33
D.D. Ebrahim c Arnold b J’suriya 0
D.A. Marillier not out 1
T.J. Friend b Muralitharan 1
H.K. Olonga b Muralitharan 0
EXTRAS (B-11, LB-8, NB-2) 21
TOTAL (all out,) 236
FALL OF WKTS: 1-153, 2-155, 3-161, 4-171, 5-171, 6-232, 7-234, 8-235, 9-236.
BOWLING: Vaas 19-7-36-0 (1nb); Fernando 11-1-33-0 (1nb); Muralitharan 58.3-27-67-5; Jayasuriya 29-10-43-5; Chandana 12-4-24-0; Samaraweera 5-1-14-0.
SRI LANKA (2nd Innings):
M.S. Atapattu not out 100
S.T. Jayasuriya c Wishart b Olonga 36
K. Sangakkara c Gripper b M’llier 56
D.P.M. Jayawardena not out 17
EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-2) 3
TOTAL (for two dec, 41 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-75, 2-170.
BOWLING: Streak 11-1-35-0 (1nb); Friend 7-0-39-1; G.W. Flower 9-0-38-0; Marillier 6-0-34-0; Olonga 7-0-56-1 (1nb); Rennie 1-0-9-0.
ZIMBABWE (2nd Innings):
S.V. Carlisle lbw b Jayasuriya 28
T.R. Gripper lbw b Jayasuriya 3
C.B. Wishart c S’weera b M’tharan 7
G.J. Rennie c Arnold b M’tharan 6
A. Flower c J’wardena b J’suriya 3
G.W. Flower lbw b Jayasuriya 0
H.H. Streak c J’suriya b M’tharan 7
D.D. Ebrahim not out 5
D.A. Marillier c and b M’tharan 15
T.J. Friend lbw b Vaas 3
H.K. Olonga c Fernando b Vaas 0
EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2
TOTAL (all out, 43.3 overs) 79
FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-30, 3-38, 4-45, 5-45, 6-54, 7-56, 8-72, 9-79.
BOWLING: Vaas 7.3-2-17-2; Fernando 2-0-6-0 (1nb); Jayasuriya 18-5-31-4; Muralitharan 16-7-24-4.
RESULT: Sri Lanka won by 315 runs and win series 3-0
UMPIRES: T.H. Wijewardena (Sri Lanka) and D.R. Shepherd (England).
TV UMPIRE: M.G. Silva.
MATCH REFEREE: C.W. Smith (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Sanath Jayasuriya.
MAN-OF-THE-SERIES: Muttiah Muralitharan.
Leading wicket-takers Tests Wkts
C.A. Walsh (West Indies) 132 519
R.N. Kapil Dev (India) 131 434
R.J. Hadlee (New Zealand) 86 431
S.K. Warne (Australia) 98 430
Wasim Akram (Pakistan) 103 414
C.E.L. Ambrose (West Indies) 98 405
M. Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) 72 404
—Reuters
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