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Remembering Murali at the Oval in 98: The match when a true one-off revealed the awe-inspiring extent of his powers

In 1998 Muttiah Muralitharan took 16 wickets in a Test match against England at the Oval. But honestly that isn’t

We could write about Mitchell Johnson’s Test retirement. We could write about some actual cricket. Or we could publish some

Today we’re going to direct you towards two pieces of ours which appeared outside the kingdom. First up, our latest

Younus Khan’s just made his third Test hundred on the bounce. We mentioned that he was underrated after the first

We wrote about the various World Cup storylines during the quarter-finals. The stories of Tendulkar and Murali, two ageing greats,

We don’t get it. It was only Pragyan Ojha. What’s the big deal? If we’d taken 800 Test wickets, we

We’re certainly intending to do a proper Muralitharan retirement post – possibly after his last match – but for now,

Murali’s always had a certain approach to batting. Have a ruddy great swing at the ball Miss Have an even

It was Paul Collingwood. We’re sure he’s delighted with the honour. Muttiah Muralitharan is now the top Test wicket-taker of