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December 3, 2007 Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan’s 709th Test wicket

2 minute readIt was Paul Collingwood. We’re sure he’s delighted with the honour. Muttiah Muralitharan is now the top Test wicket-taker of all time. Murali’s had this record before of course, but no-one playing at present seems at all likely to overtake him, so we’ll assume that on this occasion, it’ll be

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